Omron HBF-306 Body Fat Analyzer

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Brand: Omron
Category: Health and Beauty

List Price: ~~$59.99~~
Buy New: $30.95 (On sale from $49.99)
as of 3/14/2010 10:54 EDT details
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Seller: Online Components
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

69 reviews

Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.1 x 2.2

MPN: HBF-306C
Model: HBF-306BL
UPC: 028485050563
EAN: 0073796306304

Release Date: June 15, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

	Analyzer measures your body fat with a gentle, micro electrical current
	Two modes -- athletic and normal -- provide accurate results based on your exercise regiment
	Delivers measurement results for Bi method (Bioelectrical Impedance Method) and BMI (Body Mass Index)
	Delivers results in approximately seven seconds
	Features a nine person memory profile for the whole family

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Omron HBF-306C measures body fat weight and percentage with clinically proven accuracy! This fitness assessment tool features two modes for accurate results for athletes and non-athletes and measurement results in 7 seconds. Save time with memory settings for 9 personal profiles and use the body mass index reading for added tracking ability. Device includes two AAA batteries.

Customer Reviews:

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What a Rip Off! February 24, 2010
Barb Dwyer (USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I was so excited to get this fat analyzer thinking that it would give me accurate information for me and my body size. I input the data regarding my height, weight and age just as it asked, I held on to the handles and it gave me a reading. I agreed with the reading because I know just about where my BMI is for my size. Then I decided to input my ideal height, weight and age as guest #9, just for grins and giggles. So I put these figures in and held on to the handles. I was thinking that it would error out, or something, because surely the "electrical current" would find me out to be a liar. It didn't. It gave me an ideal BMI and body fat percentage for the data I inputted. This machine is nothing more than a calculator. Don't waste your money. I saw a BMI/fat analyzer at my local grocery store for $7.99. I bet it's the same thing as this one, only without handles.

5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful February 23, 2010
FroggyM (Washington, DC)
The key to getting consistent results with this device is to measure under the same hydration conditions. My suggestion: wake up, urinate, and then weigh and body fat analyze yourself using this device. While it's true that this is your most dehydrated state of the day (thus resulting in your lowest possible body fat percentage) at least this way you can track your progress consistently. My body fat percentage goes up like 3% after I've rehydrated myself in the morning (I drink a lot of water).

While I can't testify to its exact accuracy, it definitely gets the trend correct. As I've lost fat (as measured by looking in the mirror, weighing myself and strength gains/maintenance in the gym during weight lifting), the analyzer shows a decrease in % body fat. The device also picked up periods when I've lost muscle (as measured by loss of strength in the gym during weight lifting). It feels pretty accurate at picking up small real changes.

I have a set of calipers, and I find them to be kinda useless because I'm not trained in using them and you can only reach some sites of measurement. The Omron device is much more useful to me than the calipers.

3 out of 5 stars

Inconsistent... February 3, 2010
Joshua D. Lynn
This is the only device I have to measure my body fat so I am not sure how accurate it is, however I can say that the there is sometimes wide variances in what it reads. One day it kept reading 11% body fat. I know I am definately not in that range at all. Most of the time it reads in the 14's which I think is about right. This is a good tool to track decreases in body fat. If you see the number it gives you steadily going down over a time period then you know you are losing body fat. However the number it tells you may not be what your body fat is.

4 out of 5 stars

After 60 or 80? December 27, 2009
Philip L. Fishman
I have owned the Omron HBF-306 Body Fat Analyzer for a few years now and find it a useful monitoring fitness tool, but a question I had when I bought the device now becomes an issue.
The athletic age mode stops at 60 years of age and the Normal age mode ends at 80 years. So the question is what happens if you are still using the analyzer and you are 61+ or 81+.
Does Omron have any adjustment to the analyzer once someone exceeds the programmed age limits?

5 out of 5 stars

Body Fat Analyzer November 10, 2009
Jesse L. Mcgowan (Norman Oklahoma USA)
Used the Omron Body Fat Analyzer then had the calipers done at the gym. The numbers were the same. It is much easier and less time consuming than the calipers. The company this came from was prompt and would get my business again anytime.

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