The intelligent weighing scale can be said to be the pioneering work of intelligent hardware. From the earliest record of weight data to the app, it has developed to today's physique analyzer, which can not only measure weight, but also measure body fat, moisture, muscle mass and bone mass. The product has basically entered the stage of homogenization, and then started to take the path of price killer. Perhaps this is also more in line with market demand, after all, for the pursuit of cost-effective crowd is still the majority. The French intelligent hardware manufacturer Withing, which has always been famous for its high appearance, has produced a Withing body with a price of up to US $129. What kind of extraordinary experience can it bring us? Here is a simple experience report on the appearance, workmanship and functions of the Withing body. Thanks again for the valuable evaluation opportunities brought by the computer trial.

- Unpacking -

Different from the simple packaging style adopted by ordinary scales, the packaging of Things body is really tall. There is also a handle on the top of the box, which is convenient to carry. It looks like a gift box. You know this French brand, and it's very Withings.

There are detailed function descriptions and app introductions on the back, so you can't afford to play this game even if you read little books. But what makes me wonder is why not use the QR code of the whole app? How convenient it is to scan and download. You need to enter Health Mate to search and approve one.

Take out the outer package, and the inner box inside protects the Withing Body very tightly.

Open the box and click. It seems that there is no big difference between it and the ordinary weight scale, that is, there is a round metal in the middle. Is this used to measure our fat and muscle composition?

There are not many accessories for the whole machine. Only the manual and warranty card are provided. There are also four foot pads.

The whole machine is only slightly higher than a coin. The glass panel on the front is very thick, and is made of sticks.

The Withings Body uses four No. 7 batteries, and the service life is officially 18 months.

Let's enjoy the appearance of the Things Body again (the photo technology of the mobile phone is rotten). When we get up in the morning, we can weigh it and look in the mirror.

Since there are four electrodes on the surface of the scale, do not scrub it with detergent or detergent, just scrub it with a wet cloth.

- Experience -

Before the experience, also briefly introduce the principle of the body fat scale. The research found that when a certain frequency electrical signal passes through the human body, the fat part has a higher "impedance" value than the muscles and other tissues of the human body. When a safe electrical signal of a specific frequency passes through the human body, the electrical signal will change in varying degrees due to the different "impedance" values of the human body. Muscle contains more water such as blood, which can conduct electricity, while fat is non-conductive. Because the channel conductor of internal current is muscle, the weight of muscle can be known from the difficulty of current passing. It can be judged that in the proportion of weight, people with less muscle have a higher proportion of fat. According to this principle, there are multiple methods for measuring human body fat in the world, mainly including underwater weighing method, kinsometer method and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) method. BIA is the method adopted by the intelligent electronic scale on the market at present. The same is true of the Withing body. Use the electrode on the scale surface to contact the legs of the human body, measure the human body resistance through a certain safe current, and then accurately measure the body fat, water, muscle and bone weight and other body components according to the measurement data and calculation formula.

After we understand the working principle of the scale, we know that we can't stand up with shoes or socks like we do with ordinary scales to get a correct posture.

At first, I thought that the metal disk was an electrode, but after checking the data, I found that its four electrodes were distributed around the disk, which was exactly where your feet stood, so you can measure your constitution composition.

Before starting the connection, the app will also remind you that you must press and hold the following button for three seconds before the phone can be connected to the scale.

The process of pairing and connecting is not much more. It is all a fool's operation and can be connected very quickly. Then you can register and log in to enter your personal information (height, weight and age). This data is also very important, because it is also needed to calculate your fat ratio, muscle and water content.

After configuration, it can be used normally. I will not describe the use process one by one here. Let's talk about what I like about the Withing body.

One of the strengths of the Withing body: the intuitiveness of data, the powerful data management and auxiliary functions of app.

In the device, you can set the content displayed on the display screen of the carrying body and tick them all. Then you can see the complete data every time you measure your weight.

The display screen can show us very intuitive data, especially the point graph of which weight changes.

Enter the page of the app on the timeline, where there are activity records, weight trends and nutrition records of the day. In the lower part, we can also see the records of each measurement and added activities, heart rate, blood pressure and other events. All records are very clear. Click each event to enter, and you can see all data records and charts.

All data records will have a point chart to record the data change of each measurement. The normal range and the target value you want to reach can also be displayed by setting.

The second strong point of the Withing body is that it supports multiple data entry.

In addition to the weight, fat content, water content, muscle mass and bone mass that can be measured, if we do not have a matching intelligent device to measure other data, we can also add a lot of data ourselves, such as blood pressure, activity (various sports), heart rate and food. With so many dimensions of data, the data of our scale is more accurate.  

There are many kinds of activities here, almost including our usual basic activities. Select activities and add activity time.

Click on the food and you will be prompted to download an app called myfitnesspal. After downloading, you can achieve two-way synchronization.

After synchronization, the diet data will be synchronized to health mate through myfitnesspal, and your weight data will also be synchronized to myfitnesspal.

The addition of heart rate can directly capture the pulse through the camera to measure the heart rate. This measurement method is similar to the photoelectric detection method of the bracelet. But the accuracy is certainly not as high as that of the heart rate sensor.

The third strong point of the Withing body is that it is compatible with more than 100 health and fitness apps.

According to the official introduction of Withing, Health Mate is an app that can be compatible with more than 100 health and fitness apps, but it does not provide an actual list. In the app, we provide four commonly used apps, including nike+, Nest, myfitnesspal and RunKeeper. If it is IOS, it can also be associated with its own health app to access data, which makes the data source of health mate very rich. In addition, if you have the habit of using other apps to collect data, you can also seamlessly link the data of the carrying body to compatible apps, which is beyond the reach of domestic smart scale manufacturers.

This is the compatible app for adding food on the health mate -- myfitnesspal. After that, the data measured with the bearing body can be automatically synchronized here, and the food records recorded on this app can also be synchronized to the health mate, which is very convenient.

The fourth strong point of Withing body: Withing has a complete set of health intelligent devices.

In addition to the intelligent weighing scale, Withing also has a smart watch, bracelet, blood pressure meter, sleep meter, and a complete set of health intelligent devices. You don't need to worry about the data sharing and compatibility issues. You can truly monitor your body data in an all-round way, and truly be your private health steward. Of course, the premise is that you must have a complete set of intelligent devices.

The fifth strong point of the Withing body: in this face watching world, beauty kills everything.

- Summary -

After nearly two weeks of experience, first of all, in terms of appearance, the withings body intelligent weighing scale really has nothing to say. The functions are also very rich, especially it can display your recent weight changes in real time, which is quite innovative. Another point is that you can display the weather while measuring your weight via wifi network. But I personally think the difference between the bearing body and the intelligent weighing scale of many other domestic manufacturers is that it can not only measure various human body data, but also integrate with many apps, so that it can not only measure data, but also input many data, such as exercise, diet, drinking water and sleep, so that your weight loss/gain plan is no longer empty talk, It's a real step, and with the improvement of the input data, the final measurement results will become more and more accurate, and you will get closer to your goal.

But it may be that it has just entered the Chinese market. For example, app's support for Chinese is not very perfect. Secondly, although it supports many apps, its compatibility with other intelligent hardware is not very good. If it can connect our bracelet, sleep monitor, intelligent water cup and other intelligent devices, it will be more perfect. From the current experience, I think I can give 80 points in terms of appearance and function, but if the price is added, the competitiveness will be greatly reduced.

Advantages: high appearance, rich functions, better data management and display, and complete health monitoring facilities (within has a series of health monitoring intelligent devices).

Disadvantages: the price is too high, the Chinese support is not high, and the connection is unstable.