The Good: The price ($20!). Full featured tracking 12 metrics. Works with Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit. Supports up to 8 users and unlimited guests. Automatically knows which user is on the scale. Ability to set weight goals. You can step anywhere on the scale and dont need to step on specific points. Syncs automatically with your phone via Bluetooth.
The Bad: The app is a little clunky. You can only set a weight goal. Limited connectivity with fitness apps.
Overall: The bottom line is that you’re not going to find a better NAME BRAND scale for the price. I’ve scoured the internet and found dozens of no-name companies selling similar, less quality, scales for triple and often 5x the price of the Wyze scale, and they do all of the same things or less. The scale accurately tracks weight, but I have to take all of the other metrics at face value with few other ways to easily measure them.
Six months ago I decided that I didn’t feel like I was at a healthy weight and started exercising daily. To track my progress, I was using an old analog bathroom scale we’d bought on sale at Marshall’s for something like $8 years ago. I didn’t do much to change my diet or reduce my alcohol consumption. Each week, I’d attempt to zero the scale, which could be off by 5-10 pounds simply from being moved around, then step on, watch the needle bounce around a bit, and guesstimate my weight based on its landing point. The good news was that I appeared to be losing weight on the scale. The bad news was that I didn’t feel any better and saw no change to my body.
Then one day I stepped on the scale, checked my weight, stepped back on the scale with a 25 pound dumbbell in my hands, and saw the needle go up only 5 pounds. This was when I discovered that not only was the scale broken, but anything over 180 pounds was severely distorted. I immediately took my coworker’s advice and plunked down $20 for the Wyze Scale.
Setup
Setting up the Wyze scale is pretty simple. If you don’t have a Wyze account, you’ll have to download the app and create an account. This is the longest part of the setup. Next you’ll put the scale on the floor, open the app and tap “Add device” followed by tapping “Wyze scale.” After successfully pairing to your scale, it’ll ask you for some information, like your date of birth, height, gender, and a few other metrics. Then it will ask you to get your first measurements by stepping on the scale barefoot (the sensors for everything but weight won’t work unless you’re barefoot). That’s all there is to it. It is a scale after all…
What Does it Measure?
The Wyze scale measures Weight, Body Fat %, Heart Rate, Lean Body Mass, BMI, Muscle Mass, Visceral Fat, Basal Metabolic Rate, Bone Mass, Metabolic Age, Protein level, and Body Water %. As this is the only measure of those metrics that I have, I am taking the scale’s word for it. All of this is tracked in handy graphs in the app that allow you to see trends by week, month or year.
About Wyze
Wyze is a US based smart home company out of Kirkland Washington with a goal of providing high quality smart home tech at a low cost. They’re based around a driving principal that reliable and quality technology doesn’t have to be expensive, and they work hard to eliminate what they call “channel fat” while sourcing materials from the most efficient manufacturers they can find. This results in great products at low prices.
Conclusion
The most impressive things about this scale are the feature set and price point. I cannot stress enough how impressed I am with the build quality and reliability of the Wyze scale at this price. As mentioned above, there are a great many scales at online retailers, many of which are FBA businesses selling the same Chinese scale at different prices. The Wyze scale comes from an up and coming name brand and provides a great product and great support at an unbeatable price. If you’re in the market for a smart scale, Wyze is the way to go!
