Garmin Index S2 Smart Scale - DON'T Buy Until You Watch This
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- After over a year with the Garmin Index S2 Smart Scale I'll share what I learned from long-term usage and whether Garmin delivers the goods with this scale.
If you do not know the right way to setup a smart scale, and in particular the Index S2, you may not be getting accurate readings. This is not the fault of the scale, but just the measurement methodology that ALL smart scales use. So in this video I will also review how to set up the scale to provide an accurate body comp reading.
Finally, I go over who would find this scale to be worth a purchase.
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Chapters:
00:00 Say Hello to Index S2
00:29 Hi, I'm Dave
01:17 What Makes a Good Scale?
02:29 Getting Accurate Body Comp Readings
04:26 Consistency, Looks
05:34 Value
06:36 Is It Right For You?
07:49 Do I Recommend It?
08:13 Y'all Awesome - Спорт
Thanks for your opinion. I’m down to try and stay within the eco system. The cost to monitor my health with a quality product is priceless, to me! 👊🏾
Glad you liked the video! I fully agree that investing in your health is always worth it 💪🏃
I have owned this scale for over 3 years now. It’s a beautiful scale with well made materials. But the readings are not accurate enough and for this price I don’t recommend it.
Best video I have seen for this unit. Just had an In Body reading this morning. Can get scale for $120. Will use In Body metrics to set benchmark. Ordering now! Thanks for the nudge!
Best review I’ve seen on this product to be fair. Subscribed 👍
Thanks for the kind words and sub! Appreciate them both and will keep the good content coming 🏃💪
I've had mine for about 6 weeks and so far I'm not convinced it is accurate, or anywhere near accurate or even consistent. But I don't have enough data to prove it either way yet, so I'm continuing to use it. I'll compare it to my next DEXA scan and 'in-office' weight measurement to see how accurate/inaccurate it actually is (it was very different to my baseline DEXA scan/weight measurement!).
So a DEXA scan will 100% be more accurate than any bioelectrical impedance measurement. There is a part of the video where I mention adjusting the measurement to a new anchor point by manually entering more accurate results (like what you'd get from a DEXA scan). I'd be interested if once you do that the numbers start to line up better.
Like any scale / bioelectrical impedance measurement just be sure you are consistent with hydration and time of day to get reliable results. Thanks for watching!
@@DaveDoesFitness thank you, since I first adjusted the scale with the results of my last Dexa they are a bit more accurate but still changes quite a lot every few days when I weigh myself and also changes when I weigh myself before or after having a shower for example. So the main challenge is not knowing which result is the accurate result to trust. I understand your point in the video that as long as they are consistent then you can just focus on how your results are trending rather than what the numbers are. Will see how it goes in a couple of months after next Dexa.
Apparently my muscle mass is plummeting as I cycle? Fat is all over the place and bone mass is down but near constant. Water% increasing, Weight decreasing but trends are variable?
I like scales using AA or AAA batteries bcs scale life isn't tied to rechargable built-in battery decay life. ALSO...have Fitbit Aria2 but transitioning from Fitbit to Garmin. Since Garmin S2 came out in 2020 (prior model 2015), will most likely continue with the Aria2 until Garmin releases an updated smartscale (S3?).
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I'm very dissapointed in this scale. it's fat percentage is absolutely wrong to a laughable degree. I had a Dexa scan which showed my fat % at 18.5% and the Garmin scale shows me at more than 27%. That is nonsense. it then uses that number to calculate your fitness metrics like V02 max. I love Garmin but this is one of their biggest fails, totally not worth the money.
Hey man,
Before you get rid of it, I think you should check out the section of the video around 4:00 Min again. With your more exact dexa scan, you can actually calibrate the scale (readings) to your body in garmin connect. All these 2 point body comp scales have to basically guess your upper body since they can only measure the impedance through your legs, so none will be really accurate. At least with the garmin device, you have the option to feed it more information and you will get truer body comp data afterwards so you can monitor your progress
Cheers
It's just too expensive for what it does. I have a $20 Wyze scale that does all the same stuff except upload the data automatically.
i don't recommend it, it was the worst experience so i had to return it back after a few weeks.
That's a shame. What was the issue you had with it?
I had similar experience, it was always a couple of kilo's difference, even within an hour or two,I used it on a wooden floor so that wasn't the problem, I went back to Tanita.