The tech doesnt come cheap, but it can offer valuable insights.
It can measure sweat gland activity that Withings delivers as an Electrodermal Activity Score.
It can detect changes in your heart pumping speed to measure your cardiovascular health and display a Vascular Age.
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It can also detect fat and muscle mass in segmented areas like your legs, torso, and arms.
It also has a larger color display and a USB-C rechargeable battery instead of three AAA batteries.
However, the price jump between the two is significant at just over $200 at retail prices.
Body Scan connected health station helps users get a handle on health with the ability to measure health vitals including Segmental Body Composition, Electrodermal Activity alongside a 6-lead medically cleared ECG via Withings Scan Monitor 2.0.
Using the Body Scan, I could see some of the fat and muscle segmentations displayed in the app.
It was fascinating to see the different percentages assigned to areas of my body.
Unfortunately, I found it less actionable than I thought I would.
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Nine percent fat in my legs?
But again, it was much less incentivizing than I would have guessed beforehand.
I’ll have to wait to see how I feel about this metric over time.
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That’s a single lead ECG, however, as in a single point of contact.
For comparison, you might have a 12-lead ECG test in a doctor’s office.
To its credit, the Body Scan will provide more insight than an Apple Watch.
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The ECG is where the pull-up handle comes into play.
For example, it only took about seven days before I was tired of using the ECG feature.
That is unless you add 30 seconds to each weigh-in to do an ECG.
That means its kind of an all-or-nothing thing.
And based on the amount paid, most people will want to do it every time.
I can confirm that my seven-month Body Smart is still going strong.
The unit comes with a USB-C to USB-A cable, which is a bummer.
I wished it was a USB-C to USB-C cable.
The Withings Health Mate app is available oniPhoneandAndroidand houses all your scale data.
Theres plenty of customization available through the app.
Not all of its notifications are bad; sometimes it will alert you to unassigned measurements.
I got a notification when the ECG became active.
Beyond that, Ive set up multiple users, and that worked well.
Ive had no trouble navigating the sections and checking the data provided.
Price and Availability
The Body Scan retails for $399.95 and comes in black or white.
Should You Buy the Withings Body Scan?
TheWithings Body Scanis a terrific connected scale that goes far beyond just weight.
Unfortunately, I suspect that most people just dont reside in that group.
