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$8.99
Features:
Includes Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Tester, men's and women's Body Fat Measurement Charts, Instructions for Body Fat Measurement, Body Fat Tracking Chart, and questions and answers on body fat.
Enjoy the ability to measure body fat easily by yourself, in the privacy of your own home, with the reliability and accuracy that is expected of today's registered medical devices. Recommended in Body-for-LIFE and endorsed by the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation, Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Testers have gold standard accuracy to within 1.1% of underwater weighing results!Each Accu-Measure Fitness 2000 model comes with an original Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Tester, men's and women's Body Fat Measurement Charts, and a 22-page Fat Loss Plan with body fat measurement instructions, diet and exercise guidelines, fat loss tips, and fat facts. * Picture may be of different size or flavor
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
personal body fat tester:
This is a fun product as well as useful for our weight loss challenges, the participants are also impressed. the quality is great and the price was very affordable...
Inexpensive and effective:
I wanted a product that could give me reliable and consistent measurements of my body fat to keep track of my progress. After messing around with it a little while I was able to get good repeatability of my measurements. I did a search and have been using the "Jackson/Pollock 4
Caliper Method" which takes folds near your belly button, above your hip, your triceps, and thigh. Obviously you cannot do this method yourself as taking your triceps measurement would be impossible. You can also do this... more info
Good enough for what it costs:
Works fairly well for an inexpensive plastic tool. I purchased this with skeptisism (could other calipers be $50 or $200 better than this?), so I had myself and two others tested with professional grade calipers by a qualified staff member at my health club. Then at home I re-measured each other using the Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 -- the measurements compared acceptably. The tool's increment lines on the scale are not easy to read when you are pinching skin, but it does work. Taking skinfold measurements is... more info
Mediocre tool for assessing body fat:
Assessing your body fat is an accurate method of determining your level of fitness and health. This caliper is small and convenient. However, there are pitfalls. As you squeeze your skin fold, there is some variability from one measurement to the next due to its light construction. It is not durable over time with repetetive use and I question its validity beyond a 1 year time interval. Mine broke a little over 15 months at the 'hinge' opposite to the slide rule. Conclusion It is a portable,... more info
