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Our Verdict
It’s not perfect but the Mi body Composition Scale 2’s budget-friendly price & elegant kiến thiết make it one khổng lồ consider – especially if you have a mày watch or fitness band, for perfectly joined up fitness coverage.
There are smart scales aplenty on the market but Xiaomi’s Mi body toàn thân Composition 2 is one of the most affordable options. It’s currently available for under £25 on Amazon in the UK and under $30 in the US. But does its attractive price point mean you should snap it up? Read on khổng lồ find out.
Mi smart scale design
White LED displayScale displays weight only
Battery powered (4 AAA batteries, not supplied)
The mi Smart Scale has a lovely, minimalist kiến thiết that belies its budget price tag. It’s not just a plate of glass plonked onto some feet: its underside curves pleasingly up to lớn meet its shiny, tempered glass surface, and the display is in bright white LEDs. In the centre of the scale is a discreet, mirrored mày logo and in the corners, four silvery discs.
If you’re not familiar with smart scale technology, here’s how it works. When you stand on the discs with bare feet, a small electrical charge is sent up into your body. By measuring the resistance it encounters, the scale is able to bản đồ your toàn thân composition.
You can’t feel it & it’s perfectly safe for most people, although anyone with a pacemaker or other medical implant should speak to lớn their doctor before using one.
Smart scales aren’t necessarily perfectly accurate in determining your body’s makeup but as long as they’re consistent, they can be a really useful part of a fitness journey. If your motivation is ebbing, opening the tiện ích to view your progress can give you a real boost.
But the mi scale does claim weighing accuracy at least, with a stated precision of 100g. While testing it, we compared it to lớn other scales và believe that it was on target. However, it does take a couple of attempts khổng lồ calibrate properly, so prepare yourself for some unlikely numbers the first time you step onto it.
The mi scale is powered by 4 AAA batteries. If you’re thinking of buying it, stick a pack of batteries in your basket as well – because it doesn’t come with them. That’s really the first sign that you’re looking at a budget scale.
Using the ngươi scale
Bluetooth only connectionUp lớn 16 profiles13 toàn thân measurements
Once you’ve inserted the batteries & downloaded the không tính phí to use mi Fit phầm mềm (available for both Android & Apple), you just need to lớn take off your socks và hop on the scale.
The scale works via Bluetooth và doesn’t have a Wi-Fi option. That means you’ll need to lớn have the app xuất hiện to log a weigh-in. Still, on the plus side, that means there’s no annoying Wi-Fi syncing stage. It just works instantly.
At your first weigh-in, you can create a profile for yourself. The scale can support up lớn 16 separate profiles & without a Wi-Fi option there’s less of a chance that the stats will be sent to lớn the wrong account. Just make sure that other family members who use the scale aren’t nearby & on the tiện ích when you weigh in.
The scale itself will only display your weight (you can choose between kg & lbs) but the phầm mềm will also tell you your BMI, body fat percentage, muscle mass, protein and water percentage, bone mass, visceral fat, body age and ideal body toàn thân weight.
Usefully, it’ll also give you your basal metabolic rate, which lets you see how many calories your body toàn thân needs a day to maintain its current weight. (Less usefully, the app describes your body type, with weirder options being “thick-set” and “lacks exercise”. This seems unnecessary and worse, users may find it insulting or off-putting.)
The phầm mềm also defines the key stats & lets you know whether they’re in a normal range or not, by separating them into metrics that need your attention or into goals reached. There’s also a “history” section with clear, easy to read charts lớn follow your progress.
All of this makes it a solid option for the general user but where the tiện ích really comes into its own is for people who are already xiaomi ecosystem users. If you use a mày Band or a ngươi watch, you’ll already have the mi Fit app and that means your other health stats, including sleep và exercise tracking, are just a tab away.
Price và availability
The Mi body toàn thân Composition scale is priced at £29.99 in the UK và $40 in the US (although you’ll be able lớn buy it for around $10 less), making it a very affordable option.
The premium Withings smart scale, by comparison, retails for around £129/$149. What you’ll get for that is a much more comprehensive on-scale display, rechargeable battery power, plus heart rate and heart health information. If you’re already a Withings user, an investment like that makes sense but for most people, the more budget-friendly option will be enough.
Verdict
A USB charging option would be preferable to lớn battery power & it would be nice to see more measurements on the scale itself but if you can compromise on these points, the Mi body toàn thân Composition Scale 2 is a good buy for anyone: it’s very reasonably priced và well designed.
However, if you’re already a mày smartwatch or fitness band user, it’s highly recommended.
For more options, have a look at our round-up of the best smart scales we’ve tested, or check out our nhận xét of the mày Band 6 & the mày watch.
The Xiaomi ngươi Smart Scale 2 is a budget-friendly, minimalist smart scale with a good number of body metrics.
The Xiaomi mày Smart Scale 2 offers a sleek, minimalist và easy lớn use kiến thiết for a budget-friendly price. It provides information on 13 body measurements, but lacks Wi-Fi, & the only unit you can see on the scales is your weight.
Cons-
Takes a few attempts to lớn calibrate on first use
-Basic display
-Only weight visible on scales (other data in-app)
-Batteries not supplied
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Like all the best smart scales, the Xiaomi mày Smart Scale 2 has a ton of body measurements lớn help you keep track of your health and fitness. It comes in a minimalist white design và is lightweight & well-made.
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Connectivity: Bluetooth
Size: 11.02in x 11.02in (30cm x 30cm)
Max users: 16
Stats: BMI, toàn thân fat percentage, water percentage, protein percentage, BMR, visceral fat, muscle mass, bone mass, body age, ideal weight, toàn thân type and weight
Max weight: 150kg/330lbs
Supported apps: Zepp Life app
Batteries: 3 1.5V AAA (not included)
Pairing with the Zepp Life app is easy, although you will need to register first. The thing about this product is that without the app, you’re really just getting a fancy looking scale — the only thing you can see is your weight. Making the most of the app, however, means you can see more information about changes lớn your body composition, which can help khổng lồ motivate you to stay on track with healthy habits.
Read on lớn find out more about the Xiaomi mi Smart Scale 2, including how it works, ease of mix up, accuracy và performance.
Xiaomi mày Smart Scale 2: How it works
If you’re new lớn smart scale technology, here’s how it works. Step on the scales with bare feet and a small electrical charge will be sent up into your toàn thân – don’t worry, you can’t feel it và it’s safe for most people. If you have a pacemaker, medical implant or are pregnant, however, kiểm tra first with your doctor before using one.
By measuring the resistance it faces, the scale can then maps your body composition. Mở cửa the accompanying app to view your essential stats, with usual metrics including muscle mass, bone density, toàn thân fat, visceral fat, protein, basal metabolic rate và fat-free body weight.
Smart scales can vary in accuracy but they can still be a useful way khổng lồ track changes in toàn thân composition, and can be motivating when you are on a weight loss or fitness journey.
(Image credit: Maddy Bidulph)
Xiaomi mày Smart Scale 2: Design và features
The xiaomi mi Smart Scale 2 is sleek & minimalist with no visible buttons và a hidden LED screen. It looks like a smart scale that táo might kiến thiết with its smooth, rounded edges.
It is battery powered (3 AAA, although these aren’t supplied) và our tester found getting the back off lớn load the batteries in was a bit of a hassle to begin with. Once powered up, simply download the Zepp Life tiện ích (formerly mày Fit), available on Android & i
OS, take your socks off and step onto the scales.
There’s no Wi
Fi connectivity, so you need to xuất hiện the ứng dụng to log a weigh-in via Bluetooth. Your weight will appear on the display on the scales too. You can change the units in the app.
(Image credit: Maddy Bidulph)
The Xiaomi mi Smart Scale 2 can support up to 16 different users, and the good news is that without a Wi
Fi option there’s no risk of your stats being sent to lớn the wrong person. The scale itself will only show you your weight, so you will need to mở cửa the phầm mềm to access your muscle mass, water percentage, body fat percentage, bone density and visceral fat.
Click on your weight & the app will give you more information, including your BMI, whether you are a healthy weight và what your ideal weight is. It gave our tester an ideal weight which seemed slightly low for their height, and would put their BMI in the lower over of the ‘healthy weight’ range. So we’re not entirely convinced by this feature.
You can also see your ‘body age’, receiving a ‘body score’ out of 100 & a label of ‘good’, ‘poor’ or more. It’s a fairly simplistic ranking, but it might be a useful overview for some people.
The Xiaomi ngươi Smart Scale 2 also displays your basal metabolic rate (BMR); the amount of calories your toàn thân needs a day khổng lồ maintain your current weight. Similar to lớn many smart scales, there’s a history section where you can look at how your weight and body toàn thân fat has changed, but it’s lacking previous info for the other metrics, making it hard khổng lồ track progress.
(Image credit: Maddy Bidulph)
The scales also have a feature where you can test your balance. In the homepage of the ứng dụng choose ‘Balance’ & the scale will time you while you stand on one leg with your eyes closed. This feature actually feels slightly pointless, & isn’t offering anything you can’t vị yourself with a timer. However, it might appeal lớn some people.
You can also phối goals in the app, including for steps or weight related goals, and you can địa chỉ cửa hàng friends khổng lồ view their activity information. You can measure objects weighing anything from 100g to lớn 10kg too.
Fans of xiaomi products, lượt thích the Smart Band 7 or the mày watch, who already use the Zepp Life app will be able khổng lồ make more use of its features as their other health stats (including sleep and activity tracking) will be available khổng lồ track.
One part of the app we found slightly offensive was the body toàn thân type feature – based on your stats it gives you a label, with examples including ‘thick set’, ‘skinny’ & ‘lacks exercise’. At best this could be demotivating & at worst it could be triggering for anyone with disordered eating or a history of eating disorders.
We’d also prefer a USB charge instead of batteries, but other than that this is a decent phối of scales with a useful amount of information to give insight into your health.
Xiaomi ngươi Smart Scale 2: Accuracy & performance
The Xiaomi ngươi Smart Scale 2 gives a quick reading and pairs well with the app, và results are clear in white phông on the display. The tiện ích is fairly simplistic but easy khổng lồ use, with various options for goal setting and linking with friends if you want to giới thiệu stats.
Unfortunately, our tester couldn’t access their toàn thân Score reading for some reason, so can’t comment on how useful the insights there are. We reached out khổng lồ the company for phản hồi and guidance on this issue và will update when they respond.
In terms of accuracy, we compared our results with a reading using a professional body composition machine at a local gym. The weigh-in for mi was 2.42g (5.34lbs) higher than the gym one. As discussed earlier, we couldn’t compare any other toàn thân composition metrics with the xiaomi ‘Body Score’ because the ứng dụng wasn’t displaying this information.
(Image credit: Maddy Bidulph)
Xiaomi mày Smart Scale 2: Verdict
For the price, the Xiaomi mi Smart Scale 2 is a decent entry-level smart scale for anyone interested in tracking body toàn thân composition. It looks premium, despite the low price, and the phầm mềm gives a lot of useful information. Lượt thích other smart scales at this price point, you can’t recharge it as it’s battery powered, & the lack of Wi-Fi means you can only use it with your phone và the tiện ích open.
We personally found the toàn thân type feature off-putting, and the ideal weight suggestion seemed a little skewed for our tester’s height, but other than that it’s a decent choice for a budget smart scale.
If this product isn"t for you
Garmin Index S2 smart scale
If the Xiaomi mi isn’t for you then the Garmin Index S2 might be a good alternative. This is an impressive smart scale that is Bluetooth and Wi
Fi enabled. If you already have a Garmin watch or device, you can sync your activity stats alongside other body toàn thân composition metrics lớn get a better overview of your progress. It’s expensive though ($149.99 / £129.99), and if you’re not going khổng lồ make the most of the app’s extra features it might be wiser khổng lồ opt for a cheaper smart scale lượt thích the Withings body below.
(Image credit: Maddy Bidulph)
Withings toàn thân smart scale
The most basic of the Withings scales ($59 / £59.95), the Withings body BMI Wi-Fi Scale is a great entry-level smart scale for anyone looking to track weight và BMI. Your stats will sync wirelessly with the Health Mate app, which can also gather metrics from other Withings devices và health and fitness apps, including táo Health. It doesn’t show data on muscle mass, body toàn thân fat or other detailed metrics, but if that doesn’t bother you then this is an accurate smart scale at a budget-friendly price.
