Garmin Index S2 Smart Scale Review vs Original Index 1 & DEXA Scan

The index s2, you can weigh in lots of times a day, for you to maybe track water loss, after exercise, etc. It will keep track of day to day averages between multiple weigh ins. So, you don't really have to just take it in the morning, at the same time, unless you do want a daily baseline.

You can also delete a weigh-in if you felt guilty when you do so after a huge dinner 😅

I have been using the Withings Body+ for awhile now. I think was replaced by their Body Smart. I had a dexa scan a year or so back and it was close compared to how my Withings was tracking.

Downside was just having to plug in my details within my Garmin app.

Index s2 is a joke. When you set your real age then it shows you the values you think that are right. Change your age from 40 to e.g. 20 and the values are totally different with the same body :)

Is the requirement Wi-Fi only? It can’t sync to Garmin connect via Bluetooth?

Makes me scratch my head for a company like Garmin that prides themselves on accuracy, moreso on the GPS side of course. But knowingly puts out a product that has the basic algos as all other smart scales in terms of age + bio sex + weight + BIA bottom readings = BF. I know they have their own positioning patents for the device, as does the others. But it still yields incorrect results. Why even put out a scale in the first place? I'm sure the answer is moving SKUs/gaining rev, and integration into their ecosystem. Our search continues!

Not sure how correct I am here, but the S2 doesn't measure body fat%. I don't think other home scales do either. Garmin have some calculations and other metrics they use to determine your BF%. Garmin calcs are just way off. In order to bring it back on track, calibrate it so to speak, you need to input a BF% value determined from a more reliable measure (e.g. DEXA scan). The latest update lets you do this in Garmin Connect. I was considering returning mine but I really like the immediate wi-fi sync to Garmin Connect and on to other health apps - so convenient compared to bluetooth. Also, I'm interested in trending more than absolute values, although I reckon my values are reasonably accurate now.

Stones are the Imperial form of mass. Lbs are the Imperial version of force that this commonly misused as a mass measurement.

I have a cheap xiaomi. Fail to see why this is worth over 100 bucks more. It's way too expensive

So we need to get a real DEXA to calibrate these scales before trusting them?

The major benefit for my wife and I is that the scale puts the data into the Garmin Connect app. The act of tracking weight daily will help us trend to our target weights. I have found that any thing tracked tends to improve. (I hate a bad score card.) Thanks for the video. : )

I can be 1.4 kg heavier after a 20 mile cycle ride...utter rubbish

How can you take some serious when they are wearing an SVB shift? Lol

Stones are how a lot of people measure body weight in the UK lol i only understand weight in stone lol 😂

Ok so the scale is a mess if it cant measure bodyfat correctly 😅

Beyond weight and BMI, I think most of these hi tech scales are just guesstimating body fat, skeletal mass and water. I have a Withings. And it’s measures of these latter elements vary considerably from day to day but within a somewhat credible range.

I'm a tad confused by how you used and reviewed the manual entry of body composition. My understanding is that you do a manual input, the the scales use this as a baseline for your current snapshot, then going forward it will measure body fat more accurately with this baseline for you as an individual..... So to determine if the fat readings are accurate we would need to see trend data for a period of time after the manually set body fat percentage..... I may be wrong.

Silicon Valley Bank?

I have the S1. The turns on but does show anything and does not connect to Bluetooth. Can this be fixed?

The s2 is nearly 4 years old. Garmin needs a new scale

Have they updated the Body fat at all?