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Why choose a body composition monitor?
Knowing our weight is one thing, but there are other health factors that can indicate, more accurately, how healthy we are on the inside. Omron’s range of body composition monitors can give you accurate and painless body weight and fat measurements. More than just a scale, a body composition monitor can help to keep you motivated as you track your diet or fitness progress, or simply as you make basic changes to your lifestyle in order to eat right and exercise more.
The Omron BF511 Body Composition Monitor is designed to be used by the whole family. It is suitable for everyday use starting from the age of 6 (with the exception of the visceral fat and skeletal muscle classification which start from 18 years), and is a stylish addition to any bathroom available in two colours: turquoise or dark blue.
Using its sensor technology, the BF511 Body Composition Monitor gives you a painless and accurate total body reading--body weight (in kilograms), body fat percentage, visceral fat, resting metabolism and skeletal muscle percentage--to help you understand how efficiently your body is working, and to help you reach your fitness and weight loss goals. Both simple to use and offering accurate results, the BF511 is the perfect fitness tool to use any time in the comfort of your own home.
Chewing the fat--What you need to know
What is body fat?
Our bodies need a certain amount of fat to function effectively, but too much fat can have a detrimental effect to your overall health. Studies have shown that a high level of fat in the body, in particular visceral fat, increases the risk of developing more serious health conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. The level of body fat you should have will vary depending on age and sex; this chart indicates what level band you should be in depending on these factors.
What is visceral fat?
Visceral fat, or "central obesity", is used to describe the fat that is located inside the peritoneal cavity--that is, your midsection around your waist. Rather than being located directly under the skin as subcutaneous fat, this "visceral fat" can be found in between your internal organs, many of which are situated in this cavity.
Studies have shown that there is a strong correlation between high levels of visceral fat and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease as well as other medical conditions. The BF511 Body Composition Monitor will give you a reading between 30 levels, to indicate your level of visceral fat; a normal reading would be between 1 and 9, with a reading higher than 15 being very high.
What is subcutaneous fat?
Subcutaneous fat not only accumulates around the stomach but also around the upper arms, hips and thighs, and can cause a distortion of the body’s proportions. Although not directly linked to increased risk of disease, it is thought to increase pressure on the heart and lead to other complications. The BF511 Body Composition Monitor does not display subcutaneous fat uniquely, but it is included in the body fat percentage reading as a whole.
How can you reduce your body fat?
The best way to reduce your overall body fat percentage is to take regular exercise and eat healthily. Using a body composition monitor such as the BF511 will give you accurate results, so you can monitor your progress on a fitness regime--or simply keep a check on your general health.
Scientifically speaking
Body fat has low electricity conductivity. The BF511 Body Composition Monitor measures the body fat percentage by using the Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) method. Muscles, blood vessels and bones are body tissues with higher water content that conducts electricity easily. Body fat is tissue that has little electric conductivity. The BF511 sends an extremely weak electrical current of 50 kHz through your body to determine the amount of fat tissue. This weak electrical current is not felt while operating the BF511. In order for the scale to determine body composition, it uses the electrical impedance, along with your height, weight, age and gender information, to generate results based on pre-determined data of body composition.
Benefits of Body Composition Monitors
Owning an Omron BF511 Body Composition Monitor is an easy and practical way to monitor your health at home. Using an Omron means affordability, reliability and accuracy--whenever you need it--from the world's leading healthcare-at-home provider.
About Omron
Omron has been a leading innovator for healthcare products since the company was started in 1933. Since then, Omron has been involved in world breaking health product developments including launching the very first digital blood pressure monitor for home use in 1973 and introducing the first digital thermometer in 1983.
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 HN283 |  HN286 |  HN288 |  BF306 |  BF508 |  BF511 | |
Scales | Body Composition Monitors | |||||
| Colour options | One colour | Blue Turquoise | ||||
| Maximum weight capacity | 150 kg | 180 kg | 180 kg | 199.8 kg | 150 kg | 150 kg |
| Weight in lbs/kg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Body fat % | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Body fat classification | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Skeletal muscle % | Yes | |||||
| Skeletal muscle classification | >18 yrs | |||||
| Visceral fat | >18 yrs | >18 yrs | ||||
| Visceral fat classification | >18 yrs | >18 yrs | ||||
| Resting metabolism rate | Yes | |||||
| Full body measurement | >18 yrs | Yes | ||||
| Children's mode (6+) | Yes | |||||
| Age range | 18-70 yrs | 10-80 yrs | 6-80 yrs | |||
| Power source | 2 x CR2032 Lithium batteries | 1 x CR2032 Lithium batteries | 2 x AAA | 4 x AA | ||
| Memory | Previous measurement | 9 + guest | 4 + guest | |||
| Additional features | Weight difference | Weight/height conversion chart | ||||
| Warranty | 2 years | 3 years | ||||
| Product code | HN-283-E | HN-286-E | HN-288-E | HBF-306-UK | HBF-508-E | HBF-511T-E HBF-511B-E |
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This monitor has bars for which to grab which allows a whole body measurement approach, as in the current is passed through the whole body giving a much more accurate reading.
As some people have said this is an accurate piece of equipment and if you are slightly off level on the ground, dehydrated or you eat or train hard 2 hours before measuring then the reading may not be reliable. Just follow the instructions and there's nothing to worry about. Your own body will fluctuate in weight over the course of the day due to water loss and water gain.
The monitor also comes with a three year warranty against faults which will come in handy if breaks down but so far after using it for 1 month on a number of clients i can see it lasting a good while.
There are much dearer monitors out there with much less of the facilities this offers.
Highly recommended.
To use all functionality first you set your profile, which is defined by age, height, gender. Up to four different profiles can be stored. Each profile can be chosen by a seperate selection button. If you just want to check your weight you go stand on the weight scale and it will tell you quickly. If you want to check your fat percentage, amount of muscle, bmi, etc. you first press your profile button. After weighting you pick up the handle, keep it on front of you with extended arms, and it will calculate the rest. All this goes in just a few seconds.
The screen on the handle shows your current values as well as the last measured values. Each value (FAT, BMI, etc.) has it's own button by which you can easily jump through. Note this product does not offer you the possibility to track back more measured values besides the last values. So if you want to keep track of your progress you'll have to note all values yourself; personally I just keep a little book next to the weightscale.
I've been using this product for about 3 weeks now. Measurements seems to be pretty precise, I noted about 100 gr and 0.1% variations.
What more to say. The product looks pretty nice; good overall workmanship. Also pretty solid. Also the handle has a long enough (flexible) cable to easily manoeuvre. Also price is very positive compared to simular products.
So no remarks actually ! Just wish they would offer the same weightscale with WIFI features and some nice program for on your computer to keep track of your measurements.
Fry
This Omron monitor reads everything I need to know to reassure me that my training is still being effective and that adaptation has not taken place...so my results should remian positive.If your not to bothered about body fat etc...it also has a weight only function!
The display is very easy to use and what a bonus that you can store 4 peoples stats in it to make it even quicker to get your reading; the machine also remembers the previous weigh-ins statistic for quick reference...bonus =)
Overall a great bit of kit that im sure the whole family will use for years to come.
My only negative which justifies the 4 out of 5 is that it does not read water mass / percentage...I think it is important to know you are hydrated or if you want to be negative; dehydrated.
PLEASE REMEMBER THOUGH...WEIGHING YOURSELF CAN BE OBSESSIVE AND LEAD TO EATING DISORDERS...FACT!!!; PLEASE BE ESPECIALLY CAREFULL IF LETTING CHILDREN USE THEM!!! ALTHOUGH I USE THIS MACHINE MONTHLY; AS A PERSONAL TRAINER I ONLY WEIGHED / ANALYSED BODY COMPOSITION OF CLIENTS EVERY QUARTER...THIS IS SUFFICIENT TIME FOR VISIBLE RESULTS AND SHOULD KEEP YOU MOTIVATED TOWARDS YOUR FITNESS / HEALTH GOALS.
But most of all...Exercise should be fun, not just goal related. If you enjoy it and persue it, results will come in time; internal as well as external.
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