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Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester | 
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| Brand: AccuFitness
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $6.91
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 118
Ingredients: Resillient DuPont Delrin
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6.3 x 0.7
Legal Disclaimer: The information provided about this product is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem.
MPN: AM03
Model: AM03
UPC: 744543020001
EAN: 0744543020001
ASIN: B000G7YW74
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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. | | • | Accurate, reliable, private, and easy to use | | • | Inexpensive, convenient, and durable |
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Product Description
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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 Mediocre tool for assessing body fat October 26, 2008
X-Ray Vision (Southeastern United States)
Assessing your body fat is an accurate method of determining your level of fitness and health. br / br /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. br / br /Conclusion br / br /It is a portable, small tool for assessing your body composition but its durability over time is questionable (as is its accuracy).
 Measure October 23, 2008
M. Brockman (SC)
Good tool and great price. These sell for $20+ on some sites. Very good tool and useful to keep track of your progress.
great September 16, 2008
J. Jurewicz (New York USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i really like it, its nice to know if you are losing (or gaining) body fat or lean body mass and this product allows you to do that not only privately, but also frequently.
 Bad design, inaccurate results. September 14, 2008
Don (California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The tester has a moving plastic piece in the middle that you are supposed to set all the way to the right before making a measurement. This makes it almost impossible to take accurate measurements. Also the instrument doesn't click so you don't know how much pressure to use.
Great little device September 11, 2008
Chris Martin (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Considering the price and simplicity of this little tool, I really like it a lot. As other reviewers have said, it does take a little getting used to to ensure repeatability though. Here's why: br / br /These calipers use a clever little "half arm" sticking out from the side to help you to gage how hard to pinch before taking your reading. At the tip off this half arm is a little round tip that, as you pinch the calipers closed, nestles into a little pocket (on the long arm where Accu-Measure is printed). The problem is that you just have to pay careful attention to when that little round tip is fully seated in its pocket and not pinch to squeeze the calipers any more than that. br / br /I consider myself pretty technically inclined and it has taken me a few weeks to get very comfortable and repeatable with squeezing it just right. Now it's no problem at all. br / br /I will say though that an even greater source of variability in measurements (at least for me) is where specifically you measure. There's a little diagram that shows approx where to pinch your gut to measure. I found though that the more I move outward toward my side, the lower the body fat measure. I'm not all that concerned with the specific percentage...I've been using the calipers to mostly gage progress. And I can do this by looking at the millimeters of "pinched fat" and seeing that slowly reduce over time. br / br /You just have to be VERY specific about pinching at EXACTLY the same location and not moving the location around inadvertently. Today I measured 20mm in one location (easily repeated 3 times very accurately) and 1.5 to 2" away (toward my side) measured 14mm (again easily repeated 3 times in a row). br / br /So in short, the calipers are an awesome tool and will read VERY repeatably as long as you pay close attention to what you are doing. I can't vouch for how accurately they translate mm of pinched fat into % body fat. I'd imaging that there are lots of factors beyond the control of these little calipers that affect the accuracy of that correlation. But if all you need to do is track progress, this is a perfect tool for me.
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