Care Touch Pro Body Fat Measure with Skinfold Caliper Set, Measuring Tape, Measurement Charts and Detailed Manual Included

This is a good inexpensive tool for the purpose. The real source of error comes from choosing the wrong spot anyway, so spending much more is cost effective. Watching a good professional demonstration is the better way to improve the accuracy.I find this model bigger than expected. The size probably helps with precision, but also makes it a little unwieldy to use, particularly if taking the measurements on oneself.

I ordered this mainly for the measuring tape. I had one similar that I used for almost 2 years before it broke. I decided to get the body fat skin calipers too, as I am tracking all my measurements. Everything arrived in a timely fashion. To my surprise the skin calipers are much larger than I expected. They seem to work just fine as far as moving parts. I only rated this 4 stars because the instructions were not easy to understand. The chart was not easy to understand. I had to google instructions on how to take proper measurements. A few days after my order arrived I did get an email from the seller with a better set of instructions and a better chart. I just happened to check my email looking for something else and seen it in there. These instructions should be included in the package with the item, not the ones they put in there now.

It's a good set, the spring on the caliper makes those measurements less subjective. The tape is a breeze to use, even one person will have no trouble getting accurate measurements. Find a body fat measuring website to help you with those calculations and places to measure. The instructions that came with mine were hilarious. It was obviously copy/pasted into a translator (a bad translator) and just printed out. I quote, "Detect personnel calipers right hand grasping the handle so that is was open two half-bow arm, his left thumb and forefinger to test parts of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caliper filed, the two fingers apart about 3 centimeters, meters will be open in brought into the point below the caliper, release the handle when the pointer stopped reading after." The whole thing is that way. Fortunately, it's pretty intuitive how to use it, and finding a measuring website will really help.

I think it works? If I knew what I was doing, I believe this would be a good purchase. However, the instructions are hard to follow and it takes a while to figure them out. The product itself works well.

The products where delivered in 3 days.The BMI pliers are kinda weak on the back side where you read the measurement so you have to be really careful on where you store it. But its still good quality and easy to use. I love the measuring tape it makes it easy and fast to take thigh and waist measurements without being too intrusive. It has a retractable button for the tape too. So overall its a good buy just be cautious on where you store the BMI pliers so you dont damage the back side. I suggest buying a storage container to store your tools to keep them from accidentally getting mushed between books or something

It is hard to use it on yourself and still be able to read it since it has no memory like the other style does.

I prefer this spring type to the kind where *you* are supposed to control the pressure somehow. As the other reviewers have pointed out the manual is a joke but IMHO that doesn't matter because trying to calculate body fat percentage with this kind of device or even a body compensation scale is a waste of time because every body is different and the formulas they use (or provide you to use) are almost certainly way off for yours. What these things *can* do is measure relative changes, and ensure that you're losing fat (or gaining muscle mass) in the right places. For example, if bicep diameter is decreasing but bicep skin fold thickness is not, it tells you you're making progress in the wrong direction and need to change your protocol.

I love the fact that this package came with both the caliper and tape measure...two of the most common ways of monitoring weight lost. It also comes with a guide and multiple charts for assessing body fat percentage.The only drawback is that as a right-handed person, I have to do some goose-necking to read the numbers after I have taken 45 degree angle caliper measurements, turn it upside-down. This is due to the numbers being on the right side. But these are minor adjustments.It uses a spring mechanism and does pinch the skin, which can be uncomfortable for some.

great product & fast shipping