Index S2 Smart Scale
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Why We Like The Index S2 Smart Scale
Whether you're training for a tri, making a commitment to getting healthy, or just working on getting ready for summer, Garmin's Index Smart Scale makes sticking to your plan a whole lot easier. It does all the classic scale things: weighing in pounds, kilograms, and even stone. It also tracks body mass index, body fat percentage, bone mass, and skeletal muscle mass, all of which are important data points for high-level athletes. The Index can recognize and remember up to 16 different users, and of course it can sync to Garmin Connect, the online platform that lets you track and analyze all your workout data, so you can see exactly how your workouts correspond to your goals.
Details
- Garmin's body scale for getting fit fast
- Wi-Fi connection for snycing and uploading to Garmin Connect
- Measures weight, body mass index, body fat, skeletal muscle mass, and more
- Recognizes up to 16 users
- Up to 9 months of battery life
- Item #GRMF01I
- Compatibility
- bluetooth, ANT+
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 12.2 x 1.2in
- Activity
- fitness, training
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Overall Rating
4 based on 537 ratings
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageOctober 26, 2024
it's probably a nice scale...
I wouldn't know, tho. It wouldn't connect to any of my bluetooth devices. As such it was a big expensive paperweight. Thankfully it was returnable! YMMV but it's a solid no in my house
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 26, 2024
Very happy
Nice to have stats automatically connected to the app.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 24, 2024
Misleading capabilities
Love Garmin and my Instinct2 watch. On my fitness journey I decided to give this scale a try and boy, what an anti-climatic disappointment. The sensors and algos' that set it apart from any other dumb scale (you know the ones that just tell you your weight) rely on an initial reading the scale cannot do on its own. Meaning, you have to get your body fat % and ideally lean mass reading at with a DEXA scan for the software to properly estimate from that. If you are like me, just built different from the mean BMI estimates - I have a large frame and I'm muscular by nature. My BMI would always say I'm morbidly obese, even at healthy weight. This scale is completely incapable of realizing that and adjusting until I feed it with external parameters from a DEXA scan - this means - the sensors are complete rubbish and they cannot detect by impedance or otherwise anything accurately beyond your weight. From a hardware perspective, the scale detects weight (how it turns on automatically) 3 times out of 5, meaning you have to step on and off several times until it wakes up. I've had to "add it" to my Garmin ecosystem a few times, generally if I lose internet / WiFi and I have several issues with the device itself saying it is connected etc - but not sending the readings to the cloud as it should. There's no troubleshooting there because it is presumed to be working properly by the entire Garmin platform. Unless you don't have a scale already, and want one that looks kinda cool - I'd say don't buy it. I am extremely disappointed about this scale and I can't even imagine a Product Management team being "ok" selling something that is said to have sensors to READ, in REAL TIME, and DETECT/ESTIMATE body composition even though it does not - it starts from a hard coded set of parameters which is far from "sensing" anything, or any deviations among other types of humans outside of that hard coded mean. I would probably return it, not sure if I am past the deadline for that but I would 100% not recommend buying this product until they can figure out how to actually measure body comp in real time.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 23, 2024
Great for tracking.
I mainly got this because i already use my Fenix watch for other health tracking. This does not disappoint. It’s nice having everything all in one place.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 22, 2024
Awesome scale
The scale is very cool. It does everything and I feel it helps motivate me to do my best every day.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 22, 2024
Improvement over Wyze but connection not perfect
Love the features - bone mass, % fat seems much more accurate than Wyze scale, especially for a 76 yo male - but connection to phone sometimes takes a while
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 20, 2024
Not accurate
I actually received this as a gift and sent it back. I love Garmin, but this is a complete fail for them. I have a cheap scale that does all the same things and am confident on its accuracy.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 19, 2024
Very Difficult to Add second user
We tried to add my wife to this scale and at this point she is still not added. We had to disconnect me as the primary user and add her, but then I was out. No response from Garmin yet and I did all the troubleshooting per the manual…it shouldn’t be this hard. If garmin would respond or fix it, I would reconsider this review.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 18, 2024
Lots of features
I really like this scale, it seems to be more accurate than my old Fitbit scale. I like all the different measurements like bone, water, and muscle.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
October 16, 2024
modern and accurate, slow to start
Bought about one month ago. Weigh myself for trending data on my Garmin watch/health app, not spot. Only quibble is the lag to power on when I stand on it - can be 30 seconds for some reason if not used for a few days...weird. I have a much cheaper scale at another home that opens instantly when I stand on it.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
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