Tanita Bc-1000

[Sebastian Thorndike]

Belowis the main window which shows all your readings. In the case of the BC-100, all your data will display from the left hand portion of the screen. Advanced medical devices you the middle-right portion, and other Tanita devices such as Blood Pressure monitors can use other portions of the application as well.

Though, there is no easy calendar picker to simply choose a day (those week/month/year buttons are for the graphs). You have to scroll through them all one click at at time. I have 45 measurements in there so far, and I can see that getting a bit unwieldy after time.

The next page you have is the analysis display, which shows you where you stand based on standardized scales for areas like BMI and Body Fat. You can see the grey line on the colored scales showing the different recommended levels. You can click the navigation buttons at the top to show different days and see the lines change on the analysis page.

Also, while this may be a minor, anal concern from an overally analytic Virgo, I do have a question. What does that glass scale look like after stepping on and off it over a week or two or three? I was thinking that it might require a great deal of cleaning.

Great review as always. I really enjoy reading your insights regarding the gear you test, very informative and straightforward. And you guys in DC are having fun despite the weather. Very funny the naked race. Brrrr. If you happen to be competing in Lisbon, Portugal, let me know. We also have some pretty fun races this side of the atlantic. Keep competing and writing.

as you use the trainingpeaks is there an option to dial in all the data which comes from the tanita..

whqaat woudll you recomend use the trainingpeaks or the tanita software.?

marc

ma...@steingrand.com

Maybe I missed it (and I apologize if I did), but when pairing with the 310, does the 310 become the temporary data store until offloaded to your PC? Meaning, if I keep my 310 in the bathroom for daily morning weigh-ins, can I then transfer all of that data to the PC later? Does the watch store all of the data points output by the scale, or just the few it is displaying on-screen?

I am not sure if its possible, but Tanita and Garmin should thank you. After reading your review I went ahead and purchased both the BC-1000 and the FR60 with footpod. I am not a triathlete like yourself, but I want to know that I am getting the most out of my workouts. Thanks!

Yes, the 310XT becomes the temporary data store until offloaded to your PC, so you can store a lot of days in there if you want. I did that with the FR60 as well, where I strored a bunch of readings, and then transferred them a few days later.

Tanita has updated the Healthy Edge Software. If you are already using it, you can go to link to thecompetitiveedge.com and download the upgrade for Healthy Edge. New Screen, Prints in Color with Graphs.

The only way to upload to Excel or CSV is to purchase the Professional Software version called Healthy Ware.

Thanks for the great review. I have a 310Xt and have taken a several measurements at different times of the day and now want to be more consistent with measurement times. I have deleted the old measurements on Garmin Connect but they keep coming back after I upload a new set of data. Is there anyway to permanently delete old measurements?

Greetings,

Recently i have purchased Tanita BC-1000 and i am using it trough with Garmin FR-60 watch,

my question is Tanita is always reading exactly 1 kg less then all other digital scales,

i have tried 3 diffrient digital scales they all shows me 103,0kg after i try Tanita and gives me 102,0kg

always the same results i get , what would it be causing that ? and is there any forum site related to Tanita

so we can have daily read and share openions.

Body composition is attractive to me, but not using BIA. (My educated opinion is that the BIA measurement methodology of foot-to-foot on scales, and the algorithms used to produce the data are based on way too many assumptions to ever be accurate across a spectrum of body types).

A display of the weight on the scale along with the ant+ is also attractive, so anyone can just walk up, step on, and check their weight. (Analogy: Garmin Watch that can also behave as a normal watch.)

Tanita now has the BC-1500 Ironman Wireless Segmental Body Composition Monitor listed as a new product for delivery in December. Now for a measly $400 you can have all the data segmented data filled in. I guess it beats the $5k+ that the professional segmental body composition monitor is going for. Look forward to seeing another review!

2 questions:

If I get a new PC and would like to move all data from Tanita Healthy Edge software, is there any *.dat file I can localize and move, or all historical data will be lost within installation?

Next, if I would like to have same measurements recorded in Tanita Healthy Edge software and in Garmin Connect as well, do I have to do 2 consecutive measurements (one with ANT+ stick to Tanita Healthy Edge software, second with FR 310XT for later Garmin Connect upload)?

Unfortunately we are not planning to integrate the Tanita Platform with the Forerunner 405CX. This does not have to do with the price of the watch, but rather with when the watch was released. As the Forerunner 405CX is a few years older than devices such as the Forerunner 210 or FR60, it is not designed to be compatible with the BC-1000. I apologize for any inconvenience this creates.

There is a widget for the Mac. It allows you to view the output and to upload the information to My Tanita. This might be the solution to your query. The only problem is that the scale should be close to your computer when you measure, well in range of the ANT stick.

Great Review. I have used your reviews in the past to purchase my Garmin 410. I currently use my Garmin 410 to track information on the Garmin website. I wanted to try and track more information from my scale. Do you know if I could just purchase the BC-1000 and have it link to the Garmin website? Or do I have to purchase the FR60 as well? Or would the 1000 remote work with the Garmin website? I just want all my information in one place to track my progress.

Its odd. Garmin and Tanita appear to have a close marketing tie up but are not working together on approvals. I can buy Garmin Ant connected devices in Singapore (many vendors offer the Garmin 610) but Tanita Asia claim they cant get approvals for the Ant connected BC 1000/1500 series so wont sell them here.

hi Ray,

txs a lot for your reviews.

i bought a tanita bc1000, but get difficult to sync with pc, because an error on healthy edge, but i prefer to sync with iphone, and tomorrow ill buy the wahoo key.

I want to know which app on iphone, u sync the iphone with tanita ?

and if u know some good app, that can track the register with my 30 athletes, i will be very appreciated.

There are options out there however for scales like the Withings scale and people have put together small sites that will spit out data from it into a file you can quickly upload to Garmin Connect to keep it updated.

I found your site through researching the BC-1000, but im still not clear on the compability with my garmin connect. I have the Forerunner 610 from Garmin and i love Garmin connect. But am I to understand that i will not be able to easily export my BC-1000 data to Garmin connect either via my FR610 or some export feature?

i purchased some time ago but soon found out it was not compatable with Apple products. luckily i had the garmin 610 and i could use that as my lcd and sink through garmin connect. have they fixed this bug yet?

Also, does it now link directly with TP? And if so, how do you like it? Would you still recommend this scale like you did when originally posted? I work with a coach 1500 miles away and everything we do, beside talk, is on training peaks

However since updating Garmin Express to v4.0.8 it seems the syncing to Healthy Edge Lite is not working, my edge 810 is not detected as a watch anymore. I was able to uninstall and re-install v3.2.27 of Garmin Express and it works fine again. So not sure if Tanita was just trying to improve functionality somehow piggy backing on some Garmin Express function. Perhaps Garmin are not interested again with their new v4.x.x Express software or it was an oversight.

This stared happening after moving to v2.5.0 of Healthy Edge Lite. But as said, after upgrading GE to v4.0.8 recently, the supposed sync link between GE and Healthy Edge Lite stopped working. Downgrading the GE v3.2.27 restored this functionality.I invite you to try it if you have time. :-)

I am trying to connect the BC-100 with my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (witch has Ant +).

I have tried many apps (Garmin Conect, TactioHealth, sHealth, Tanita, Weight Logger, etc) but still did not find an app that can activate the scale and record every data.

Did someone have the same problem? What do you suggest?

Thank you in advance!

Finnaly an Android app tu fully use my Tanita BC-1000. And it will upload it to Garmin Connect, Strava, Fitbit and trainingPeaks. I am happy. Since I changed my FR610 for the FR620 I wasnt using my Tanita any more. Now I can.

None of the new Garmin products support ANT+ scales. However, with the Vivoactive, it supports Connect IQ. And Tanita has noted via Twitter that they plan to release a Connect IQ app, but have no released any other details.

Hi,

I was interested in buying the mc-780u plus package and must admit your review has me hesitant to proceed. Could you possible share some more specific details as to exactly what issues took place, does the unit actually work, and what was lacking in service?

Thank you,

Charles

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