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Easy To Read Large Digital DisplayWeight, Body Fat% and BMI In Seconds
The Omron HBF-400 Fat Loss Monitor with Scale is the perfect way to track your weight loss goals, thanks to its fast, accurate measurement of weight, body fat percentage, and body mass index (BMI). Just step on the HBF-400 and in seconds you'll have much of the information that's vital to any
 Simple controls and a large, easy-to-read display make fat and weight monitoring a snap. View larger. |
 Just step on and see your data in seconds. |
For the Whole Family
The HBF-400 supports up to four personal profiles, so each member of your family can track their own measurements independently. Plus, an easy-to-read and large digital display makes it a snap to get the information you need.
Detailed Measurement
The weight display measures weight up to 330 pounds in .2-pound increments, while body fat percentage can be measured from 5 to 60 percent in .1 percent increments.
One of the keys to weight loss and management is tracking your body mass index, or BMI. The HBF-400 rates your BMI from 7.0 to 90.0 in .1 increments. BMI is classified at three levels: underweight, normal, overweight, and obese.
Made for Just about Everyone
The HBF-400 is set up to provide measurements for folks of nearly all heights (3'4" to 6' 6-3/4") and nearly all ages (10 to 79 years). Measurements are customized for males and females, as well.
Power and Dimensions
The HBF-400 runs on four AA batteries, and you can expect about a year of battery life when the device is used four times a day. The unit measures 12.2 x 11.8 x 2.1 inches (L x W x H). The unit weighs 4.7 pounds.
What's in the Box
HBF-400 unit, 4 AA batteries, and instruction manual.
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| Product Placement | Flat level floor | Flat level floor | Hold in front of body | Watch on wrist Transmitter around chest |
| Memory | 4 person profile with previous reading | 4 person profile 1/7/30/90 day(s) memory | 9 person profile | None |
| Warranty | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year |
| Batteries | 4 "AA" (included) | 4 "AA" (included) | 2 "AA" (included) | 2 CR2032 3 volt (included) |
| Estimated Battery Life | Approx. 1 year (when used four times a day) | Approx. 1 year (when used four times a day) | Approx. 1 year (when used four times a day) | Approx. 1 year (varies depending on storage and use) |
Q&A - Fitness Monitors
What is the Bioelectrical Impedance Method?
Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) is considered one of the most accurate and accessible methods of screening body fat. Muscles, blood vessels and bones are body tissues having a high water content that conduct electricity easily. Body fat is tissue that has little electric conductivity. The monitor sends an extremely weak electrical current through your body to determine the amount of fat tissue. The weak electrical current is not felt while operating the Body Fat Analyzer. The monitor is calculated by a formula that includes five factors; electric resistance, height, weight, age and gender.
What is visceral fat?
Visceral fat is located around the organs. Too much visceral fat is thought to be closely linked to increased level of fat in the bloodstream, which can lead to common conditions such as high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Sedentary life style causes excess visceral fat, and exercise can reduce it quicker than subcutaneous fat (fat located under skin).
What is resting metabolism?
Resting metabolism is the energy to maintain vital functions and it counts 60 to 70% of total energy consumption. Knowing your resting metabolism can help your dietplan. If you can increase daily activity while keeping food intake at resting metabolism level, you can lose weight.
What is skeletal muscle?
Skeletal muscle is muscle attached to the bones that is used to move the body. If you do weight loss without exercise, you may lose skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle is important to maintain your resting metabolism as well as your functionality. Monitoring skeletal muscle during weight loss is key to avoid weight rebound in the future.
Technical Details
- Provides accurate measurement of weight, body fat percentage, and body mass index (BMI)- Supports up to four personal profiles, so each member of your family can track their own measurements
- BMI classified at three levels: underweight, normal, overweight, and obese
- Provides measurements for people of nearly all heights (3'4" to 6' 6-3/4") and nearly all ages (10 to 79 years)
- Measures 12.2 x 11.8 x 2.1 inches (L x W x H)
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By Jeff C. Shaw (Emeryville, CA)
Scale is accurate with the weight as well as the body fat calculation. The button is a little awkward to press with your foot and it takes one or two seconds to zero calibrate the scale before you can weight yourself, but it's manageable.
By Joshua Mayfield (USA)
I have been using my HBF-400 for 3 weeks now and this is the happiest I've ever been with a scale. First off, the fact that it shows weight down to the first decimal point helps me track my progress from one day to the next; less frustrating than waiting 3-4 days for the next full pound to count down. It is also very consistent; shows you the same numbers after multiple consecutive uses.
In the time I've been tracking the numbers, the body fat percentage value has come down overall, but it's the one measurement that has the greatest day-to-day variability; it might go up or remain constant on a given day even if the other measurements drop. You have to kind of average out your results, I think, to consider it a useful metric.
So, my one complaint is that, while the user profiles feature is nice, I'm the only person using this scale. I want to be able to just turn it on and hop on to get my weight/percentage/BMI. But if you don't select your user profile after turning on the scale, it will only tell you your weight.
I'd have preferred that they designed it to default to the last-used profile. You could change it on startup if anyone else used the scale, otherwise you could just power up and hop on.
I won't take a star off for that though, this has proven to be a very useful way to track my progress.
By TC
This scale could only measure weight. Body fat is waaaaaay off. Other reviews have also noted this.
By Alvin Chang (San Francisco, CA)
Take the positive reviews with a grain of salt.
After a year, as other reviewers have reported, the display elements would flicker or not turn on which made
it impossible to read and unusable.
Worked when it worked, but would not recommend the device.
The units go bad quickly for something this pricey.
Replaced the batteries twice to no effect.
Company was no help.
By Mark Faine (HUNTSVILLE, AL, US)
I've had this scale for over a year and it functions well so long as you are not operating it on carpet. Personally, I think that is a fairly big flaw though others may not think so. Also, from reading the features you'd think that it maintains a memory of users but not really. Every single time you want to way yourself you have to push a button to indicate which user and allow it time to calibrate. I'd rather it just assume the default user unless told otherwise.
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Hey Tungjai,
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Thanks for the post,
Dennis