and +1 from me.
btw, it has been here for a while - does anybody know if we can expect any kind of answer/statement from Garmin on this topic? like "yes - we'll do it by end of September" or "no - forget about it kids"?
I have both the Tanita and the Withings. Bought the Tanita first. Hate it. It is clunky, the plastic feet fall off easily, it is meant to stay in one place right next to your computer (in my office?? WTF). Got the Withings, LOVE it. Can be anywhere my network can reach (Bathroom where it belongs). Solid piece, no feet, no errors, and works with so many apps without any fuss. Unfortunately, I recently switched from Suunto to Garmin 910xt (and in love with the device and GarminConnect) and now want this data in my Garmin Connect account. I was going to sell my Tanita but now i am going to have both? Doesnt make sense. Open API, please Garmin, do this. Get into the era of Wifi and openess, it is here, don't fight it, Tanita is a dinasaur as far as i am concerned. You should be a leader and not be held back!
I have both the Tanita and the Withings. Bought the Tanita first. Hate it. It is clunky, the plastic feet fall off easily, it is meant to stay in one place right next to your computer (in my office?? WTF). Got the Withings, LOVE it. Can be anywhere my network can reach (Bathroom where it belongs). Solid piece, no feet, no errors, and works with so many apps without any fuss. Unfortunately, I recently switched from Suunto to Garmin 910xt (and in love with the device and GarminConnect) and now want this data in my Garmin Connect account. I was going to sell my Tanita but now i am going to have both? Doesnt make sense. Open API, please Garmin, do this. Get into the era of Wifi and openess, it is here, don't fight it, Tanita is a dinasaur as far as i am concerned. You should be a leader and not be held back!
Great post. I never bought the Tanita, but I WILL NEVER BUY IT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE NEXT TO THE PC! The poster is SOOOOO correct that the scale belongs in the bathroom, and the PC does not belong in the bathroom.
Either make Tanita do a wifi scale, or get compatibility with the Withings. Either works for me. But until Garmin partners with a better scale, all the health monitoring functions on Garmin Connect are worthless.
+1 from me too. Please add support for a Withings wifi scale. I'm planning to buy a Garmin device, and Garmin Connect seem to be pretty nice. But to move away from my current activity tracker that DO have withings support, Garmin Connect would need to have it too. No way I'm starting to update my weight manually anywhere again :-)
