S2 a worthless purchase for Masters athletes

velofynn 8 days ago

I've used this scale for three years, diligently trying to track body fat, muscle volume and overall weight. It gets weight right, but that's about it. Whatever algorithm Garmin uses on this scale might as well be just random statistical noise. The Body fat, muscle and bone density tracking are completely inaccurate. I have wasted three years of body composition work because I trusted this scale to tell me what is going on. Garmin's product managers ought to be ashamed of ever going to market with this piece of junk.

0 Garmin-Maeve 7 days ago

You may want to check to see if you have your account on "Athlete Mode" : Athlete Mode is a setting on the scale that enables a different algorithm for the body metric measurements the scale provides. This mode should be enabled for users that are very athletic and very lean where their body fat is below the normal average of a human being.

To change this setting on the Index Smart Scale series, you need to access Garmin Connect through either the mobile app on your phone or with Garmin Connect on the web and refer to Body Fat Percentage Is Too Low on the Index Smart Scale Series

0 velofynn 7 days ago in reply to Garmin-Maeve

I made this change already two years ago, hoping it would solve. It really did not.

0 Garmin-Maeve 7 days ago in reply to velofynn

Is it that it is estimating too low or too high?

0 bluefish 4 days ago in reply to Garmin-Maeve

Garmin-Maeve said:
Is it that it is estimating too low or too high?

Too high !

0 bluefish 4 days ago in reply to Garmin-Maeve

Garmin-Maeve said:
refer to Body Fat Percentage Is Too Low on the Index Smart Scale Series

0 Garmin-Maeve 3 days ago in reply to bluefish

sorry about that, try this link please: https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=4yEmnMQhmb70eWsxxm8vr5&productID=679362&searchQuery=bodies&tab=topics