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| Acumeasure Fitness 3000 Fat Caliper with Myotape, Body Measuring Tape) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Heart Rate Monitors
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $12.66
You Save: $2.33 (16%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4789
Media: Health and Beauty
Model: fat/bulk/myo
UPC: 744543020001
EAN: 0744543020001
ASIN: B00081NW5G
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fat Caliper (Fitness 2000 model) | | • | Myotape Body Measuring Tape | | • | Fat % Chart | | • | Instructions |
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Product Description
The Accu-Measure Fitness 2000 is endorsed by the World Natural Bodybuilding Federation and recommended in Body-for-LIFE as a great way to measure body fat accurately, privately, consistently, and easily. Ideal for anyone in a fat-burning fitness, exercise, bodybuilding, physique transformation, or weight management program who wants to measure their progress. Throw out the bathroom scale and watch your body fat % decline. Details: Each Accu-Measure Fitness 2000 model comes with an original Accu-Measure Personal Body Fat Tester, men's and women's Body Fat Measurement Charts. (does not include weight loss book)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Acumeasure Caliper October 30, 2008
This is a great product. I was able to easily and accurately measure the amount of body fat I had. The "click" gives an audible indication that the correct amount of pressure is attained for a proper reading.
 Mediocre tool for assessing body fat October 26, 2008
Assessing your body fat is an accurate method of determining your level of fitness and health.
This caliper is small and convenient. However, there are pitfalls. As you squeeze your skin fold, there is some variability from one measurement to the next due to its light construction. It is not durable over time with repetetive use and I question its validity beyond a 1 year time interval. Mine broke a little over 15 months at the 'hinge' opposite to the slide rule.
Conclusion
It is a portable, small tool for assessing your body composition but its durability over time is questionable (as is its accuracy). Use of the tool has a learning curve for accurate assessment.
Great inexpensive way to get r' done! May 15, 2008
Some have said this product is cheap and breakable. Im a large man and have no problems with this. It works perfectly and for the price what do you want? It functions and does so well. Do not pay all the extra money for these other high end BF calculators. This works perfect. You just have to master pinching the exact same spot every time.
accurate with a learning curve April 6, 2008
I still haven't been able to master how to use this device (the Fat Caliper) with any degree of consistency. I've had it about a month now. But my trainer seems to know exactly how to use it and gets accurate measurements with it each time. So apparently, once one has learned how to use it properly, it will aid quite well in measuring your body fat percentage. It's easy enough to read - but it's the actual measuring that leave a lot of room for error.
Perfect Buy at this Price September 25, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The caliper is *great* and the myotape can be useful, too. Both are easy to use.
Some reviews have said the caliper is too simple to be effective, but they are mistaken. Their problem is not with the caliper, but the way they are using it (see more below). This product is recommended by the pros, and there is no reason to pay any more.
Caliper: It's a little tough to get a consistent reading, but with practice it gets easier. The product has a great "click" feature so you can never push too hard. Do not use the instructions or the chart that comes with the product, however, as it will decrease the accuracy and consistency of your body fat measurements. A much more reliable method is to use the internet (see below).
Myotape: Very easy to use and good compliment to caliper.
How to maximize this product using the internet:
1) EXRX dot net has a page which lists the skinfold sites to measure under /Testing/BodyCompSites.html and a calculator page under /Calculators/BodyComp.html that will give you the appropriate fat %. I use the 3 site method since the 7 site method requires the help of another person, and it's not necessarily that much superior, anyway.
2) gain-weight-muscle-fast dot com /body-tape-measurements.html lists further regions to measure
3) Each time you measure (weekly, monthly, etc), do it the same time of day in the same exact spot. This will help minimize error.
Note, the instructions which come with the caliper do work, it's just that it isn't the best method, which is why some fitness freaks were complaining. Consistency across measurements is the most important thing when measuring body fat, and the suprailiac is terribly tough spot to hit consistently. Veer just a little off and the reading will change. But if you use the other method I listed, these problems will be alleviated. Also, the 3 site method is more accurate, with minimal additional effort.
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