Digital scale
- by Jennycraig
- 2021-04-29 23:49:03
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Please respond.I have read confused information about digital scales. Are there. Any safe ones people with pacemaker can use.
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The issue isn't whether a scale is digital versus analogue...
by crustyg - 2021-04-30 07:33:09
.. it's that often the 'digital' scales also attempt to measure body fat. These ones are not suitable for folk with a PM.
In theory you could wear rubber-based thin slippers and stand on one of these fat-measuring scales in safety (so you don't need two scales for you and partner).
Although I'm very sceptical about body fat measurement in this way. Skin-fold thickness, yes, total body weight versus height (BMI) yes, but otherwise I'm not a believer.

Do they still make analog scales?
by AgentX86 - 2021-04-30 11:28:33
As Crusty says, it's not whether they're digital or not, that's just a readout device, rather if they pass current through the body to measure its resistance (and presumably the volume of water). It's this current that can affect a PM. For similar reasons, TENS units are proscribed.

Withings Body+?
by MinimeJer05 - 2021-09-13 23:00:01
My Withings Body+ has all of the bells and whistles that worked great before my pacemaker. Now I'm looking at it after and it said there's a way to turn off the body fat calculating and just do weight. And that it should be fine with Pacemaker.
i made the adjustment but am afraid to test it out. What's the worst case scenario here? It zaps the pacemaker off?
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I use a digital scale. I
by PacedNRunning - 2021-04-30 00:48:21
I use a digital scale. It's fine.