Before You Buy Guy here. In this video we've taken a look at the you Eufy C1 smart scale
I've been working hard doing the product research and checking out all
the latest reviews so that you don't have to. Stick around. so the Eufy
brand is owned and operated by Anchor innovations. Stephen Yang started
Anker in 2011 and he was previously a software engineer for Google.
Anker innovations is based in China and their primary market is mobile charging
accessories like power banks and charging cables Anker is using the Eufy
brand to niche down and specialize in to some specific product categories
In addition to the smart scales Eufy do have security cameras for example
As a brand brand Anker have developed quite a good reputation on Amazon
They've got lots of positive reviews and up until 2017 their products were sold
exclusively on Amazon. Today you can still buy the products at Amazon
or you can go to their website directly and some traditional retailers
are starting to stock these Eufy / Anker products. Measuring in 0.1 kilogram increments
so 100 grams - the scales can measure anything between five kilograms and 180 kilograms
so if you want to weigh something or someone that doesn't fit in
that range these are probably not the best scales for you.
with those unit increments of 0.1 kilograms it's not the most accurate scale some scales do
delve down a little bit deeper into the finer measurements. If you do want to scale
it's gonna have that level of accuracy you may need to spend a little bit more money.
let's start by having a look at some of the key features
it's got a minimalist design, it's a small scales. It does a full body measurement so you're gonna
measure a whole bunch. It says actually misses twelve different body measurements
So essentially these scales are like a body fat percentage scales
it's gonna send up electrical current through your body to measure the time it
takes for that current to get back to the scales
then it's gonna try and give you some information based on that current and its software
Some of the information that the scales is going to tell you is
things like how much fat percentage you have, whats your BMI, your bone density ,
how much muscle mass do you have? these devices aren't going to be 100% accurate
it is just an estimate. But it can be good to track your progress from
one day to the next. We've got one LED display here sixty-seven by twenty nine millimetre
these scales are powered by three Triple A batteries
So the smarts side of these scales is this will actually connect through to your mobile phone
you can connect any device running iOS 8.0 and above or Android 4.3 and above
so if you do want to use the smart features on these scales you have to use
the Eufy Life App on Apple or Android. The app does look like it works fairly well
on the Play Store the Eufy life app has over twelve hundred and eighty reviews
with a rating of 4.4 stars. Most of the negative reviews
do seem to be about having some problems connecting the scales
if you can't connect the device to your mobile phone it's really just a regular scales
and it's not a smart scale at all. So we had a look at some of the big review sites
PC Mag com they do like it they say it's great that it supports up to 16 users
the scales can accurately differentiate between different family members and it
does integrate with Apple Health, Fitbit and Google fit. They love that it can measure
the BMI, full body composition. nNow PC Mag weren't sure if you're data is
going to be a hundred percent private using this device and there's no
modes for implanted medical devices and pregnant women. PC Mag wanted to point
out that for the price you're paying these scales are pretty good
you're not going to get much better at that price point. Jumping over to tech advisor.co.uk
They've giving this 4.5 stars. At this price point you're not
going to expect these scales to come with all the top of the range of
features or the accuracy from a high-end expensive set of scales.
However for this price this is a great buy - according to tech advisor
let's have a look at what some real customers had to say we've got Amazon
reviews 1194 reviews 4.5 out of 5 stars 76% of reviewers gave this five stars
now Jimmy over here from Amazon was quite concerned with the accuracy of these scales
he'd jump on them at one point they'd be measuring a certain weight
he'd go away, come back - they'd be measuring a completely different weight
so that's that is quite concerning. Jimmy it does look like you maybe you had a
faulty scales because most customers are not reporting that. It looks like Luis M
had some problems connecting to the app if you can't connect the scales to your
mobile phone they're really just a regular scales
I think this review from Amazon customer really sums up their scales
a very good, cheap, smart scale. So this Amazon customer felt that they got a great
product based on the price they paid. So the lots of happy customer reviews would indicate
that the vast majority of purchases were happy with these scales
when you're buying a set of scales at this price point you're not going to get
all the top-of-the-range features or the most accurate measurements you could
easily spend this much money on a non-smart scale and miss out on all of
these extra tracking features. Let us know in the comments, if you think these scales are a bargain
or which other smart scales you'd recommend
see you next time