These Are the Best Smart (and Dumb) Bathroom Scales

Keeping track of what you weigh is pretty important, even though there are reasonable arguments against keeping track of it too much. There are all kinds of scales out there that can help you, no matter how serious you want to get about it or how much you want to spend. Here are some great ones.

The best bathroom scales with cool features

These have additional or cool features like body fat measurement-though you should probably take those figures with a grain of salt-that go beyond just telling you your weight.

• I have this iHealth Nexus Smart Scale ($39.98) and love it so much I bought another one for my boyfriend. The price is accessible, but it still comes with a ton of features. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth, it assesses your weight, BMI, and even makes some estimates of things like muscle mass and bone mass. What I like about it is how easy it was to sync it with my other apps, like my health and calorie-tracking apps, and that it makes graphs that show my weight and other metrics over time.

• If you're a Fitbit user, grab the Fitbit Aria Air ($49), which syncs directly with your Fitbit dashboard. It's relatively simple, only showing your weight and BMI, but really, that might be all you need. It's lightweight, "sleek," and "minimalist," according to reviewers, so it's not a bulky addition to the bathroom, either.

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• The Shapa scale ($120) is an innovative smart scale that shows you colors, not numbers, so you don't get too caught up monitoring your exact weight. The colors refer to your average weight over time and if you see blue on your app, you're losing weight. Teal means you're starting to lose weight, green means you're maintaining it, light gray means you're starting to gain, and dark gray means you are gaining weight. That's it. It's popular on Reddit, where users praise it for helping them get over scale anxiety.

• This Renpho smart scale ($59.99) is cool because it lights up, either to remind you periodically to weigh yourself or to serve as a nightlight, depending on your preferences and needs. It's a versatile option that's great for small bathrooms.

The best cheap scales

Don't need the bells and whistles? That's fine. You can pick up an inexpensive one that just shows you your weight, easy peasy.

• The basic scale I use when I'm not using my iNexus isn't available on Amazon anymore, but this HomeBuds digital scale ($14.39) is very similar: There's an easy-to-read, bright LED display and the machine turns on automatically when you step on it.

• This GE digital scale ($21.59) is inexpensive, but shows you your weight and BMI.

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