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Best Body Fat Calipers?

Postby Warren on Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:23 am

What are the best body fat calipers to buy? I know there are a few different kinds out there: some with multiple skin folds, some you can do yourself, etc.

Which are the best?
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Re: Best Body Fat Calipers?

Postby izzostrength on Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:05 pm

The best if you have $450.00 are the Skyndex calipers.
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Re: Best Body Fat Calipers?

Postby BassJunkie on Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:12 pm

izzostrength wrote:The best if you have $450.00 are the Skyndex calipers.


What about a more "reasonable" price range? :wink:
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Re: Best Body Fat Calipers?

Postby Warren on Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:36 pm

Haha ok you got me there.

How about a decent set of calipers that will do the job and are not terribly inaccurate. :)
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Re: Best Body Fat Calipers?

Postby izzostrength on Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:02 pm

I suggest a bio-impedence (Omron) hand held device. Goes for $49.99 online. I'll take the accuracy of that over a novice trying to clip their own skinfolds. But thats me...
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Re: Best Body Fat Calipers?

Postby TakeFive on Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:28 pm

I used one of these Omron electronic ones at the gym the other day:

http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HBF-306C-Fa ... 444&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HBF-306-Bod ... 444&sr=8-2

Gave a pretty easy and fast reading. Don't know what the difference is between these two models on Amazon (the C model might be newer). Price is certainly right. Here's the user manual from Omron: http://www.omronhealthcare.com/img/shop ... 936-5c.pdf
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