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However, Wi-Fi models are more expensive you can expect to pay $30 to $50 for a Bluetooth scale and more for Wi-Fi–enabled models. We found Wi-Fi models easier to use, since Bluetooth has a limited range and requires your smartphone to be nearby. Technology: We also noted each time an app failed to register a weight on its associated scale.Consistency is more important than accuracy, though, so we looked at measurements we took day to day as well as how well each scale handled our added weights. All of the experts we spoke with agreed that most home scales don’t give you as accurate a measurement as you can find at a doctor’s office. Consistency: Like any bathroom scale, a smart scale should provide a weight measurement you can trust.Compared with other top-rated Wi-Fi scales we considered, this Greater Goods model typically costs about half as much. Because it uses a Wi-Fi connection instead of Bluetooth, you don’t need to have your phone within arm’s reach for the scale to send data to its Weight Gurus app. The Greater Goods Wi-Fi Smart Scale was more consistent than any other scale we tested, both in accurately registering weight changes and in sending data to its associated app. Because this scale has bested the competition for two years running, we continue to recommend it.

The company says that it will support the existing scale and app indefinitely, and that the work-around for current scale owners who experience connectivity issues will always be freely available. According to Greater Goods, the new version of our top-pick scale will have an improved Wi-Fi chip, and Greater Goods will make connection-related improvements to the accompanying app (connectivity issues are the number-one complaint customers have had with this scale).

Note: Greater Goods is discontinuing the Wi-Fi Smart Scale and will be replacing it with an updated version in summer 2021, a company spokesperson told us.
