Sequoia Fitness TrimCal 4000 Body Fat Caliper (Black) [Health and Beauty] with Fat% Chart

We use them to measure the heels of patients. Works great. Good price. Good purchase.

These calipers give very consistent results for skinfold measurement, which is the most important thing for any caliper to do. Even if you aren't skilled with calipers, so long as you remain consistent in how you use them, you can get meaningful information from them, even if the numbers are all wrong. If your goal is to drop subcutaneous fat then all you really need to concern yourself with is how much your skin fold measurements change over time. If the measurements are decreasing, then you're on the right track, and if they're not....well...you probably need to change something.And for those who are trying to get absolute body fat measurements: While calipers like these aren't the most accurate means of measuring body composition, they do a good job for what you pay for them. The more accurate means available are very costly. This is especially true in my case, as I have a lot of water weight from kidney disease, which makes other common and inexpensive methods (such as BIA) practically useless because the percentage numbers are skewed heavily in favor of the water content, making i.e. fat and muscle percentages look lower than they actually are.

Glad I spent the extra $6-8 and went with this gun-style over the cheaper handheld pinch-style click one. This one seems much more repeatable.Saw someone else moaning about the chart being inaccurate... no surprise. Body fat measurements are known for being subjective/ranging from one test to another. And why bother limiting yourself to a crummy formula from a budget made in China product.I used the easy calculator over on the "linear software" website. (Just google 'linear software body fat' and it's the first result).They offer 6 different formulas, and short videos demonstrating where to measure (click 'chest;, 'abdominal', 'thigh', etc. to watch the corresponding video).I made a few measurements at each body location (to collect 2 data sets of what I thought was representative of a low estimate, and a high estimate), and plugged each set of numbers into the calculators, and averaged the results of the 6 formulas offered. Got a range of x%-x%, (a 2% range), which was in line with my guess based on looking in the mirror & comparing to popular consensus pictures.I mean if you're not willing to do that then keep on being fat. The calipers aren't going to eat less for you. Youtube "Body Fat Test Comparison: Hydrostatic, Skin Fold, DEXA Scan, BIA" by Alan Thrall & get a better understanding of why different assessments give different results, and that the $13 tool is just meant to be used as a quick, easy, cheap, way to track/monitor/adjust your progress towards being more or less fat.*the pair I received are a little inaccurate. They read about 1.5mm too low.That is to say: real world 5mm/10mm/15/20/50 corresponds to 3.5mm/8.5/13.5/18.5/48.5 on these plastic calipers.I verified up to 50mm. They still seem useful for collecting repeatable measurements over time to track trends.I also scratched the white paint off of the pointer arm/indicator arm with a razor blade, and replaced it with a sliver that I cut off of a white shipping label. It is thinner and makes the measurements more precise & repeatable.I've been using this for ~3 months now 2-3x/month and I think it'll hold up for years. If I had to do it again, I'd check prices for a digital recording style that would make back measurements easier to take solo. My assumption is that the cost of a decent pair is more than that convenience is worth to me.

I bought this to replace an Accu-Measure (the small one that clicks) and first thing I noticed is that this design allows for way more consistent measurements.The Accu-Measure, although functional, had the tendency to overshoot a measurement as you reacted to the click, so you'd get a lot of variance in your self measures. With this one, as long as you use it correctly, it works, and is repeatable. It's also a lot closer to the ones I used in school and seems to be a mass-produced for "consumer" variation of those.

Either the spots it says to measure on me are my thinnest or I have the same body fat of a body builder.(which I’m not) I’m almost 35 and measurements came out to 6percent. I’d guess I’m between 10 and 15 percent. Got these because I used one of those scales that says your body fat percentage. It said I was 17.3. I know thats too high. Just made me curious.I’m going to try more locations to measure and do the math myself rather than using their chart and see if it is more accurate.If you are just measuring regularly to see trends, I’d recommends if you are trying to be accurate, I’d try something else.

Dexa scan is the best way to measure body fat %… however, calipers are way better than using electronic scales. These actually give you an idea of the fat thickness in certain key areas and does provide good information to know how your body fat is changing. I would recommend to anyone looking to measure BF and keep track of progress.

Was everything I expected.

First of all I’d like to say I know how to accurately track my bodyfat, I had a cheaper white pair of calipers and opted for an “upgrade”I believe the people saying these work well are probably delusional and just want to believe that their bodyfat is lower than it is.These calipers say I’m 7% bodyfat, tell me, do I look like I’m currently 7% bodyfat? I’d say I look more like 13-15%. In this photo I’m not flexing at all, in bad lighting but you can see in pinching my love handle fat, where I store a large portion of fat genetically.Anyways probably 1-2 people will see this, if this review helped give it a thumbs up or whatever, I just want to know how many people I saved from wasting their time and money, because I never leave reviews.this is going to be returned.