Garmin Index S2 Smart Scale - White

There is a lot to like about the S2 Smart Scale. It offers a useful and actionable package of data regarding your body composition and interfaces directly with your Garmin Connect Account to make that data readily accessible. A big benefit is that you can calibrate the % Body Fat based on a current DEXA scan. This allows you to overcome one of the known disadvantages of BIA scales. It has an attractive footprint and Garmin's high quality fit, finish and functionality. There is one thing I don't like, which is why my rating is a 4 rather than a 5. The scale allows you to program it for use with multiple users. You do this through the Garmin Connect App, which is a little confusing but not all that difficult to work through. You "nudge" the scale just the right amount to turn it on and then step on it to determine your weight. It uses your weight to match to your account. All well and good if it gets it right. In my case the second user weighs close to the same as I do and the scale can't tell us apart. The solution is to "nudge" the scale again when the wrong name comes up and to keep "nudging" it until you get the right user name. This is a giant pain, especially since you have to get the "nudge" just right! This likely won't be a problem for every user - but give me a button to select the user before getting on the scale. Overall, an attractive and useful product.

In appearance, function, and setup, this scale is great. However, in side by side tests it shows me 6 lbs heavier than two scales (Garmin Index and Eat Smart) I have used consistently for several years, and it doubled my body fat percentage from the range my two other smart scales have consistently shown for years.

Extremely difficult to use. The scale does not stay on. Very limited options. Not worth the money. ZERO stars

I absolutely love this scale! The weight and BMI are very accurate. The remaining measurements seem also good, but you have to keep in mind that when you first take these measurements with the scale, that these are your baseline measurements. Then going forward you look to see how the measurements change compared to the baseline. Are the baseline measurements accurate? I don’t know because I don’t have anything to compare them to. But I’m not too concerned with that and more about improving them. I love that it exports the values to Connect. It was easy to setup. I also like the weather!

Terrible product. Weight not accurate by over 50 lbs. won’t send weight to phone app even though it says both are synced.

I can't recommend this scale. It's typical Garmin quality, but the body composition metrics are so far off as to be useless. Weight is spot on, body fat percentage compared to a Dexa scan is about 10 percentage points high (meaning mine as measured on a DEXA is about 14% and on the S2 is 24%!!), and bone density weight is about half or less of what it should be. It might be useful for tracking trends, but that's not why I bought it. I unfortunately got it through a pro deal and can't return it...great.

I got this straight from Garmin and spent 3 hours trying to get it to pair to the network and take a reading, to no avail. Endless syncing screens, tried resetting and now It can't even find a single wifi network. I think their software is quite buggy, and it might also have a janky wifi chip in it. Unfortunately I have to return it as it's just a paperweight.

Love the concept. Love the linkage with my Garmin account and devices. However the scale is impossible to use. Multiple attempts have to made to get it to register, or a reset has to be done. Takes a good 3-5 minutes before it ‘wakes up’.

I am active and not overweight, I am 5’08” at 220 lbs. with it being a smart scale that can compute your muscle weight, it has my BMI and body fat percentage extremely high (straight off a chart reading instead of calculating the actual muscle mass, body fat percentage and BMI)

Lovely functionality and appearance - took many, many attempts to set up. The features definitely help to change lifestyle for the better.

Best health equipment investment you can make if you are serious about monitoring your overall physical body stats without having to manually keep track. Stats go right into Garmin Connect as well as Apple Health and other apps. Easy to use and add other household members.

Really enjoying my new smart scale. Makes it easy to understand movements in weight and track training impact. I am a numbers guy and this scale does it for me.

Great scale, was used to the Fitbit Aria scale but the Garmin S2 scale a lot better. User friendly with Garmin Connect app. Syncs fast. Great features. Highly recommended

Sinks with gramin more weight stats. Like adj fat %

Could not even start using it. I could not, for the life of me, get it to connect to WiFi. We have an eero 7 Pro mesh network and the scale could see the network but not connect. I tried all the troubleshooting steps for the eero (only 2.4 GHz network on, legacy mode, even added a mesh location to boost signal - nothing). I would've loved to use the scale but it was a non-starter.

I bought this a month ago to replace my earlier version that stopped recognizing me and putting my weight-ins to my husband’s account. We are at least 10 lbs different. I got so frustrated that I bought the S2. Unfortunately, the same problem emerged. I had to kick him out of the account to get my weigh-ins to record to my account. I have deleted all the rogue measurements. Now that I have 2 weeks of data on my account, I have invited him back in. I look forward to see if the scale recognizes me when I return. This is definitely a frustrating part of this product, there is no way to get it to switch users effectively. If there was a button and a longer window to change users it would work better.

I bought this because it works with Garmin and I thought since both my husband and I have Garmin watches it would be great for tracking our health. We're retired so keeping healthy is important to us.

The set up on this thing is hard. I have fought with it for many hours, trying to get it to pair to both me and my wife phone. I can get it to pair of my phone and it kicks her off. I can get it to pair of her phone, and then it kicks me off. There’s gotta be an easier way, or else a return.

I like the scale a lot because it automatically sinks with my Garmin connect and tracks weight data without me, even having to think about it. It has a lot of other features as well which I don’t care too much for but looks like it also accurately measures BMI as well as hydration and muscle weight. The automatic sinking and the bright LED are a win for me. Plus, I made my username “sexy” so every time I step on the scale, it tells me how sexy I am. Lol.

It’s ridiculous how hard it is to set up and it will randomly forget me and I have to go through it all over again. I would not recommend this scale unless you really want a Garmin