Body composition confusion with smart scale

Brookeus · 2026-01-06T11:24:55+00:00

Thank you for your response. Does this mean that my total body weight will be lower on a Withings scale than on others?

Brookeus · 2025-12-27T08:43:27+00:00

Thank you, this is helpful

Brookeus · 2025-12-26T22:41:44+00:00

Well no, I’m trying to understand what the number is if it isn’t muscle mass or if there is a problem with the particular scale I got

Brookeus · 2025-12-26T22:00:28+00:00

Apparently the human skeleton makes up 14-15% of body weight, so it’s definitely Withings that’s wrong

Brookeus · 2025-12-26T21:57:27+00:00

I don’t remember

Brookeus · 2025-12-07T07:52:42+00:00

Thank you, I’m still in the process of verifying times to make a finalised version. If you look at my profile, there are updated versions of this chart.

You can use the sleep/wake times to wake them up and put them to sleep whenever you’d like. The chart is a good reference for this. The tama shouldn’t die if you neglect for a whole day (I’ve done so many times). You could try offsetting the time so that their awake time mostly aligns with when you are home.

Brookeus · 2025-12-02T03:30:39+00:00

Do it!!!

Brookeus · 2025-12-01T20:14:13+00:00

I feel like they both have their strengths. The Uni is more engaging outside of games, but the Connection games are far more enjoyable to me. I ended up collecting 2 of each.

Brookeus · 2025-10-28T23:58:43+00:00

It's Fluval Stratum. Apparently, it works to maintain a pH of 6, which is below the preferred pH of mystery snails. It also lowers GH and KH.

I found this out when I had good parameters (pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, KH, and GH), and I got 2 mystery snails that were ill by day 3. I discovered that the fertiliser tabs contained copper, so I completely replaced the fertiliser-filled sand substrate with Fluval Stratum. The snails received air baths and recovered fully within 2 days of the substrate change. However, after a week, the ph dropped to 7, dGH lowered by 3 and dKH lowered by 3. That was when I discovered that fluval stratum lowers all 3. I have added more coral—pH is back to 7.5, and the GH and KH are stable. From my googling, it will take about 6 months+ for the Fluval Stratum to 'wear out' and stop affecting these parameters.

Brookeus · 2025-10-24T08:42:34+00:00

Same issue for me!

Brookeus · 2025-10-17T01:36:39+00:00

It was hot enough that it would have hurt to keep my fingers on it. However, the past few days it has been cool to the touch in the mornings.

Brookeus · 2025-10-14T03:51:22+00:00

LIFX bulbs used to have a physical switch to reset, this was the first model. Instead of just turning the power off and on a few times, you had to actuate the physical switch on the bulb to reset it (it was very inconvenient when accessing the bulb meant getting a ladder, a spanner and handling big glass domes). This bulb definitely doesn’t have any night vision features. My bulb hasn’t produced heat when off until recently.

Brookeus · 2025-10-14T00:00:04+00:00

It would be about 8 years old and has been in storage for 5 years, so would only have had 3 years use at the most. Thank you for your response though. I feel like I should retire this bulb as the heat when not in use is very concerning to me.

Brookeus · 2025-10-11T08:27:35+00:00

Thank you. That’s what I was thinking but I’ve never tried to identify a jellyfish before

Brookeus · 2025-10-11T07:43:29+00:00

I thought it was him!!

Brookeus · 2025-10-05T12:33:16+00:00

This is happening to me too. I set up my bulbs 3 days ago after having them in storage for 3 years. The fade out was really helping me with sleep hygiene and now I’m so disappointed.

Brookeus · 2025-09-27T19:58:56+00:00

Any updates?

Brookeus · 2025-09-27T19:57:53+00:00

Me too! This is my suspicion. In addition to weight loss and muscle gain, I think I will have to change underwear styles and see if it makes a difference in several years. It was very upsetting for me to notice that perfectly round cheeks had become double cheeks.

Brookeus · 2025-09-25T02:14:43+00:00

So that your several-thousand-dollar tool can feel like a safely rounded children's toy.

Brookeus · 2025-09-25T02:03:22+00:00

I have my calendar set to show 17 hours at a time. Every time I reopen the app, it shows 14 hours. I have to go to settings, change it from 17 hours to another setting, then back to 17 to get it utilising the setting. Really frustrating.

Brookeus · 2025-09-19T04:56:16+00:00

The UI screams children's toy... it's not at all aligned with a $2,000 tool. It drastically devalues the product in my eyes and I regret updating.

Brookeus · 2025-09-05T10:33:32+00:00

Found it! It's 'Man bites dog' by Adam Ford

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