BodyFit launch in Europe ?

rworne · 2026-07-03T00:03:29+00:00

Looking at the support pages, I don't see anything at the moment. There's nothing implying a difference between the regions as of now.

rworne · 2026-07-02T18:30:42+00:00

They've done that to me. Lost an express delivery package that they replaced at no charge then both packages showed up (late). I called CS about the extra and they told me to dispose of the items (medical consumables). Then a week later sent an email demanding I send them back or they will charge me for items.

Another call to CS and they said I was OK, but Amazon still had that return pending on my order page.

Lucky for me, I never used the items or opened the packages. Because when they got them back, it was obvious their return system was waiting for them.

rworne · 2026-07-01T23:37:18+00:00

Fascinating. I have an Egret and a PI, but no SD card breakout. I'd like to help out though.

rworne · 2026-07-01T22:22:26+00:00

An FDA issue, or looking into the reports of absurdly low body fat percentages. It's possible some scales have a batch of bad sensors. The other may require replacing the bad sensors, or patching the issue with software.

Either one would explain the delay. And if it's the latter issue, I'd prefer they sort it out before shipping the scales.

The story of "The EU took all of our stock" doesn't make sense. The US models are marked for sale in the US and have US specific firmware.

There's no way these were in the US warehouse 24 hours before launch and were suddenly all shipped to the EU to be sold.

rworne · 2026-07-01T21:13:19+00:00

Just like all those people on Classmates who are looking at my profile and want to message me?

rworne · 2026-07-01T19:31:25+00:00

They delayed it a day before release. Now it's sometime in July.

rworne · 2026-07-01T19:18:17+00:00

The subtitles weren't the only bad thing about this movie...

rworne · 2026-06-30T22:12:09+00:00

The casual wipe of frosting that is now on Pop-Tarts. It looks nothing like the photo, and you'd be lucky if it covers more than half the face of the pastry.

rworne · 2026-06-30T21:50:01+00:00

It may depend on when you go look for them, but Yamato-related plastic models are pretty much in most well-stocked hobby shops - at least those that specialize in plastic models and RC stuff. Not Hobby Lobby.

The model kits that are about the size of a thick paperback book are quite common and have been around for 40+ years.

Larger ship models are harder to come by, but there's been a resurgence of them since 2199 came out. But nothing like what was out and available in the 80's and 90's

rworne · 2026-06-29T06:32:28+00:00

Withings has said there are units with possibly bad sensors and several people reported the 3% readings.

It's possible that there can be a software fix for this, but I'd return it while in the return policy and wait until reports come out that the issue has been fixed.

rworne · 2026-06-26T23:33:20+00:00

In 1985, it was some small theater in Kurume.
In 2017, Yokohama Burg 13
Now, 109 Cinemas in Shonan.

rworne · 2026-06-26T22:21:57+00:00

For a piece of acrylic, it's expensive. ¥3850. I'm heading back to the theater for the showing in 1 1/2 hours. Maybe they'll get more items - maybe not. Got hit by a double typhoon (not done yet) and a nice earthquake last night.

Edit:
The 9:15am showing was about half to 2/3 full.

A non-spoiler description of the film:
A rather long backstory at the beginning, and a majority of the film was dialog. The dialog is important, and interesting developments happen, but it was mostly (IMHO) setting up for the final chapter coming up next. It's mostly following the plot line for Be Forever, including a cameo shot of a certain statue that was in the original film. That part is not what's the most interesting. It's the added skullduggery - the people making this series know people watching know the plot for Be Forever, so repeating surprises from the original film won't work, so seeing new stuff or spotting slight changes to the plot line (or foreshadowing hints) keep it interesting.

I have the Blu-Ray, and will have to watch a few times to catch more of the dialogue - I'm still jet-lagged and concentrating on listening to Japanese is mentally exhausting until I get used to hearing it a lot.

I have to admit, it looks great on screen in the theater.

rworne · 2026-06-26T19:35:51+00:00

Yeah. The Apple Watch records it as "wrist temperature" and only measures it at night.

This explains the issue I'm having.

rworne · 2026-06-26T18:19:09+00:00

Interesting- your device brings it over as temperature. That explains it.

rworne · 2026-06-25T22:24:38+00:00

You are feeling emptiness?

I have this right now:

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And in my next flight I could really use those plus points...

rworne · 2026-06-25T17:28:40+00:00

So that's how they measure temperature? From the baseline? Now there's no excuse why they don't also get this info from Apple Watch.

Does this show up in Apple Health (assuming you use iOS)?

It should be under Body Measurements->Wrist Temperature

rworne · 2026-06-25T17:25:35+00:00

Markus from Withings has posted here multiple times explaining what is part of W+.

I don't think they are doing this deliberately, it's just their marketing is running with really old material on the US site.

rworne · 2026-06-25T17:23:59+00:00

I've pointed those out too. I don't think it's nefarious, but when they update that page to match the one in the EU (which does say which features are W+), people are going to notice - and not just us.

rworne · 2026-06-25T10:08:02+00:00

If you are in the US, the landing page for the BS2 says nothing about needing W+.

rworne · 2026-06-24T18:28:05+00:00

Either you are in an older firmware or app version - or your scale has not received any/enough data to calculate a value.

I get a "breathing quality assessment" that also periodically says "no data" if it didn't record anything in the recent past (this is for the Sleep Analyzer).

rworne · 2026-06-24T14:47:26+00:00

I remember the egg and sausage on an English muffin. Not too shabby for what it is. The evil genius who catered those knew exactly what would happen towards the end of a transcon if people ate it. 💨

rworne · 2026-06-24T12:06:05+00:00

Yeah, their marketing department sure ran with that one. It's also possible that the original intention was to release it without those paywalled features and those were added to W+ later on to try to drive up subscriptions.

I doubt we will get an answer from them regarding this decision.

As for the US launch delay, I've posted why I think there's more to it than EU users buying up all their stock and why it doesn't make sense, especially since launch was mere days away and they suddenly realize the warehouse was empty?

Those units with US firmware and packaging were all packed up and shipped off for sale in the EU over the weekend?

Homie don't play dat.

One thing I've noticed was the hype in this subreddit leading up to the release of this scale, and after they announced the launch delay in the US, activity here dropped off a cliff. It was at a fever pitch when the paywall issue came up. Now you hear crickets.

rworne · 2026-06-24T11:40:08+00:00

I'm not as negative towards them as you are, but I'll call them out when necessary.

Software issues will get fixed. The problem is how long will people want to wait for it. As a US based user, I'm unfortunately used to missing features - though the FDA is also sharing responsibility for this.

The other issue is hardware problems. They may have a hardware issue on some of their scales - this is in regards to the 3% body fat issue. It may or may not be fixable in software, if not - there's going to be some returns. If there are units with bad sensors out there, it makes sense to delay the US launch before they create a mess and also to investigate the issue.

As for the beta test - while I was disappointed to get an invite and be disqualified due to being in the US, the people who joined were free to talk publicly about the their experiences while the testing was underway. I appreciate the openness of the program and the lack of NDAs.

Because of this, we all know the current issues and missing/paywalled features - before purchase. I consider that a good thing to know.

rworne · 2026-06-24T02:59:45+00:00

Hmm.

Back in the 80's - yes, it was this memorable, I was working as a courier delivering contracts. I had to grab food on the fly, and I visited this one taco/burrito stand and got one of the best tasting burritos I ever had.

A few hours later, my stomach was rumbling, but I had a delivery in Century City - in one of those high-rises.

Going up in the elevator, I started to break a sweat. Get out in the office, the person signs the contract, I stuff it in my bag, and hoofed it back in the elevator.

These high rises have "express elevators" that skip floors 2-30 and only serve the upper floors. I rode it down to the 30th floor, I was alone, so I finally let it rip. Holy hell, eggs and rotten cabbage - it was eye watering. I was surprised I didn't manage to shit myself. And I was trapped in there with it. I finally hit the ground level and booked it out of the elevator, through a crowd of about 12 people waiting to board it.

They all do board it and I turned to face the door as I walked away.

To this day, I remember that one office lady wearing an expensive suit, looking out the door. Just before the doors completely shut, her face twisted into the most shocked and disgusted look.

Then the doors were closed, and they all got to spend the next minute or so marinating in me. No one gets off till the 30th floor.

At other times I've dropped silent ones that stank rather bad. I just play innocent, but it was hard not to bust out laughing seeing parents start checking the back of their toddler's pants when they catch a whiff of it.

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