Bathroom scale options?
from thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 14 Dec 23:53
https://lemmy.world/post/23147220

I’ve had a fitbit wifi bathroom scale for a while. Getting the data out got suddenly more difficult when Google bought them, and I didn’t love giving that data to google. It’s finally died, and I’m looking at replacement options.

In a perfect world, I could just go to a store and buy a “HomeAssistant Ready” scale. If I can’t have that, I’d like a scale that is on my local network and exposes the last x weigh-ins as an API on the device, then I could write something to poll it.

I haven’t seen anything like those, but have turned up:

Any other good options?

#selfhosted

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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today on 14 Dec 23:57 next collapse

I use Tasker to log my weight to a Google Sheets spreadsheet, and just use a dumb scale.

The only piece of technology in my house is a toaster from 1982, and I keep a loaded shotgun next to it just in case it makes a noise I don’t recognize.

mbirth@lemmy.ml on 15 Dec 03:06 next collapse

Same here but with Apple Health. You can even build some Shortcut to log the weight via Siri if you like to.

k4j8@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 03:07 next collapse

I do similar with a shortcut on my phone to a NocoDB Form.

narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee on 15 Dec 09:44 next collapse

I am SCP-426, your toaster.

Rivalarrival@lemmy.today on 15 Dec 17:10 collapse

The only technology in my house is me, and I keep a loaded shotgun next to me in case I make a noise I don’t recognize.

(Am I doing this right?)

socialmedia@lemmy.world on 16 Dec 00:08 collapse

What if the shotgun makes a noise you don’t recognize? Hit it with the toaster?

Rivalarrival@lemmy.today on 16 Dec 00:19 collapse

If my shotgun starts making strange noises, I check the brownies.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch on 15 Dec 00:03 next collapse

I have a cheap $20 1byone scale from Amazon but it’s actually fantastic.

taaz@biglemmowski.win on 15 Dec 00:07 next collapse

Quick google search it seems your only options for HA are Xiaomi scales with bluetooth paired to a mcu with esphome.

restingboredface@sh.itjust.works on 15 Dec 00:27 next collapse

I have a withings and I really like it. Their privacy policy made me feel better about allowing my info on the cloud. You can run it offline (it sends weight via Bluetooth to the app but won’t show 7-day trend an scale screen without wifi). I don’t mind that, so I leave it disconnected. I don’t use a home assistant though so I can’t speak to that part.

I have the withings watch also, so I use the app as my catch all health tracker which works well. it’s nice to have everything together. Can’t speak to any others but I’d recommend withings.

rumba@lemmy.zip on 15 Dec 01:05 next collapse

I went from Fitbit to Withings, that Fitbit scale was nothing but pain. Every time my battery started getting low it would disconnect from Wi-Fi and I have to re pair it. It was inconsistent, If you pick it up and move it a foot to the left you get a completely different reading than if you just leave it where it sits. Because of the messed up fluctuations, It constantly identified the wrong person in the house.

Had the Withings scale for 4 years now and it’s just been fine.

alb98101@lemmy.sdf.org on 19 Dec 07:21 collapse

I also have been using a Withings scale for the past 4 years and it has been great. I also got it primarily because of the privacy policy.

KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 15 Dec 01:13 next collapse

I have a Xiaomi scale connected through an esp Bluetooth proxy. Works pretty well.

thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 09:45 collapse

The process for this is to obtain an EPS32 with bluetooth and wifi, pair it to the scale with bluetooth then keep it powered on in range of the scale, then the data goes into HA?

KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 15 Dec 11:30 collapse

Yep, pretty much. Just get an ESP32 and not an 8266.

I have it plugged into an old Nokia charger and hidden in a cupboard to service all the Bluetooth temperature and door sensors.

When I use the scale it automatically sends the data to HA. Really convenient to use.

peregus@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:29 collapse

Which firmware did you load into the ESP?
Firmware apart what did you have to do?

KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 03:31 collapse

ESPHome has firmware for the BT proxy:

esphome.io/projects/?type=bluetooth

The I installed the xiaomi app on my phone, I think it was called zepp life or something for the scale I have, you do the initial setup of the scale on there, and then it’ll be picked up by the Bluetooth proxy.

fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com on 15 Dec 03:21 next collapse

I zoomed in on the screen because I just assumed this was a meme.

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 15 Dec 11:43 collapse

… male feet. That’s what I’m going with.

PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca on 15 Dec 03:55 next collapse

I have a withings scale and it’s great so far.
Like you, I had a Fitbit one, and I find it sucked and was very unreliable.

It’s worth noting that there is a withings home assistant integration

azdle@news.idlestate.org on 15 Dec 03:57 next collapse

It doesn’t sync to homeassistant, but I use a Xiaomi scale with openScale off of F-Droid. There’s a few different scales supported: github.com/…/Supported-scales-in-openScale

cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml on 15 Dec 15:42 next collapse

This is what I use. Replaced my old Fitbit Aria 2. I weighed in on both scales for about a month, and it was consistently 0.15 kg below, which is good. The body fat measurement was a bit more off, and it varies almost nothing over long periods of time, but I don’t really trust those measurements anyway.

I believe you can set up the scale in GadgetBridge as well, but I have not tried to do that.

deafboy@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 17:31 next collapse

I use miscale 1 with gadgetbridge. Homeassistant has also autodiscivered it, but I’m hessitant to pair it with 2 different devices so no idea if it actually works.

hummingbird@lemmy.world on 16 Dec 08:01 collapse

I also use openScale from F-Droid, in combination with this Bluetooth scale:

sanitas-online.de/…/sbf-70-bluetooth-glas-diagnos…

antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 05:20 next collapse

If you can find an old working Wii Fit Balance Board you can use it as a very accurate Bluetooth scale.

B0rax@feddit.org on 15 Dec 12:47 next collapse

Really? That’s a good idea.

ShepherdPie@midwest.social on 15 Dec 15:26 next collapse

It’s interesting how old console tech comes back around to be useful for other stuff. I’ve used a couple Xbox Kinects to do 3D scanning and with an augmented reality sand box.

peregus@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:35 collapse

Did you do that?
If yes, could you share some info about it?

antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 22:58 next collapse

I did not. Foolishly I got rid of my balance board after some years of no use.

curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 16 Dec 15:57 collapse

Looks like a few folks have

github.com/schellingb/WiiBalanceScale

github.com/aelveborn/Wii-Scale

Going to have to try this out myself!

Geologist@lemmy.zip on 15 Dec 11:56 next collapse

Not local, but I’ve been using my withings scale for at least 5 years, and I sync the weights with its home assistant automation from the withings api, then plot the data on a custom health dashboard I made.

I’d love a local alternative, but regardless I haven’t had any problems with my setup.

desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 15 Dec 16:18 next collapse

perhaps a used medical scale?

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 16:30 next collapse

I can’t help, I wish I could, but I’m curious. Why a smart scale? Why not just any dumb scale from Bed Bath and Beyond?

Joelk111@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 18:37 next collapse

I’d guess automatic history tracking. Step on it every morning and it’ll automatically save your weight to Home Assistant or whatever so you can see if you’re gaining/losing over time.

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 19:34 next collapse

I suppose that makes sense, honestly I just go with “more/less than last time” lol. If I went more in depth with it I’d probably use a pen and paper.

Joelk111@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 20:50 next collapse

I don’t keep track of my weight so I could be wrong here, but more/less than last time wouldn’t be very helpful as your weight can vary by the day. You need a trend over weeks to really see what’s going on. I definitely wouldn’t use pen/paper as it’s just too much data to organize and graph, but excel would be a reasonable alternative.

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 21:10 collapse

Sure a spreadsheet could work too, but yeah I also clearly don’t keep track lol.

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 17 Dec 00:03 collapse

Cumulatively pen and paper will add up to more effort. And I would person give up at some point. It would probably never enter my daily jabits. Realistically if on the scale everyday, the changes are so minute you won’t notice the monthly and longer duration trends.

It’s really surprising there isn’t a no bullshit option you could just buy

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 15 Dec 20:01 collapse

Can’t you just use a notebook for that?

Joelk111@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 20:48 collapse

Sure, and I could also turn on/off my lights with a switch instead of having them come on when I get home, and turn off when I leave.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 21:13 next collapse

That’s crazy talk.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 15 Dec 21:30 collapse

Who would do such a thing? It must absolutely terrible to manually flip a switch.

Joelk111@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:11 collapse

I don’t know what you want man. I like automating stuff so I don’t have to worry about remembering as much.

original2@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 18:48 next collapse

Body fat tracking etc

thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:20 collapse

I like data, I like tech, I like investing large amounts of time and energy to self-host things that muggles would not bother with.

baatliwala@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 19:00 next collapse

Wait what I thought this was satire at first

TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works on 15 Dec 19:37 collapse

you can’t even poke fun at selfhosted people anymore because someone WILL 100% spend 48 hours straight 3d printing and programming a toothbrush
edit: you have to be kidding me kuenzi.dev/toothbrush/

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 20:17 next collapse

Lmao

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 20:19 next collapse

That would be a fun thread. What’s the most unnecessary self hosted thing you’ve seen someone host or host

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Dec 20:24 collapse

I thought this one was dumb too lemm.ee/post/49060797

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 15 Dec 20:01 next collapse

Can you just get a normal scale? I just have a mechanical one from the last century

thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:15 next collapse

I mean, yes, I could. But I’m committed to the #selfhosted life where I spend hours building unnecessarily complicated systems to make my life easier in small ways.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 15 Dec 22:46 collapse

It just feels like a very dark reality

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 16 Dec 23:50 collapse

How do you automatically compile the daily readings into an excel file with graphs? Raspberry pi running opencv sending the time series to influx db and then grafana generate graphs for you home assistant health monitoring dashboard, along with the blood pressure monitor, continuous glucose monitor, pee ketone content, the pills dispenser and the rest of your fitness regimen?

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 17 Dec 00:12 collapse

I don’t know what you are trying to say. (Your sentence is a run on)

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 17 Dec 02:58 collapse
passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 20:27 next collapse

Where’s that meme about tech enthusiasts and tech employees with a printer gun, where does this guy fall

Revan343@lemmy.ca on 15 Dec 21:23 collapse
abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es on 15 Dec 20:50 next collapse

@thirdBreakfast

@selfhosted

Have you seen github.com/oliexdev/openScale

thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:11 collapse

I’m starting to think my commitment to the Apple ecosystem and my desire for self-hosting are at odds.

abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es on 15 Dec 20:54 next collapse

@thirdBreakfast

@selfhosted

Ah #HomeAssistant also has an integration for #withings

stalfoss@lemm.ee on 15 Dec 20:55 next collapse

I’ve had a withings scale for like 5 or 6 years, use trendweight.com for a graph, I haven’t had any problems with it besides replacing the batteries every year or so

sunstoned@lemmus.org on 15 Dec 21:03 next collapse

OpenScale works great and kind of does what you want. If you have an old Android phone laying around you can have it persistently connected to a cheap Bluetooth scale. Functional, but at a much have higher power cost than an ESP32 solution. Automated database exports to a local file (on the android device) and Syncthing can move your data around for analysis.

The good folks over at Gadgetbridge might have a solution too, although their list of supported scales looks pretty short.

You might also look into making a project like rmfakecloud to trick your Fitbit device into pushing data to a local server.

Not sure about home assistant though, I’ve never used it.

besmtt@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 22:34 next collapse

I think looking at openscale would be worthwhile:

github.com/oliexdev/openScale/wiki

Looks like it can push to mqtt? Huh, that’s new to me.

Also, if you want HA, there’s this:

github.com/lolouk44/hassio-addons/blob/…/DOCS.md

Good luck!

macroplastic@sh.itjust.works on 15 Dec 23:05 collapse

I use openscale and a Beuer BF700 (I think that’s the model #, it’s a model listed in the github wiki) and it works great, although I had to do the initial setup on their proprietary app to get the profiles to work right, and the scale had to be imported/was a bit hard to find. The wiki includes instructions for modifying a scale to add an arduino and the necessary bits to DIY one if you’re at all technically inclined.

I recommend it, but YMMV if you try to use a newer scale. If I ever have more time I would like to try to extend the drivers to support more scales, because openscale is very good software.

billbasher@lemmy.world on 15 Dec 23:39 next collapse

I don’t have any options for you but make sure you get one that doesn’t use battery when not in use. It’s really annoying replacing those little coin batteries all the time even though you only use it like .001% of the time

hendrik@palaver.p3x.de on 16 Dec 08:44 next collapse

I got a Xiaomi scale 2 (years ago) and that works with the OpenScale app. It's Free Software. There is a list of supported bluetooth low-energy scales by that project/app.

kerrigan778@lemmy.world on 17 Dec 00:29 next collapse

I have a Wyze scale, it’s well made and easy to export the data via email automatically.

justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 19 Dec 13:42 collapse

I’m using the Xiaomi “Mi Body competition 2” together with github.com/lolouk44/hassio-addons/…/mi-scale and am reasonably satisfied with it.