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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:

  • a project to decode the bluetooth transmissions of a number of scales (after you build an ESP32 device for it)
  • the Withings cloud based scale, but with a well documented API

Any other good options?

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago

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 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] k4j8@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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