Accu-Measure Calipers

[a_king_007]

Does anyone know where to buy an Accu-Measure Calipers? I am in Wellington, cheers.

[nate225]

Does anyone know where to buy an Accu-Measure Calipers? I am in Wellington, cheers.

Unsure of the brand but my girl just paid $600 for Calipers on special, after having used plastic fantastics for far too long. Much more accurate, downside is they hurt more

If you want good ones like that I can find out where she got them?

Nate

[a_king_007]

$600!!!! Are you kidding?

[laurasaur]

wtf $600.. are they made of gold??

[Gym rat]

You could try trade me for calipers a_king_700.WTF is right those are very expensive for cailpers.

[nate225]

$600 was on special too! pretty sure they were closer to a grand!!!

Academy athletes and NZRFU lads only get the best!

I think the brand name was Harpinder Calipers???

To be fair the new calipers are a hell of a lot better to work with, much more accurate than the plastic fantastics I've been used to. Probably only an option for those needing them for work - not weekend warriors like me!!

Nate

[laurasaur]

Im sure you still have a similar margin of error with the $600 calipers to the $100 metal calipers :/

[Pseudonym]

I got a pair several years ago. I can't really remember, but I'd guess they were around $50-100?

EDIT: I think these were the ones - http://www.fitnessworks.co.nz/eshop/sec ... 54&DCI=102

[nate225]

Im sure you still have a similar margin of error with the $600 calipers to the $100 metal calipers :/

I havent used any cheapy metal ones, only the plastics (which gave a lot of variability on measurement). Probably doesn't matter too much as caliper measurements are a bit hit and miss anyway - the best you can do is try and reduce the error by semi standardising the conditions.

Any one up for a dexascanner (sp?) - much more accurate but worth a cool million from what I'm told!!!

Nate

[nicksmith3]

*How about using a mirror*

As low as your bodyfat goes, in your mind, ''you will never appear as 'perfect' as you want to look''. - Tommy Jeffers, NPC Natural Pro

[nate225]

I always tended to use the mirror above calipers when dieting, photos against a grid or video equally so. I found calipers were only useful to see trending down, rather than a %BF I wanted to acheive - someone at 7-8% may look leaner than another person at 4-5%

Having regular ISAK style anthropoimetry done has been really beneficial for our training as strongman competitors though, we can see what different phases of our training have done for our muscle mass vs BF.

Good luck in your search.

Nate

[kiwi28]

Does anyone know where to buy an Accu-Measure Calipers? I am in Wellington, cheers.

Unsure of the brand but my girl just paid $600 for Calipers on special, after having used plastic fantastics for far too long. Much more accurate, downside is they hurt more

If you want good ones like that I can find out where she got them?

Nate

Can you please let me know where she got them, I've got my ISAK qual and looking for something better than plastic too..

Cheers

[nate225]

She said she got them through NZRU contacts, but you should be able to order Harpinder callipers (or similar) from the people who ran the ISAK qual?

[laurasaur]

the accu-measure calipers are only $5 on ebay. even with shipping + exchange rate its worth it.

[Rag the Dog]

prob a bit late but I got mine from bodylab. I got them off the net, http://www.bodylab.co.nz/accumeasure/accumeasure.html, but the postal address for body lab is box 14405 wellington, so they are local for you, only $35. They are pretty Pina though, you might be better off with frontmed.co.nz, (frontier medical) they have a better caliper, 'slim guide caliper'. cost $77