A smart scale told me I was 13% body fat for four years and I knew the whole time it was lying. The Hume Pod put a handle in my hands, read me hand-to-foot instead of guessing at everything above my waist, and gave me the number I'd been avoiding. Here's what two weeks with the Pod and the Band 2.0 actually showed me, including the one thing about my right leg that no listing page warns you about.

I clipped a vagus nerve stimulator onto my ear for the first time. Here’s what’s in the Nuropod box, how setup actually goes, the energy level I ended up at, and what it felt like, before I’ve used it long enough to tell you whether it works.

My old smart scale said 13% body fat for years. The Hume Body Pod put a handle in my hands on day one and gave me a different number. Here's what's in both boxes, the one setup step that stalled me, and my honest first impression of the Hume Body Pod and Hume Band 2.0.