Anavar is good and most who do not think so is because it is the most faked oral out there, why? because it is the most expansive mg per mg.
So here is my observation from experience; I have purchased online test, drol, eq, tren all come out amazing and from the same site then the var is fake from the same good site that has everything else legit and not only is this common but people will not even suspect so cause var is always stacked, so how would they know, right.
I know cause I test them out and I am very particular on paying attention to the details but like whitewidow said if it is in a capsule form it is either fake or severely watered down. So from experience I can guarantee that 80%+ of the var out there is fake or watered down so nearly impossible to get a reasonable feedback.
Now for your question, real var is amazing, great strength and vascularity, great pumps, hard muscles etc, but does very little on the scale, you will not pack on 30lb on var no matter what, it is 5-10lb muscle gain for most but no water weight whatsoever, so obviously more appropriate to take when in single digit bodyfat levels.