Bathroom scale

It's designed NOT to confuse you...and yet it does!

Hi, IMO. digital stuffs when turned on needs power on initialization sequence. I have luggage scale with a hook which acts same way. Have to wait few seconds to be ready.

No, Oren, no separate memories for more than one person

I think you got it It starts right away, but can't come to a final decision for a couple seconds.

Thanks, both of you.

Our Taylor 7506 behaves like that. Wife has always suspected Taylor programmed it that way so that they would get the #1 spot in Consumer Reports.

Maybe.

But the cynic in me suspects another reason.

Yes, memory, but there is logic to see if the new weighing is within a pound (or 2) of the last (last 2 or 3?) weighing. If so, display the old value. It would keep the displayed values within about 2% of each other (for the same obsessive/compulsive person), and it would keep the user from seeing different values and (mis)judging inaccuracies in the device.

As in the Dilbert world, it was probably an engineering requirement specified by the marketing department.

Jonesy

Actually, they are exactly the same.

I only reweight myself because I noticed on the other scale it could vary by 4 pounds in 10 seconds. Even Weight Watchers doesn't claim that.

Yes. And noticing that the weights for the same thing were not the same. Like with my previous scale.

And it woudln't be hard to do what you say

That's the sort of thing I had in mind when I posted, but Tony's answer accounts for it also.

BTW, they are lower than the final number, but all only 10%, at most

That's 2 votes for their being sneaky, and 1 vote for it needing time to warm up.

And I guess my vote is split, 1/2 - 1/2.

Get one of these. I had one when I was losing weight about 25 years ago. You won't ever need another scale. No guessing.

A local hardware store has a digital scale for weighing bulk nails and bolts. If I fill a bag with nails and toss it on the scale, the scale takes a few seconds to bring up the weight. But once the weight is stabalized, I can add nails to even out the weight to an even amount (example, one exact pound). And it will immediately increase the weight, even if I only add one nail.

The initial delay is just the electronics doing their work.....

TIP. If you want to weigh a pet (dog or cat), weigh your self, then hold the animal and weight both you and the pet. Subtract your own weight and you know how much your pet weighs. (Might not work with a St. Bernard, unless you're really strong) :)

I have two of those, one eye level and one waist level.

The eye level is far more convenient.

Both are accurate and never need recalibrating. I trust them more than an electronic scale.