Looking for bathroom scales that actually ARE accurate!!

In article , Eusebius writes

I personally think that's being a bit neurotic. If I want to lose, I knock off the sweets. No choccies, no sweets, no cheesy starters, refuse sweets and choccies at work (our uni dept. is terrible for people passing tins of sweets around), etc., one pint at lunch instead of three, etc.

But then, I think everyone has to find their own 'level', and over time it all works itself out. Anyone who expects to work it off quick for a party on Saturday, starting on the Monday, is living in cloud-cuckoo land.

In article , Timothy Murphy writes

It's almost certainly a tiny switch near the battery compartment. The moment you find it you'll be slapping your forehead.

And the older you get, the more difficult it gets :-((

Dave

I have been using Tanita digital scales for a decade plus and they are very accurate. I tested the accuracy with measuring weights before purchase. The readings are consistent rather than varying.

I've been happy with these: "Weight Watchers 8987U Designer Precision Electronic Scale"

I'm told the Jenkins ones sold by amazon are accurate, was thinking of getting them as they also talk. Brian

When I squat down so I'm close enough to the dial to read it I'm sure the reading changes. Problem is, my binoculars can't see past my stomach :(

jgh

In message , snipped-for-privacy@mdfs.net writes

Careful selection of an appropriate cork floor tile can lose nearly 1kg on mine.

Spring scales are useless on carpet but I guess you all know that:-)

A Mettler balance is a whole lot better than a two-pan balance. It can measure differences of one ten-millionth of a gram. I don't know if anyone makes a Mettler balance suitable for weighing a person, but they should. Two pan balances are inaccurate because the beam changes in length with temperature (and other faults). Spring balances are just horribly inaccurate.

Good for you. Perhaps you'd like to accept this gift of a chocolate watch.

You're not supposed to s*it on the scales.

I got some of those, but I got rid of them because all they kept saying was 'one at a time please'.

But you can scrape it off and lose a couple of lbs. B-)

I have one where the LCD reader can be removed from the scales and mounted on the wall - or simply hand held. Wireless link between it and the base.

I was going to do that one but thought better of it.

We have a set of German digital scales, the name escapes me, and my procedu re is to weigh myself 3 times, one after the other. If the first two weigh- ins agree I'm happy. If not I go the third time and take the likeliest read ing. Unfortunately the weight usually increases as I go along. When on a di et I weigh myself every day and plot the results in a spreadsheet. Sad, but it works.

I think that you were probably wise to do so!

Even if they could, they would still add their own weight to the reading.

plot the results in a spreadsheet. Sad, but it works.

I have a digital scale with a big display, but I have a suspicion that it shows subsequent readings exactly the same as the first one if the difference is small, to hide the fact that its accuracy is not good. I get round this by putting half my weight on to do a second reading, emulating someone else in the family weighing themselves, then weighing myself properly again for the third reading.