Digital scales

WildePillar
WildePillar Posts: 120 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone,

I have a digital scale and I find that it fluctuates when I move it to different parts of the room (always on a hard surface though). Also, when I weigh myself it will say one number, but if I step off it and back on again a second or two later it will give a different reading! So frustrating! Is there any way to accurately weigh yourself?

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  • syntheticstar
    syntheticstar Posts: 7 Member
    Mine do this too. The best thing I've found is to sit them on a particular tile (same tile every single time), then step on and off a few times until I get the same reading several times.

    It may not be accurate 100% of the time, but the number keeps going down a bit every week, so I'm content. :smile:
  • WildePillar
    WildePillar Posts: 120 Member
    syntheticstar wrote: »
    Mine do this too. The best thing I've found is to sit them on a particular tile (same tile every single time), then step on and off a few times until I get the same reading several times.

    It may not be accurate 100% of the time, but the number keeps going down a bit every week, so I'm content. :smile:

    That's a great idea... Thank you!
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    Yeah, I keep mine on the same tile. And change the batteries, they run out faster, the more you step on it.
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    I found that when I weigh myself and it gives me one number but when step on it agian a few seconds later it gives me a different number but the next day I step on it and it will give me the last number and if I weigh the nest day the number stays the same no matter how many time I step on it. It seems to fluctuate only when I'm fixing to loose
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    edited August 2015
    walmart.com/ip/Healthometer-Glass-Body-Fat-Bath-Scale-with-Daily-Caloric-Intake-Athlete-Mode-BMI-and-Hydration-Level/14706457

    I have been using this set since 2011 and it repeats 99% of the time when I step off and back on. It does have to be on a hard surface and I try to stand in the same spot each time. It gives a best guess at my %of Fat, Hydration, BMI and how many calories that I need to eat to hit the set goal and when that will happen. That number is around 2700 calories. In real life I can slowly lose at 2600 and maintain at 3000.

    Best $30 set of scales I have ever used. Not sure if WM still carries this generation or not.
  • muziique
    muziique Posts: 82 Member
    Mine does the same thing. I do like others have mentioned and keep it in the same spot.

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