Dodgy scales???

jca12345

So, I have some fairly expensive bathroom scales, which I have had for 3 years +. Recently I have noticed that my weight fluctuates from minute to minute on them. Take this morning, I weighed in at 'x' weight only for 30 seconds later for me to step on and weigh 5lb lighter. After finding this a few times I have tried stepping on a third time, to find that the second weigh in seemed to be accurate. Which one do I believe??? I know common sense tells me to believe the second one, but I cannot fathom where the first weight comes from. Any ideas?
Or, do I just buy new scales!

TavistockToad

I stand on mine 3 times and take the average.

You could try new batteries.

cejean1

I know if I pick my scale up or move it, it has to recalibrate before it will give me an accurate reading. What it tells me before recalibration is always 3-5 lbs off the final weight.

floridamike99

When I first saw the headline of your post, I thought it said "Doggy Scales" and I was thinking, man, these people are really getting kind of nutty! LOL

Seriously, probably just the batteries.

SeikoMonster

I step on my cheap scale once before I make breakfast to "wake it up". Then after I have everything prepped and it cooking I weigh 3 times. If I don't get wildly different numbers I take the 2 that match.

If I get inconstant numbers, or too high/too low from where it should be, I wait till tomorrow. I got tired of having good numbers set me up for disappointment the next day.

STEVE142142

Based on what you're saying are you weighing yourself on different scales to try to get an average. I have a technical background. scales readings and results will vary from scale to scale based on a lot of factors including calibration how they're manufactured the spring mechanisms in them Optical readers a whole bunch of factors

Weigh yourself on one scale. weigh yourself once and just record that value. my suggestion to you is don't get fixated on a number. weight is a number that's going to vary from moment to moment you'll never weigh the same thing exactly during the day

Enjcg5

Same problem with my digital scale (i keep it under bathroom vanity and have to pull it out each time) I bought a cheap scale and that one is 5lbs lower than the digital so I don't even know.