What weight scale do you have?
whatalazyidiot
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I have an etekcity one I bought on Amazon, and I'm starting to think it's not super accurate.
If I step on, it gives me one weight. Then, if I step off, wait for it to reset, and step back, it's almost always at least a pound lower I started testing it a few weeks ago when I was concerned maybe it was old and I needed an upgrade.
Any suggestions?
If I step on, it gives me one weight. Then, if I step off, wait for it to reset, and step back, it's almost always at least a pound lower I started testing it a few weeks ago when I was concerned maybe it was old and I needed an upgrade.
Any suggestions?
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That could just be the battery. I've had the Fitbit Aria scale for a couple of years now, it's decent. Even though my Fitbit died it still logs my weight to the iPhone app.2
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I have a Weight Watchers Scale and am pretty happy with it. Do I think it’s perfectly accurate? Probably not. But it’s fairly consistent and usually matches up with the scale at the doctor’s office.
I think it was like $20 at Target.1 -
I have a fitkeeper scale from amazon. It matches the scale at my doctors office. Sometimes it will give me a weird reading, but it’s easily corrected. I just check to make sure nothing has slid underneath, set it back down, and make it recalibrate. If that doesn’t fix it, then it is time for new batteries.2
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What you're describing is a problem with consistency, not accuracy. I have had an EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale with lighted display for several years ($20 on Amazon). The scales I had before were neither accurate nor consistent. Consistent means you get the same weight every time you step on (or at least most times, as long as it's calibrated); and accuracy means it will give you the same number you'd get on an expensive triple-beam balance scale at your sawbone's office. The EatSmart is both consistent and reasonably accurate in my experience.0
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I have lying scales I eat a mars bar and I put 10lb on, next time they lie to me they are going threw the window0
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