Need a new scale?

FitnessFreak1821
FitnessFreak1821 Posts: 242 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
OK so I hopped on the scale this morning. It said I dropped 2.4 pounds(I was 166.2 on June 20). I stepped on it two more times to make sure it was right and it said 166.8! Did one more time it said 165.8. So I wrote that weight down. 0.4 weight loss which I guess makes more sense and I'm happy with that. I just get how it says 163 then 166. That's a huge difference. Could there be a possibility that the scale is no good now? Anyone have good scale recommendations?

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,781 Member
    Two things you can check:
    - is your scale on a stable, hard surface? If it isn't, that can give strange readings.
    - are the feet of your scale still intact? Sometimes the feet can break/crack and cause strange readings
  • boilerdawg2009
    boilerdawg2009 Posts: 979 Member
    Could also be a battery needing replaced
  • FitnessFreak1821
    FitnessFreak1821 Posts: 242 Member
    Lietchi wrote: »
    Two things you can check:
    - is your scale on a stable, hard surface? If it isn't, that can give strange readings.
    - are the feet of your scale still intact? Sometimes the feet can break/crack and cause strange readings

    Yes it was on my hardwood floor and I made sure my feet where planted evenly distributing my weight 🤔
  • FitnessFreak1821
    FitnessFreak1821 Posts: 242 Member
    edited July 2021
    boilerdawg2009 wrote: »
    Could also be a battery needing replaced

    Hmm I could try that see if that helps. Don't know why i didn't think of that it has been quite a while 🤦‍♀️ thanks lol
  • MargaretYakoda
    MargaretYakoda Posts: 2,985 Member
    My scale recommendation is an old school balance beam scale. They are practically indestructible. We’ve had ours twenty years, and we got it second hand. It’s probably at least 40 years old.

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