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accuracy of scale

caprica
caprica Posts: 80 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
so I step on my homemedics digital scales this morning and go wow I have lost some weight ..... but I dont believe it and try 3 more times and get different readings depending on how I stand.

Does anyone here find that their scales fluctuate wildly?

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  • isaiahxoxoender
    isaiahxoxoender Posts: 50
    Mine did that this morning! lol...I was like how the hell did I lose 6 lbs over night? So I got on again two more times and got a 3 lb weightloss each time.
  • biddysaurus
    biddysaurus Posts: 156 Member
    Mine doesn't fluctuate but it lies every time I get on it! ;) hahaha
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    It could be that you aren't standing evenly across the sensors, or that the batteries need to be changed.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    the only thing that is consistent about my digital scale is its inconsistency. what i do is try to aim for the center point. i take the lowest reading and the highest reading and average them
  • david081
    david081 Posts: 489 Member
    I think cheap scales give poor results. I have given up on mine, and weigh-in at the gym every Monday morning
  • KarenBorter
    KarenBorter Posts: 1,157 Member
    that's why I have an analog scale ;)

    If you have a weight (dumb bell) weigh that to make sure it's accurate and try removing and replacing the batteries :)
  • foodforfuel
    foodforfuel Posts: 569 Member
    That's why I have hung on to my analog scale also. I use my digital one, but if something doesn't seem quite right, I drag out the analog and compare.
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