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what type of scale do you use?

Katy_Adele
Katy_Adele Posts: 20 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a simple health-o-meter, but i feel it's not very accurate. what kind of bathroom scales do you guys use? i'm looking to buy a new one that isn't too expensive! thanks :)

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  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    a cheap *ss scale! that is only about 3 pounds off from the scale at the gym, which is all fancy and high dollar.
  • dcladydi
    dcladydi Posts: 95
    I think mine is a WW scale. It has the WW logo on it. I'm not sure though. I bought mine at Target I believe.
  • Cookie22684
    Cookie22684 Posts: 585 Member
    I use a taylor scale , i also have a health o meter and feel it is also inaccurate , i usually put a dumbbell on it to see if it will tell me the correct weight and its like 2 pounds off, i stick to my taylor
  • evangpattismith
    evangpattismith Posts: 57 Member
    mine is a regular scale, but the dial is bigger than normal and it was like 9.97 at wal mart....it's suppose to be right on. i noticed the had a digital one for 11.99 which is what i wanted, but the last one i had, the battery messed up, so i stuck with the regular one.
  • lgav23
    lgav23 Posts: 33 Member
    I bought a glass, digital Weight Watchers scale at walmart for $10...it is right on with my Doctors...and when I set a 20 lb. dumbell on it, it comes up 20.1 so its pretty accurate :wink:
  • kathleennf
    kathleennf Posts: 606 Member
    Cheap scale at home (see my profile photo with the puppy on it), It's 2-3 lb off from the good one at the gym. I weigh in at the gym once or twice a week and that's the weight I chart- but the bathroom one trends with it.
  • ItsMeMaryW
    ItsMeMaryW Posts: 119 Member
    I think mine is a Taylor. It's digital and compares to my Doctors office. I had a Health-O-Meter I could cheat on so I got rid of it. I can't cheat on this one. It was only like $25.00.
  • Cam_
    Cam_ Posts: 515 Member
    We have a weight watcher scale that I got at Costco here in Canada. I think it was around $26 and it weighs to the tenth of a pound. Also can switch to metric, does fat%, water %, bone mass etc.
    I like it because it is big enough for my size-13 feet to fit on it - a problem for me with most other scales.
    These are made by a company called conair. They also have fancier ones that are more money but the cheap one is fine for me.
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  • healthykae
    healthykae Posts: 190 Member
    Mine's a cheap one from Target that is supposedly the ones that the contestants from biggest losers uses.
  • Niveous
    Niveous Posts: 294 Member
    I just use a cheap digital Taylor scale that I got at Target - I think it was somewhere between $15-20. I tested a few of my dumbbells on it and they all came up perfectly at 5.0 lbs, 8.0 lbs, 10.0 lbs, etc.
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