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Any opinions on the best kind of scales?

jessluvscrossfit
jessluvscrossfit Posts: 22 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I am looking for a new scale, on that does your BMI and all. Does anyone have any opinions on which ones are the most accurate or the best? I'd appreciate any feedback!

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  • wonderkitten711
    wonderkitten711 Posts: 109 Member
    We used to have this one: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Health-o-meter-Silver-Body-Fat-Monitoring-Scale/10264537 and it does BMI, body fat (BIA) and hydration in addition to weight, and I think it stores records for up to 4 users if I remember right. It was pretty accurate. It died randomly after several months of disuse and being stored vertically (we think it screwed up the sensors), and we've replaced it with a similar Health-o-meter scale though our current one doesn't do BMI (I have an app on my phone that will run BMI when I update my weight, so I don't need it on my scale anymore). A personal trainer friend of mine says Tanita scales are among the best, especially if you want BIA body fat estimation, but I've not had one of them so I can't testify to accuracy, ease of use, etc.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    We have Tanita because A: my husband's Japanese and B: they were free from his work :D

    We had Salter and they gave identical readings to the Tanita. I take the BF% readings with a pinch of salt, and see them as an estimate, not a fact.

    Before that we had analogue scales, which I think can help you to get less obsessed, because it's a less precise number so you notice general trends rather than minor fluctuations.
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