At Home Scale Suggestions?....which do you use??

_Fitgirl_In_Training_

So lately I have been in a cross between scales.. the one I have i really can't remember where I got it from, but I'm going to guess Wal-Mart. Anyway...recently I have visited the doctor a lot (mainly PCOS related) and each time of course they check ur weight. I have a hard time trying to keep what weight is accurate especially when at home because the one I have here is usually off by like a pound.. (well in comparison to the dr) or it could be the fact i wear heavier clothes when visiting my physician...(i.e., jeans and tennis shoes) when at home i dont have that on...maybe light workout pants and no shoes...anywho i up for scale suggestions i want and neeed a new one...thanks in advanced...
-Karma

sannsk

I'm really pleased with this one:
Tanita BC543 Body Composition Monitor Scale. I've found it accurate, easy to use and informative (weight, body fat %, muscle mass, bone mass,...

I got it at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000BB0BVG/

Sarauk2sf

BIAs are generally very inaccurate:

Good read here: http://weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=218

tigersword

What Sara said, I use a relatively cheap digital scale. While it claims to give body fat and all that, I ignore it. The weight is accurate, the rest fluctuates based on how much fluid I've drunk or may be retaining (those scales use water to determine body composition, a slight change in hydration levels will throw off the numbers completely, and even when they are consistent, the tend to be off by about 10%.) I've laughed at my scale showing a change in body fat of over 5% from one day to the next. Totally useless. Get a set of calipers for an accurate estimate.

_Fitgirl_In_Training_

Thank you guys for your input... I am going to check these out.

deksgrl

I wouldn't worry about your scale not matching the one at the Dr. office. What matters is the comparison of your own scale to your own scale. You are looking for downward trend long term. If your scale is going down over time and the Dr. office scale is going down over time, that is what you are looking for. Not an exact match between the two. And as you stated, you are wearing clothes at the Dr. And it is probably not first thing in the morning every time either.