Scales -- Analog or Digital? And What Brand?

I've tried a few too, and ended up with Weight Watchers Digital. It has been working very well for 2 years. It has 0.1 pound increments and a few memory spots. I think I got it at Costco at the time for about $30.

I feel all digital scales are deceitful to mask their incompetance.

I have a digital scale but wish to buy an analog one.

Pretty much every digitial scale out there has programming to "remember" recent weights in order to fake accuracy. The degree of sophistication varies from scale to scale. Some "remember" only the last weight for a few minutes (thus stepping on it with a foot will clear the memory). Others are capable of "remembering" the weight of multiple people for multiple days.

The 'ol basic test of accuracy, step on the scale a few times in a row to see the range, has been totally defeated by scale companies.

The strain gauges in the analog ones are no worse (thus their accuracy is every bit as good); they're a little harder to read but you don't have to try to cicumvent the fake accuracy.

I bought a $40 weight waters one as my old one said I was the same weight all day everyday, no matter what I did, go the new ones and I was shocked to see I was so far under that number!

I have a HealthoMeter digital, it is as accurate as the one I was using at the Drs office. Just had to find a level spot where it wouldnt be moved, so it sits in the spare bedroom on the hardwood floor. Under 30$ from WalMart

I have an analog one it's so frustrating to read dont get one!

I've owned two digital scales and I hated them both. I currently use an analog scale with a knob that let's you zero it out and that has given me the most accurate results. It was less expensive to.

I have a digital scale and like it. The only time I have seen inaccurate readings is when the batteries are losing their charge and the scale give inaccurate (lower) readings. One time I was losing more weight than usual so I refreshed the batteries and my weight returned to its normal range. I suggest you replace the batteries at least once a year and probably twice a year if the scale gets heavy (no pun intended) use.

I have started weighing myself only in the morning as soon as I get up. The readings are much more consistent than a random times throughout the day which can be affected by the amount you eat, what clothes you have on, how much you have eliminated.

I actually sprung for an eye level beam (I call them doctors office scales) scale and love it. It's a Seca 700 and goes up to 400 pounds. There is a model that reads up to 500 pounds as well. Easy to setup, easy to use and very accurate. I travel alot and weigh my bag when I leave the house and it's dead on the weight on the airline checkin counter when I get to the airport.

It's expensive but lasts forever. There are no electronics and looks pretty simple in operation so I don't know what would ever need fixed.

Whatever you get you have to feel it's accurate. If you don't you won't use it and the studies I've seen say people who are thin, or have lost weight weigh in once a week.

I have an old Tanita digital scale. I think that brand continues to be well regarded. There are digital scales that upload your data to the web, but I think that's TMI.

I have a HealthoMeter digital, it is as accurate as the one I was using at the Drs office. Just had to find a level spot where it wouldnt be moved, so it sits in the spare bedroom on the hardwood floor. Under 30$ from WalMart

I have this one too, and it is very accurate (my children were weighed at the Dr. office - and weighed exactly the same with this scale).