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Weighing Scales

MaudeBeige
MaudeBeige Posts: 282
edited January 4 in Health and Weight Loss
This never used to concern me but...

My scales are not as accurate as they used to be - or I'm just ultra aware!

Set to 0.

I get on and weigh... 69.7kg this morning

Set to 0.

Then I do a false reading, just put my foot on it.

Set to 0.

Get on and weight... 68.5kg.

(I didn't bother to do the whole cycle again!)

Now I know which reading I prefer!!!

How accurate are your scales?
Could you recommend one to me? (I live in the UK).

Much Appreciated!

Replies

  • qnih
    qnih Posts: 16
    Make sure the scales are on a hard, flat, level surface, otherwise the mechanism can deform slightly and give a misleading reading. I also find it helps to store the scales the right way up, with no weight resting on them.

    Even so, I sometimes find that successive readings can differ substantially, as you say! I always take three readings. Sometimes the first reading is different from the second, but the second and third readings almost always agree, so I go with that!

    It's a hassle, but worth it to get as accurate a reading as possible, I think. Maybe some scales are more prone to this than variation others. Mine are TCM scales.
  • MaudeBeige
    MaudeBeige Posts: 282
    Thanks for this! I've moved house a few times and my once accurate scales have taken a battering!

    Always weigh on the tiles in the bathroom so don't think that's the issue.
  • Mads1997
    Mads1997 Posts: 1,494 Member
    I have to put my scales in the exact same spot all the time or otherwise I get a different reading. I think it's due to the floor being a little uneven.
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