New Weighing Scales! Help

alexander_airey93
alexander_airey93 Posts: 19
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

i have got some new scales and I was wondering that if I got a piece of flat tiling and placed it on top of the carpet, would i be able to use my scales on the tile to give an accurate reading?

I've been told an accurate reading will only come on a flat hard surface but we only have wood/tiling in the living room and kitchen so i dont want to weigh myself in there in front of everyone.

Any help?

Thanks

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    I wouldn't think it would work. Even though you're putting it on top of a hard surface, that hard surface is on top of a squishy (unstable) surface.

    What about putting it in the bathroom? I doubt the bathroom is carpeted... lol :laugh:

    To be honest, I have my scale in the kitchen. It serves me as a good reminder whenever I go in there to not snack on unnecessary stuff.
  • alexander_airey93
    alexander_airey93 Posts: 19
    The bathroom has like a vinyl floor thats kinda bouncy so that doesnt give an actual accurate reading.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    The bathroom has like a vinyl floor thats kinda bouncy so that doesnt give an actual accurate reading.

    Of the 3 options (out in the kitchen, on carpet on a tile, or on vinyl which is most likely covering plywood or if it is like our house, it's over a cement slab) I would think that the vinyl-floored bathroom is your best bet. Perhaps not as deadly accurate as if you put the scale on a truly flat, hard surface such as in your kitchen area, but definitely way more accurate than the tile-on-carpeting route. Plus you have to realize that if you purchased a digital scale there is a margin of error anyway that you're not going to get away from no matter what surface you put it on. Getting a dead-accurate number is not as important as putting the scale in one spot and always weighing there, same time of day, same food/fluid level on board, same clothes. Seeing a downward trend is what you want to be looking for.
  • dalguard
    dalguard Posts: 36
    For years I used a board on top of carpet and it gave me a consistent if not accurate reading. I just pulled up the carpet so now the same scale is on hard wood and I seem to be a pound heavier. But the thing is that it was consistent so it worked.

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