My scales have an issue...really!

soze
soze Posts: 604 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I've been looking forward to the day I can weigh on my home scales. Well that happened just a couple of days ago. However, the weight is never the same. Today I was down 4.5 lbs, then up 4 lbs. and then down 2.5 lbs and then at times I get the "E". They are electronic and I wonder if its the battery.

Anyone have experience with this?

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  • 1FitMomof4Girls
    1FitMomof4Girls Posts: 202 Member
    I was having trouble with mine, so I bought a new one......perfect ever since!
  • lfondots
    lfondots Posts: 216 Member
    Try a new battery or it might not be on a totally flat surface? You shouldn't do it on a rug either. Hopefully this helps?
  • Mamoonie
    Mamoonie Posts: 328
    Try changing batteries and see if it still goes crazy.

    MM
  • MrsSeaShell
    MrsSeaShell Posts: 190
    The first scale I bought from wal-mart did that after a month of use, changed the battery and it still gave me wacked out readings (+10 pds, -30pds, i even got 144 once & I was 235, no way I dropped 90+ pounds overnight!) so I went and bought a tempered glass scale, only 30 bucks and it tells me weight, fat % and water % and holds multiple users!
  • StarryEyedGirl
    StarryEyedGirl Posts: 585
    change the batteries or just pop them out for a few seconds and the best advice I could give is use only ONE scale!! same place same time of day! And most importantly is the way your clothes fit!!!!
  • changling82
    changling82 Posts: 137 Member
    If it's not normal weigh fluctuation, then I agree that it's probably the batteries.

    Oh, and I love my weight watchers scale. I think you can get it for $30 at target. It measures body fat, water weight, and bone mass.
  • Dafrog
    Dafrog Posts: 353
    mine act crazy too. scales like a permit home, not moved about a lot. i can get on mine several times in a row and get a different weight each time, really want a new set. u might try replacing the battery, mine is a lifetime battery, so i cant. i have took a 15 lb weight and get different weight for it too. try the battery, then test with an item that you know the weight of to test accuracy. congrats on your lost.
  • soze
    soze Posts: 604 Member
    The first scale I bought from wal-mart did that after a month of use, changed the battery and it still gave me wacked out readings (+10 pds, -30pds, i even got 144 once & I was 235, no way I dropped 90+ pounds overnight!) so I went and bought a tempered glass scale, only 30 bucks and it tells me weight, fat % and water % and holds multiple users!

    What is a tempered glass scale and where do I get it? I need it to go in the 330 lb range.

    Oh, I bought this from Wally world as well.
  • jchapman1957
    jchapman1957 Posts: 80 Member
    Bed, Bath and Beyond about $50 and goes to 400#. I think it's the Biggest Loser Scale. Check their website for a 20% coupon.
  • soze
    soze Posts: 604 Member
    I ordered one from Amazon.com. Its tempered glass and looks nice. I hope it does the job.
  • elainegsd
    elainegsd Posts: 459 Member
    ... I went and bought a tempered glass scale, only 30 bucks and it tells me weight, fat % and water % and holds multiple users!

    If you all get on at the same time, how do you know what each of you weighs? :happy:
  • glittersoul
    glittersoul Posts: 666 Member

    If you all get on at the same time, how do you know what each of you weighs? :happy:

    I wondered the same thing lol
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    mine isn't tempered glass...but it has multiple users...it has a set of buttons that you push and set up each users height, weight, age , etc..mine has 4 users so when I go to weigh in...I am user 2, I push that button , weigh in and if I want I can save the reading...it saves a bunch of them...not for sure the exact amount though, right now..but it's a lot, maybe around 50 readings so you can go back and compare.
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