digital scales

sgha
sgha Posts: 225
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondering....does anyone else have a problem with digital scales? I mean, I step on and get a weight, step off, then
step on again, and it's different. Are they that touchy? I guess if it went down each time, I wouldn't be so bothered. :laugh:
( And, no, lI'm not constantly weighting myself ) Thanks

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    i have digital scales, and i dont really have any trouble with them. as a rule i weigh myself 3 times and then take an average.
  • sgha
    sgha Posts: 225
    Thanks for the advice!
  • ingeh
    ingeh Posts: 513 Member
    yep! I have digis and mechanical the mechanical say 12st and the digi say 11st11lbs. The digis are always 3lbs out for me so I go with mechanical
  • bluemist248
    bluemist248 Posts: 207 Member
    Mine do that too! I wondered if it's because I use them on a carpet. I did used to keep going until I got the same weight twice, but now I step on twice and if they're different I record the highest just to be safe.
  • Stefanny91
    Stefanny91 Posts: 223 Member
    Mine are the same .. I've taken to weighing my self 3 times at a time to make sure it says the same thing 3 times, Also making sure that I stand on them the same way each time ... sounds stupid my im sure it confusses them!! lol x
  • seph_house
    seph_house Posts: 101 Member
    do you happen to have the scales sitting on carpet? that can make a big difference to mechanical and digital scales.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Mine do that too! I wondered if it's because I use them on a carpet. I did used to keep going until I got the same weight twice, but now I step on twice and if they're different I record the highest just to be safe.

    You wont get an accurate reading on carpet, you need to put the scales on a hard surface.
  • heatherdills
    heatherdills Posts: 53 Member
    I usually get the same reading on mine. When the reading are different I make sure that the scale is not sitting on any cracks in the tile. Also moving it to different areas makes the reading change. And yes, even where you stand and ow you stand can make a difference. Putting more weight on one side or the other can make a difference.
  • sgha
    sgha Posts: 225
    Not on carpet, on the bathroom floor - vinyl.
  • tickletickle
    tickletickle Posts: 147
    Mine dont, yours might be on their way out.. as my sisters do this too. It also could be to do with condensation in the bathroom.
  • sgha
    sgha Posts: 225
    Good point.
  • hewhoiscd
    hewhoiscd Posts: 1,029 Member
    Cheap digi scales will do that for me. I finally went with a high quality Omron scale, gives me the exact same reading 3 times in a row.

    Also, make sure batteries are good.
  • frahoe
    frahoe Posts: 1
    I have the same experience as hewhoiscd. Twice bought a digital scale from Tefal and twice it happened that after a few years it became unreliable. Weighing yourself within seconds could make a difference of 2 or 3 kilos and always too low.
    After buying an Omron scale at first I was a little disappointed that I appeared to weigh 4 k more; but after that there are no more strange differences.
  • nsimportant
    nsimportant Posts: 170 Member
    If your floor isnt perfectly flat You are going to get false readings.
    They are really sensitive.
    See if your scale wobbles if it does find a place in your home where that doesnt happen.
    My scale shows the same number in repeated weight ins.
  • Quiltmania
    Quiltmania Posts: 59
    Just wondering....does anyone else have a problem with digital scales? I mean, I step on and get a weight, step off, then
    step on again, and it's different. Are they that touchy? I guess if it went down each time, I wouldn't be so bothered. :laugh:
    ( And, no, lI'm not constantly weighting myself ) Thanks

    I bought a digital scale when I started MFP. I hate it! It doesn't matter when I weigh (before eating, after, before going to the bathroom, after, with clothes, without) it is always the exact same weight. I wish I hadn't thrown away the receipt because I'd like to return it and get my money back. I'm going to get a mechanical scale.
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