Anyone else using a bum scale?

Ha ha. I feel your pain. I've had mine since junior high (and I just turned 30). It usually gives me a range of three pounds, and I of course take the lightest one. Also, there's a little dead bug right under the screen on top of half of the last number that won't budge. He's been there for about a year now, so we're kind of buddies now. It would feel weird buying a new fancy scale!

yes mine does, and it's supposed to be a new body fat scale with high precision. If I knew where the receipt was I'd take it back. I have to "reset" it by throwing weights on there and then afterwards it works and gives me what I actually weigh. I have another scale that I use that's two pounds lighter so at least know when this "new" scale is giving me a wrong reading. But then why do I have a new scale!!

Ha ha. My scale at home is fine. But the one at my gym is broken. I was so excited the other day, until the front desk lady said it wasn't very accurate. I suppose it was strange that I lost 20lbs overnight. But I was happy for a second or two.

My scale, which tells you all kinds of things, like your percentage of water and your BMI, and which I just bought at the end of July, gave me 4 different weights the other morning! Drives me crazy!

Mine does it too, but it doesn't bother me.
My solution is NOT to move the scale ever. I put into a place where I can weight myself and just leave it there in the exact same position. I also used a permanent marker and draw 2 tiny mark where the top of my toes supposed to be. This way the scale and my position on the scale is the same always. i only care the relative difference anyway.

Thank God there are others in the same boat. I wake up and I am one weight , use the restroom, and reweigh to be 1-2 lbs heavier. I just don't get it.

I have a scale like that. Its not digital just one of them reg ones. I take that number I get off of that one and go to my wii fit and guess in between what my weight is. Its kind of a pain but it seems to work. They both seem to be off about 1 to 1 1/2 lbs.

I am having this problem. We have an old, old Homedics scale that will eventually stop on a number but is VERY frustrating. Seems the lighter you weigh (my 14 year old and 12 year old girls do not have this problem) the better it works. So I went to Bed, Bath & Beyond yesterday and this woman said that she has this Thinner scale and loves it...well I got on it in the store and it told me I weighed 8.5 lbs heavier than the one at home. I bought it anyway....brought it home and weighed again w/o clothing and it said 8 lbs heavier than my old scale. Well today it's giving me the same weight (I just got on it for the heck of it, fully clothed) if I get on it over and over, but it is now saying 2 lbs heavier than yesterday! Now I don't know WHAT to trust!

I bought a new scale and gained 6kgs from what the dodgy old one said.
I'm over the disappointment now and just happy knowing i get a legitimate reading.

Same boat here...I've got an old analogue scale with a hard-to-read dial. I could buy a snazzy new one but ultimately, although I do weigh in once a week, I'm no so much interested in a number (although it's fun to track) but my trajectory. Measurements/how clothing fits, photos, and how I feel is a better measure for me. I got an old shirt from the back of my closet. When I started I couldn't even pull it shut. Now I can button it, but it's still a little snug. Before long, I'm going to have to head to the thrift store and find another that's just a little too small. For me, that's as good an indicator of progress as what the scale says.

Thank God there are others in the same boat. I wake up and I am one weight , use the restroom, and reweigh to be 1-2 lbs heavier. I just don't get it.

I've heard the most accurate time to weigh yourself is in the morning, right after the first pee. Otherwise, you're weighing all the liquid that's been storing up all night.