MFP'ers: Recommend me a bathroom scale.

jskaggs1971
jskaggs1971 Posts: 371 Member
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
My el-cheapo Taylor bathroom scale seems to be wildly imprecise. I can step on, step off, step on again, and see a 5-lb difference. So, What are you using, and would you buy it again?
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  • GoMizzou99
    GoMizzou99 Posts: 512 Member
    I remember an article in Consumer Reports about this a year or two back. To summarize - get a digital over mechanical scale.
  • Iris1415
    Iris1415 Posts: 21 Member
    Just go to a Walgreens or something. They actually have really good ones there. I believe my parents got ours from somewhere such as there, and it works accurately!
  • pinkhu13
    pinkhu13 Posts: 133
    My scale's a bit weird too but not that weird. But I'm looking for a new one. I've heard great things about the Weight Watchers scales. Although, they are not cheap at all.
  • ElPumaMex
    ElPumaMex Posts: 367 Member
    Take a look at this one:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004L6NTHU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&m=A37RGE1MLU3I6K

    It is less than $55 dollars, and I am planning to buy it
  • Jbeyer2
    Jbeyer2 Posts: 1 Member
    I have the Weight Watcher's Digital Scale. It was at Costco for $15. Most importantly, it doesn't fluctuate when you step on and off like my old one did.
  • mv0912
    mv0912 Posts: 30 Member
    I love this scale!!

    http://www.amazon.com/Eatsmart-Precision-Bathroom-Technology-440-Pounds/dp/B0032TNPOE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329760857&sr=8-2
  • freakingenius
    freakingenius Posts: 40 Member
    i have one of the weight watchers scales. it was $25 at bed bath & beyond. works great! it is the first scale i've owned that was within half a pound of my weight at the doctor's office & my gym.
  • ineedhelp18
    ineedhelp18 Posts: 37 Member
    I have a 20$ taylor digital one. it did that at first. I would step on it a few times for it to get the same number. It quit doing that, it's usually less the a pound off when I get weighed at doctor's offices.
    It the glass one from walmart.
  • Rainese
    Rainese Posts: 13
    I use the Weight Watchers Digital Scale and brought it at Target for $20. It has pretty accurate for me and is not far off from when I weigh in at the Dr's office.
  • jpmill79
    jpmill79 Posts: 74 Member
    http://www.shopko.com/detail/taylor-biggest-loser-lithium-digital-scale/17766
    i have one very similar to this one....but the older model......i weigh in each week at the drs. office and its always right on
  • liveyourlifex
    liveyourlifex Posts: 149 Member
    i got mine at costco. its the Weight Watchers Digital Glass Scale by conair.


    http://www.frugalhotspot.com/2011/10/costco-price-cut-weight-watchers-digital-glass-scale/

    if you go on that website, it shows you that costco had it on sale for $14.99 but its usually $19.99
    this scale works really well but if you step on it right away, it won't turn on. you have to literally pick it up and put it back down so that the lights flash on. its kind of annoying but once you get used to it, its a great scale.
  • Caffeine_Addict
    Caffeine_Addict Posts: 178 Member
    take a letter-sized piece of paper
    draw your feet on it
    put "you're awesome" at the top

    done.
  • tturley
    tturley Posts: 73 Member
    Tanita. Inexpensive, consistent and accuratate. I've had this one for several years.

    http://www.tanita.com/en/um028/
  • akjmart2002
    akjmart2002 Posts: 263 Member
    Get a Withings. It's worth it.

    http://www.withings.com/en/bodyscale
  • OneBryteSmile
    OneBryteSmile Posts: 808 Member
    Bumping so I can look at the responses later. I have the same problem with my scale and will be looking to buy a new one.
  • midwifekelley2350
    midwifekelley2350 Posts: 337 Member
    rely less on the scale and more on measurements and photos.
  • lozzae85
    lozzae85 Posts: 35
    Mine are salter digital ones and you can programme them with your sex, age, height and fitness level so they do your body fat % and water %. I find them pretty accurate. I would never get anything other than digital now!
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    I like my eat smart scale (search for eat smart bathroom scales on amazon, I have the glass one) it has a "step-on" feature so you don't have to tap it or anything. It gives consistent results - a bit too consistent sometimes like if you weigh wearing a light t-shirt then weigh again without it soon after it'll give the same result. you have to pick up something heavy & weigh again for it to notice small changes. BUT if you are a sane person and weigh 1x a day it's great and I like knowing that it is an accurate result, that I don't have to move it all over the bathroom and weigh 20x and try to average all the results to see what I really weigh. :smile:
  • misschristi
    misschristi Posts: 119 Member
    http://www.amazon.com/Eatsmart-Precision-Bathroom-Technology-440-Pounds/dp/B0032TNPOE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329760938&sr=8-2

    i just bought this one. i used it at my boyfriends for the past year (until we broke up and then i had to buy my own :/ lol) and it is awesome. if you step on twice it will give you the same reading and if you hold 5 lbs it will actually show a 5lb gain..very accurate and worth $35 i think.
  • PurplePookie
    PurplePookie Posts: 85 Member
    I find mine does that so I try to make sure I stand in the same spot on it each time - that seems to do the trick.
  • kateopotato
    kateopotato Posts: 215 Member
    this is the one I have and I love it... I was reading the bad reviews on Amazon and I really dont see all those negatives. I use the body fat/water% as guidelines and most of the time I just use it just for the lbs. I had a hard time figuring out how to tap it the right way to get it to turn on at first but my fiance had no issue and I have since figured out the right place and intensity to tap it to turn it on

    http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Watchers-WW78-Conair-Chrome/dp/B002N5N336/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1329760869&sr=8-4
  • norzip
    norzip Posts: 168 Member
    I use the Weight Watchers Digital Scale
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    http://www.taylorusa.com/weight-management/electronic-scales/electronic-scale.html

    I have this scale, got it on sale for like $20 at kohls.... works great. One thing I think a lot of people forget to do.... I know I have to move my scale to use it. you have to get on and get off and let it zero out after you move it. that will give you really varying weights if you don't let it reset/zero out before you use it. I've made a habit of doing that every time I weigh, and it always gives me accurate readings. (the only other place I really weigh is at the gym, and it always is very close to any of the scales at the gym)
  • chelledawg14
    chelledawg14 Posts: 509 Member
    My old taylor was doing the same thing, so after a bunch of research, I ended up buying the Eatsmart Precision Plus Digital and I love it - especially because it also does ounces. It stays the same weight you get on/get off/get on. It does seem to weigh me about 1.5 lb more than the my Taylor so I do both each morning - been doing that three weeks now and it's always the same difference. I would definitely buy it again.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Any cheap digital scale will be accurate for WEIGHT.
  • cassblue21
    cassblue21 Posts: 207
    I have the Weight Watcher's Digital Scale. It was at Costco for $15. Most importantly, it doesn't fluctuate when you step on and off like my old one did.

    \This is also the one I have. It is very accurate! :) Love it.
  • tiamaria3
    tiamaria3 Posts: 92 Member
    I also have a weight watchers scale that i bought at walmart for $40
  • shellicious777
    shellicious777 Posts: 48 Member
    My scale's a bit weird too but not that weird. But I'm looking for a new one. I've heard great things about the Weight Watchers scales. Although, they are not cheap at all.

    I got one at Sears for about 24.00. That's not too bad and I love it.
  • ichorica
    ichorica Posts: 475 Member
    I love this scale!!

    http://www.amazon.com/Eatsmart-Precision-Bathroom-Technology-440-Pounds/dp/B0032TNPOE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329760857&sr=8-2

    I have this same one! Definitely recommend it!
  • KyleGA
    KyleGA Posts: 309 Member
    I say save your money and do not get a scale. Numbers have a way of messing with us. Go for the; reflection in the mirror, how your clothes fit/feel and if you're blessed to have a significant other, their reaction when the clothes come off. A scale is just a reflection of what one weighs...not the condition or yummy-ness of oneself.

    Cheers to you!
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