Wii Fit Balance Board Weight Accuracy

mrsvampette
mrsvampette Posts: 99 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone uses the wii balance board for the wii. It has a weigh in feature and I was just wondering how accurate it is. I don't really trust my home scale and I trust the gym scale so I'm going to try the number the wii balance board told me at the gym to confirm. But if anyone knows if the wii balance board is accurate please let me know. Thanks.

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  • DeenieWeenie
    DeenieWeenie Posts: 149 Member
    My Wii board is right on with my Endocrinologists scale!
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    on mine the quick weigh usually comes out about same weight as bathroom scales but for some reason when go in body test have to put -6lbs for clothes to get the same result! (even though I weigh with nothing on!)
  • chunk1691
    chunk1691 Posts: 90 Member
    my wii board is always out, it said i had lost 50 pound one week then gained 60 the next day. lol.
  • frosty73
    frosty73 Posts: 424 Member
    Mine seems to be fairly accurate, but I'd go more for the trends than the actual numbers. As long as the numbers are going down, you're doing fine!
  • teeley
    teeley Posts: 477 Member
    I don't think they are all that accurate, but if you are going to use it make sure it is on hard floor, not carpet....

    find a scale and be consistant with it, even if that is your wii balance board
  • marx4
    marx4 Posts: 236 Member
    I use it to weigh myself, weekly. The key is to stick with one scale and weigh yourself once a week, the same day, same time and same amount of clothing. HOWEVER, I do check my weight with another electronic scale that I have and it weighs me less than the Wii, so I'd be interested in hearing what everyone else says. I like the Wii because it keeps track of it and it calculates the BMI also.
  • JannineOwen
    JannineOwen Posts: 92 Member
    my wii weighs me exactly the same as my digital scales, so mine must be accurate although the mechanical scales at the gym weigh me 8-10 lbs less than both, although i'd love to weigh 8-10lbs less i go with the weight on the wii and digital scales :)
  • katermoody
    katermoody Posts: 23
    Mine seems to be right on the money, I just try to weigh in the same time each day...
  • sonyachan
    sonyachan Posts: 518 Member
    I think it's fairly accurate, but make sure you don't let it take off any for clothing. Mine will take off 2 lbs for a shorts and t-shirt, so I choose other and set it to take off 0 pounds for clothing.
  • aqua_zumba_fan
    aqua_zumba_fan Posts: 383 Member
    I always use the balance board but through EA Sports rather than Wii Sports - dunno if that makes any difference but there isn't the facility to take lbs off for clothes! I have no idea if it's accurate but I always have it in the same place on the floor, at roughly the same time of day, so as others have said what matters is that it's going down not the actual weight so much. I would be interested to know if I weigh a lot less or more than I think though!
  • fitmom_pam1976
    fitmom_pam1976 Posts: 1,192 Member
    I also use mine to weigh in.... seems to be accurate
  • Cheryl943
    Cheryl943 Posts: 83
    I use mine but don't know if it is right. It's all I use so it is consistant at least. Like others have said hard floor same time weekly use the tracking etc. seems ok.
  • Raihaanah
    Raihaanah Posts: 121 Member
    I don't think they are all that accurate, but if you are going to use it make sure it is on hard floor, not carpet....

    find a scale and be consistant with it, even if that is your wii balance board
    This is exactly what i tell my daughter everyday when she gets mad@the Wii Board. I use it every morning,but weigh myself3x's using Bodytest,standing feet apart until i get the same number twice. Then i do it 3xs again standing in the middle of the board,like when it wants you to do it with ur eyes clothes,until i get a number2x thats the same.
  • owlkat
    owlkat Posts: 2 Member
    you may need to test your board is working properly, thin k you need to go into settings when you go on the wii fit game
  • aliariess
    aliariess Posts: 1 Member
    I believe it's pretty accurate, my bathroom scale and the wii always match up (like exactly or within .1-2 lbs) . I just make sure that i weigh myself completely naked on both. And on the wii just select "other" so no weight is added or subtracted. That's the only way i can tell for sure that i am getting the most accurate weight returned. :smile:
  • DeenieWeenie
    DeenieWeenie Posts: 149 Member
    I don't think they are all that accurate, but if you are going to use it make sure it is on hard floor, not carpet....

    find a scale and be consistant with it, even if that is your wii balance board

    Yeah, I use mine on a hardwood floor.
  • phyllio77
    phyllio77 Posts: 192 Member
    This is a good question. I weighted myself on the will fit and if its accurate ive lost another 7lbs...will have to weight myself tomorrow on my scale to double check:S
  • fg8585
    fg8585 Posts: 110 Member
    It's a highly inaccurate tool for me. Always adding 2 or 3 lbs here or there and that really aggravates me. I also found out you can manipulate it like crazy based on center of balance. I check in from time to time but I don't use it as a main tool anymore.
  • Cynkane
    Cynkane Posts: 55 Member
    I have found mine to be accurate until the batteries are starting to get low. Then it will tell me I lost like 25 pounds in one day! Then of course the wii fit tells me it is concerned about my health because i lost my weight too quickly. LOL!
  • brandyss
    brandyss Posts: 156 Member
    I use my wii board also I think its accurate
  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 633 Member
    I use mine daily and it seems to be great. I think the key is to pick one scale and use it to track your weight.
  • charmarbobar
    charmarbobar Posts: 251 Member
    I too use mine through EA sports, and find it quite accurate.
  • Roboartist
    Roboartist Posts: 99
    Mine is way off. I had to change batteries in my controller and so repeated the test just seconds after the first and my weight was 5 pounds less. I repeated it a third time out of curiosity and it was four over the first weight. I guess you could use it and just repeat the body test until you get the weight you want lol
  • phyllio77
    phyllio77 Posts: 192 Member
    my regular scale is still the weight I was a few days ago...Will keep an eye on the wii fit to watch for accuracy etc:)
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    My Wii Fit board is about 1.5 pounds higher than my scale but it is consistent.

    I choose to believe my scale! :wink:
  • fg8585
    fg8585 Posts: 110 Member
    I checked in with my wii game after 20 + days of not doing it..... I use rechargeable batteries so I don't know if that affects anything. This time the scale was off by only 1 lb which was still sucky but better than the past few times. Did the center of balance activity almost perfectly and it was still off by 1 lb. I use my non wii scale for my records though.

    Although I did enjoy seeing my game state "you lost 5 lbs!" (Since last weigh in)

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