Thank you very much for referring this brand. I think I'm going to order this one:We have one of these (older model), it’s accurate and bullet proof - it will last the rest of your life, no matter how old you are…
or similar but cheaper
We have one called "THINNER" which seems fairly precise. Can't vouch for the accuracy except by the time I wear my clothes and brick-of-a-phone I weigh 5 lbs more at the Doc. The battery seems to last a very long time.
That’s the name of a Stephen King novel about weight loss.
That's by design. Because the actual observation can change just by how you're standing on it, the logic in the scale displays the same number as recently displayed.
I saw a video about technology sometimes being to smart, This seems to be one of those times.
Scales are liars.I don't have much luck with scales, they all seem to read too high
There is a joke about the business having two scales, one for buying product and one for selling product :-l
This is a tangent, but since you mentioned clothing: I just determined (was curious after my doctor's visit on Friday) that, apparently, my clothing (pants, underpants, shirt, sweater vest, socks, plus pocket contents - but NOT shoes) weigh 7.5-8 pounds). That amazed me - I always guessed maybe a couple of pounds, but no, 7.5 pounds! I guess I carry a lot of keys and maybe a really fat wallet (LOL!)....With minimal clothing, my bathroom scale says I weigh the same as fully clothed at the doc’s office. Mebbe +3, but I’m going with the lower value.
I take my weight/temp/BP, every day for medical reasons. I weigh myself first thing in the morning with the clothes I wear to bed (t-shirt/underwear) so that it’s the same every day. It frustrates me when I go to the doctor’s office and they don’t take my word for how much I weigh given how much I’m wearing/carrying when they weigh me. Then I realize that they’re most likely looking for the same thing I am - amount of change since last visit. I imagine it would have to be quite a few pounds to get their attention. Certainly more than the variation based on what I’m wearing
It gets worse. Some of these scales track two weights, so they can appear to be 'consistent' to each person if two use the scale. In the old days, getting on and off and on again would give an indication of repeatability (not the same as accuracy!). So with this memory, you don't know how repeatable they really are, they spit back the same number within some range.I saw a video about technology sometimes being to smart, This seems to be one of those times.
I'll give the reset idea a try. I weighed myself and then myself plus a 25lb weight. 163.0, 188.8 163.2, 188.8, 163.2, 188.8, 163.2 190, 163.2, 188.8 163.2, 188.8. That's not too bad for consistency, but I'm not sure about accuracy, is my 25lb weight 25.6lb or is my scale inaccurate?
I have a story about having bought an RF Voltmeter, was happy using it for measurements, then I got a second RF Voltmeter meter. after that, I never knew which one was closer to correct.
Yes. I had a scale that displayed tenth's of pounds, but it would jump from .0 to .2 to .4, etc, so it was only giving 0.2 pounds resolution despite that. Hated that. Current scale does 0.1 pounds resolution, that I mentioned earlier. Accurate when compared to expensive medical scale.
