Looking for a good digital bathroom scale

[Carson Dyle]

Some years ago I bought a Detecto balance beam scale for about $150, figuring it would give me accurate, consistent results. But not really. It's pretty cheaply made and not very precise. Depending on how you work the beam and what you want to call "balanced" you could easily get readings over a two pound range. I try to be consistent with how I use it, so if it's off, at least on a day-to-day basis it should give me consistent readings.

The scale is down in my basement on a nice level section of the concrete floor, but I had to move it the other day for some plumbing work. I put it back this morning, balanced it as well as I could... and now I weigh 3 1/2 pounds more than I did on Thursday.

Screw it. I'm pretty certain that an under $50 digital bathroom scale would be more consistent.

Any recommendations? I don't need body fat composition, BMI, memory, bluetooth or any other junk, just consistency in reading body weight.

 

[highland145]

I'll look at the brand of the one at the gym. Invariably, I'll lose .8lbs on the elliptical and 1.2lbs on the spin bike so I thinking it's pretty accurate. But I doubt it's $50.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I'll look at the brand of the one at the gym. Invariably, I'll lose .8lbs on the elliptical and 1.2lbs on the spin bike so I thinking it's pretty accurate. But I doubt it's $50.

At the gym? Probably a $500 Tanita or something similar. I've been tempted, but have much better things that I could do with $500.

 

[highland145]

At the gym? Probably a $500 Tanita or something similar. I've been tempted, but have much better things that I could do with $500.

QFT. At the price, I'll just look in the free mirror to decide if I'm fat or not.

 

[gw186]

I got a digital scale about 14 months ago and am completely happy with it. Use it several times a week and wouldn't even consider not getting the same model if I lost my current one. Of course how do you lose a scale?

Got this one - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MK6QKO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This one sure looks like the same thing at half the price but who knows - https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Dig...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=G02GA87RK2PT1WAVRXHK

 

[Carson Dyle]

Thanks. That's one of the scales that I was looking at earlier today on Amazon.

 

[mike8675309]

The biggest problem I have seen with current digital scales is they are very low to the ground. If your floor isn't perfectly flat it is possible for the scale to not have all 4 feet fully on the ground and skew measurements. I had to get a new scale due to that happening with one. I picked up the aria scale to make logging data easier.