Yoda 0 Posted June 4, 2006 :canada: :canada: :canada: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I just bought a new scale (expensive one too!). It is my first digital one (it is a Weight Watchers scale). I figured it would be easier to read (since I seem to be half blind!!!! LOL) and more importantly...more exact. BUTTTT, the problem is it is weighing me at 3.5 lbs higher than my other one!!! I weighed myself on both just 20 seconds apart! Of course I'm going to continue using the new one but now it is like I've gained 3.5 lbs when I haven't!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Yet, it has to become my new "baseline" for accuracy purposes etc. Noooooooooooooooooooo FAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CLOE 0 Posted June 4, 2006 :frusty: That is NOT FAIR!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argon 3 Posted June 5, 2006 haha... I know how that feels. Don't worry about it... it'll catch up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EmileeKaye 1 Posted June 5, 2006 Haha, I was at Bed, Bath, and Beyond the other day with my boyfriend. I stepped on every scale they had, the one that said 3 pounds less than my one at home I really wanted to take home, lol. He wouldn't let me...not that I would want to cheat like that anyway :guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisabethsew 50 Posted June 5, 2006 Test your scale's accuracy by weighing a 5 lb bag of sugar or a 10 pound work-out weight and you'll know which scale is the "true" one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda 0 Posted June 5, 2006 That's a great idea Elisabethsew! I'll do that. Although my guess would be that the digital one is more accurate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisabethsew 50 Posted June 5, 2006 I ordered a new scale and it arrived today. It's digital also. I weighed myself on the old scale (surprised it actually worked... it's terminal, LOL) yesterday and the new one today and they are only a pound different. Obviously, I'm tossing the dying scale out and will use the new one as the official measure of my progress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda 0 Posted June 6, 2006 So, I tried that trick. I put two 10 lb weights on my new scale and it came up as 21.0 lbs (so, one lb over). The other one (the non-digital came up as exactly 20 lbs. Interesting!!!! Oh well, I'll still use the digital one...it is easier on my eyes and I can see more clearly if I've lost .5 lbs etc. It will just have to become my new baseline! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argon 3 Posted June 6, 2006 Glad you figured it out! I need to find something that I KNOW the weight of and try it out on my scale too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadaSunshine 0 Posted June 6, 2006 I can't wait to buy a new scale. We have the most horrible scale known to mankind... My husband picked up this monstrosity at a garage sale years ago. I can totally understand why some poor schmuck wanted to get rid of it. The damn thing TALKS...and not too sweetly, I might add. lol You turn it on, and a deep voice says "Enter your memory number" kinda booming voice, like the wizard of Oz or something... So you kick your number with your toe and get on. Then it says "Your WEIGHT is..(pause)...TWO HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS...you have GAINED 4 pounds. GOOD BYE!" I swear it screams those certain parts...and there's no way to turn the volume down on this bugger. My poor sister in law used to be MO and her scale didn't go high enough at home for her so she unknowingly hopped on mine when she was in my bathroom...well this JERK screams down the hallway: "your WEIGHT is THREE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX POUNDS. Have a NICE day." The poor dear. Every one of our dinner guests heard it. Once my husband was teasing me to get on it...and when I did this monster in the box actually uttered the word "OVERLOAD. Please step OFF the scale" My husband found that hilarious since it obviously can go well above 350. I honestly think this thing antagonizes me. It takes probably 40 huge batteries, weighs 20 lbs and is the colour of appliances from the 70's. Together, the band and I will conquer this little b**tard!!!!:angry ...but until then, Mama needs a pretty new digital scale that can't talk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DOC 0 Posted June 6, 2006 Scales suck! LOL I went for a fill today and I was 5 lbs less! I wanted to take her scale home! DH wouldn't steal it for me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda 0 Posted June 6, 2006 LMAOROTF @ CanadaSunshine!!!! THAT is HILARIOUS!!!! Kudos to you for not throwing it out the window or smashing it yet!! Ahhhh, I"m still laffin' here. Once u get ur knew digital one u will HAVE to keep the old one; that is absolutely priceless! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
argon 3 Posted June 6, 2006 OMG... that is SO funny! I want that scale! I'll trade you... I have a stupid Tony Little/Homedics digital. You definitely need to keep that scale, either way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
