Digital scale or manual ??

[valsdetermined2lose 0]

Hi everyone , just wondering which kind of scale do you use ? My manual scale says in 5 pounds less than my digital one. Could this be true?

[sleeve 4 me 910]

I have digital...and it always matches the digital scale at Kaiser

[Billy363627 15]

best thing to do is get a 5 pound weight and test to see what the digital one says if it says 5 pounds then I would say the manual one was wrong got to keep these this calibrated..any I hope that helps

[HollyW 5]

I have a digital scale. Mine is all fancy with BMI and all but still digital. I've always noticied a difference between digital and manual. Since almost all doctor offices are digital that is why I choose digital.

[doeboy77 12]

digital forsure

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

I found those manual analog scales can be bumped off course every single time you step off it. Good luck trying to get it to even read zero. I chose the Taylor digital scale and bought it from Target for less than 30 bucks. It's not got all that fancy stuff - just tells me how much I weigh. I take it for what it is because it always says what my Dr's office scale says and she's got one of those Detecto scales.< /strong>

Good luck!

[Roseib 13]

Digital. It always is one pound more than the fancy expensive digital scale at the surgeon's. Btw, when I weighed last time at my PCP, who uses an old fashioned manual weights type scale, it weighed me 4 pounds lighter than the Surgeon's scale. So who knows which one is accurate?

[MommyTawnie 3]

My husband and I joined this fitness program through his job called Kinetics. They sent us a welcome pachage that included a really awesome set of digital scales "calculates BMI, Body Fat, Etc." Mine always show 2 lbs less then the surgeons office scales, but atleast I know it's only 2 lbs and not a big HUGE difference when I weight again..

[sleeve 4 me 910]

I found those manual analog scales can be bumped off course every single time you step off it. Good luck trying to get it to even read zero. I chose the Taylor digital scale and bought it from Target for less than 30 bucks. It's not got all that fancy stuff - just tells me how much I weigh. I take it for what it is because it always says what my Dr's office scale says and she's got one of those Detecto scales.< /strong>

Good luck!

I checked and my scale is also a Taylor digital scale . It's a very good scale. very old, but good. I wont be seeing it until next Thursday lol

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

I checked and my scale is also a Taylor digital scale . It's a very good scale. very old, but good. I wont be seeing it until next Thursday lol

You're good! I have not been so good... *sigh*

[MINI-Me 196]

As long as you think your scale is consistent & calibrated the same, I don't think it really matters. Just watch for it to keep going down, down, down!

I know my doctor's scale usually is about 3-4 pounds more than mine at home. How do I tell? I weigh each morning in my birthday suit. But, if I am going to the doctor's office, I weigh before I go with all my clothes on (minus my shoes) ... then, I see the reading at the doctor's office. Very simple way of tracking, but it works for me.