Digital Bathroom Scale Recommendations?

[kevaik 0]

Hello all,

I am in a bit of a pickle. I am looking for an accurate, consistent, and reliable digital bathroom scale. My weight now is 265 lbs., so i don't need an extremely high capacity scale. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. We shop at BedBathAndBeyond, Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and your typical mall shops [although i dread going to the mall and being the guy walking around carrying my wife's bags...LOL =-) :smile:

Sincerely with Thanks,

Kev

[Headhunter 6]

Kev;

I've had a Tanita Digital scale on which I have happily watched the number go from 340 down to 160.

It's been reliable, and I'd buy another one in a heartbeat.

HH

[RestlessMonkey 7]

TANITA! I second that. Anything by Tanita. It's the brand, incidentally, that many WW facilities use (they do NOT use the cruddy WW brand. don't buy those they are useless). Even my surgeon's office has a pricey Tanita scale that tells me more than I want or understand about my body composition! LOL J/k

Anyway Tanita makes a quality line of instruments.

[Shmoopy 0]

I got my scale at Kohl's. Of course I cannot remember the name of it, but it wasn't Biggest Loser or Weight Watchers. Nor Conair. Kohl's had a lot to choose from. There were good sales.So I finally chose one that told me information than I would possibly need: Weight, BMI, Water weight(??)...and it was glass. Very nice. It has weight in pounds and ounces (digital).

[Blaze21 5]

I have a Health-o-Meter digital scale. It calculates weight in lbs and body fat %. It customized with your gender and age. It also has settings for up to 2 people.

[erinshel 0]

Im going to be watching this thread because I am on my THIRD scale that weighs incorrectly. Its getting ready to go back to BedBathBeyond... Its a homedics digital up to 400lb capacity. It weighs me about 12-15lbs below what is accurate--however it weighs my husband perfectly (he's about 80lbs lighter than me).

Back to the drawing board I suppose.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

erinshel...my Tanita HD351's work for me (even when I was 405) and my DH (in low 200's). We check it with weights from time to time. AND...it's like 4 years old now? Really check into Tanita. I got mine from Amazon but I'm sure other places carry the brand. Because Tanita makes LOTS of scales, make sure you buy one with the capacity you want.

[AirKuhl 1]

Agreed on Tanita. I have one where you step on these metal plates and it measures your body fat% as well as your weight. This is good because since I started working out I've been losing pounds slower, but inches faster. It can track that instead of just making some inaccurate BMI guess.

[Headhunter 6]

Im going to be watching this thread because I am on my THIRD scale that weighs incorrectly. Its getting ready to go back to BedBathBeyond... Its a homedics digital up to 400lb capacity. It weighs me about 12-15lbs below what is accurate--however it weighs my husband perfectly (he's about 80lbs lighter than me).

Back to the drawing board I suppose.

Erin, Dump the Homedics!

Homedics is a real "consumery" brand, and they don't make anything that is really really good.

Tanita, on the other hand, is a very established scale-maker, and they do it very, very well. I've had mine for about 7 years. Rock-solid!

HH

[RestlessMonkey 7]

So far...

3 For Tanita (I only counted me once! LOL)

1 for "scale at Kohl's"

1 for Health-o-Meter (also a good brand)

(sorry I'm in science/bean couter mode today)