question - i need an accurate scale!

I want to purchase an accurate scale - not one that gives me two different readings within five minutes.  Does anyone have any recommendations for an ACCURATE, reliable scale?? 

   

I have two weight watchers scales...(loaned one out and didn't get it back so went and bought a new one of of course got the first one back).  I can weigh myself on one in my bedroom and walk into my bathroom and that one says the same thing.  Remember if you want a real accurate one you are going to have to spend big bucks.  I rely on mine more for motivation!! Also I measure myself once or twice a month and that is bigger for me then weighing myself!!

Good luck.

thanks!    

yah... my scale stinks heath. sorry. haha i paid like, 18 bucks for it. 

I have the old dial one and it works everytime. I tried to replace it with an electronic one and it did exactally what you said. Different weight every 5 seconds. Good Luck

haha it's okay leen. i don't really use your scale. i think my one at home is all screwed up bc 1) i paid like 20 bucks for mine too haha, and 2) my step dad uses it all the time and i think my scale thinks i'm him hahahahaha

I've got a $20 one from Taylor... while it's accurate... yeah at times I can weight myself... go to the bathroom... weigh myelf again and even though it should post a loss... sometimes it says i weigh an extra half a pound.

Still, the first measurement is always very close to my old cheap dial kind.... so I'm going to stick with it for a long time, unless it starts to drive me batty or something (then I'll return it to walmart since I still have the receipt, and pay the bigger $$$ for the weightwatchers one or another one).

I think the thing to look for in a scale is precision.  Those that only give 1/2 pound precision are not as good as those that give .2 or .1 pound precision.   Also for the cheap ones go Taylor above the other brands.   The other ones are a lot less precise IMO.

Oh and for dial scales... the ones where you can see the whole dial are better than those that you can only see a portion of the dial.   Usually they cost about $5 or so more as well.

it's not always the scale, i found out! i asked my doctor about it when i went, and i finally got a clear explanation - more for women than men, but they are not excluded.
water-weight.
have you ever weighed yourself, then taken a shower and dried off, and all of a sudden you are 1.5lbs lighter? (no clothes both times). water weight. eating, not eating, how much you drink, exercise, etc. can all be a factor. changing in 5 min is a bit much, but don't forget that the scale will give you different readings throughout the day.
it's like height - you're taller in the morning than you are at night, because your spine compresses. we are fickle creatures, we humans are...

I just got a new digital one at walmart for $29.99.  It gives me the same readings back-to-back, so I think it's accurate.  I love it.  I believe the brand is Taylor.

I have a health o meter, the same kind of brand they use in the hospital and it's pretty good.  I can weight myself and then come back 10 minutes later and have the same thing when I haven't eating or drinking anything.  Generally morning weight.  It's pretty accuarate.  Like I have to weight myself on Sunday and Monday for two different challenges and they weight is the same.  It might be down by .2 because Monday is my official weigh-in day but they are the same.  So if I am 189 on Sunday I will be 189 on Monday.

Scales suck period.I weighed my self with my old cheap scale(lol) and it said I lost two punds.Then I thought aww I should get a new one just in case this one is wrong and maybe I lost even more weight!Well i got a health o meter one and it said I weighed two pounds more. hmmm should I believe my old scale or new scale? So fustrating.

I have a health-o-meter best scale I have ever owned. You can move it all over the room and still get the same weight. Its digital. I showed body fat too. I think it was like $40. I have never got a wrong reading. It does help alot to know for sure that the scale is correct.

I bought a health o meter at wal-mart it goes up to 350lbs it is digital. It cost about 36.00 my husband and I both use it and it is on for both of us. The first one we got was a taylor and it was different ever time we got on because we always check the weight twice, can't help it. Good luck Deana

I have a Weight Watchers scale that I ordered from Walmart. It is very repeatable for weights but it also has the body fat & water percentages. Those are pretty weird so I just don't use them anymore. We have a doc's type balance at work and it seems to agree with mine at home. I think it was about $30 so if they have the same model without the BF% it might be as good but less $$.