Experiences with bathroom scales

devildog

Have had a set of digital bathroom scales that have been useless. You can get on and off 3 times(putting feet in same place) and get 3 different weights ranging from 1-8lb.
Having had enough of this bought a cheap pair of mechanical scales yesterday, climbed aboard (:)) and they weighed me at 14 lb heavier than the average on the digital scales!! Not a happy bunny to say the least.

Back to dieting I'm afraid!!

Which scales do you all find most accurate-mechanical or digital?

shellsuit

Mechanical for me.

We bought 3 different sets of digital scales last year and they were pants. We all had 3 different readings in the space of a minute!

glowgirl_2

I bought a set from Lloyds pharmacy about 3 years ago, they are digital and weigh to the nearest 1/4 pound, I've got on and off them and get the same reading each time:) They are an older version of these http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/en/lloydspharmacy-digital-glass-body-fat-scales-17840

devildog

The Lloyds Pharmacy ones sound quite impressive -unlike the weight watchers ones which are tosh.
I may have to invest but tbh I think I will be avoiding scales (and dieting like mad) for couple of weeks !!

Barneysmom

My mechanical ones I got from Lakeland are terrible, my weight can vary by a whole stone getting on and off 3 times.

devildog

perhaps we should take them back and ask for a refund because they are faulty

Jinx

I had cheapy mechanical ones which I thought were accurate but kept getting differing readings so got new digital ones from Argos a few weeks back. They are 5lb out from the mechanical ones (heavier sadly) but they read consistently and dont change the reading when you get on and off....

devildog

It appears that both digital and mechanical are as bad as each other from your experiences. Earlier I was searching for something with a 'known' weight and came across some training weights and thought that I would try them on both sets of scales and they both weighed accurately-just can't win!