Weighing Scales Digital V analogue weighing scales

mustang121

Can any one explain whether the traditional analogue weighing scales can be more accurate than digital?


This might be a clich! to blame scales, but we currently have a digital Salter scales and it just seems very erratic that I don't know how accurate they are.


I woke up this morning and whilst I was completely nude I stepped on and after three attempts it said that I was 12st 1 Lbs. I then had a shave and a shower and tried again and it suddenly said I was 11 stone 10 lbs. (after 4 attempts)


The scales are on flat bathroom tiles ensuring that the feet are not any cracks.


Is this normal for a digit scale or do others simply state one weight.

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Digital scales are rubbish and need batteries every so on. I would stick with analogous.

Pollycat

Why are you weighing yourself 4 times?

MarkFromCornwall

To test whether the scales are reliable, take a heavy object such as a filled suitcase or a laser printer or a box of books and weigh it several times.

If the results are significantly different then the scales are faulty.

If the results with the heavy object are consistent, then the scales are working and you might think about whether you are distributing your weight unevenly or not standing still or something.

I have a Salter digital scales for weighing letters and parcels and it's excellent (gives consistent results and agrees with my local post office).

Nikkisun

MarkFromMullion wrote: »

To test whether the scales are reliable, take a heavy object such as a filled suitcase or a laser printer or a box of books and weigh it several times.

If the results are significantly different then the scales are faulty.

If the results with the heavy object are consistent, then the scales are working and you might think about whether you are distributing your weight unevenly or not standing still or something.

I have a Salter digital scales for weighing letters and parcels and it's excellent (gives consistent results and agrees with my local post office).

Even better use something that you know the weight of (such as a sack of spuds or hand weights).

mustang121

Pollycat wrote: »

Why are you weighing yourself 4 times?

Because the scales constantly keeps changing the result. It takes like 4 attempts for it remain consistent.

mustang121

Nikkisun wrote: »

Even better use something that you know the weight of (such as a sack of spuds or hand weights).

This just occurred to me about 20 minutes after I wrote the thread.

fairy_lights

mustang121 wrote: »

I woke up this morning and whilst I was completely nude I stepped on and after three attempts it said that I was 12st 1 Lbs. I then had a shave and a shower and tried again and it suddenly said I was 11 stone 10 lbs. (after 4 attempts)

Had you, ahem, 'dropped the kids off at the pool' during that time?
You're weight can fluctuate a lot throughout the day so can vary a lot, but if your scales are giving you different readings literally minutes apart then it does sound like either the batteries are dying of they're rubbish scales.

Pollycat

mustang121 wrote: »

Because the scales constantly keeps changing the result. It takes like 4 attempts for it remain consistent.

Then your scales are rubbish.

I don't weigh myself that often but when I do, I get on, check the weight then get off.
I don't keep stepping on and off until I'm happy with the weight it shows.

Are you weight-obsessive?

MarkFromCornwall

Nikkisun wrote: »

Even better use something that you know the weight of (such as a sack of spuds or hand weights).

Yes, that would be useful, but they are so much lighter than a person that it's possible the scales would give accurate results for weights of 3 or 5 kg but not for human body weight.

bsod

moving feet or the centre of gravity on any household scales, digital or analogue, can change the reading, as can getting off and on.

So move about and use the highest reading, and make sure the battery is ok

or perhaps you were carrying a lot of dead skin

testing with heavy objects is impractical unless you have some dense gold laying about the house.