There's an idea, I wonder if they have one @ our Walmart?

Thanks also TomO!

Wow. There's a lot of scale threads. When I posted mine, I couldn't find any others.

Annyway, my Weight Watchers scale broke a few mmonths after I got it. I scaleless right now.

I have a set of weightwatchers precision scales (perhaps different to the ones you had?) That I got given for Christmas, and I find them great... precise to the 1/4 of a lb and the same reading every single time.

We got ours from Lidl i think.
They were about £8 but suprisingly accurate to the decimal!
I weighed in at a high street chemist with those scales you pay to use. Went home and weighed in on my own and it showed the same reading. They also do BF%, water weight and muscle mass fairly accurately.
I'll find out the brand name for you if you are interested.
One problem though, water had got in the battery compartment and caused the batteries to leak acid. I filed the contacts down and they seem to work ok again.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I bought a cheap digital a while back and that thing says something different every time I get on it. It also says that I weigh 10 pounds more than my other one does and other people that have tried it also said that it said they wiegh more than they actually do. I also can't tell you how relieved I am to find this thread. I think I'm going to take that piece of crap and throw it out the window.

I don't know but in my on-line research, I'm finding out that a)most people think WW scales are crap (with similar problems as I have had with my scale., and b) a lot of digital scales seem to have problems with them. *groan* What am I going to do?

Oh my gosh mine does the same thing... drives me crazy!!!! I think its time for a new one hehe.. mine was just a cheep 25$ walmart one lol *Takes hammer to scale* take that!

I bought a Siltec GS1 from QuickMedical.com for $80 w/ free shipping. The scale goes up to 440 lbs and it is an awesome scale. I love it.

I was wondering if anyone had any advice about picking which type of body fat scale to buy? There are so many different products on the market it's hard to decide which ones will be the best...

Concentrate on the scales that give you the most accurate weight reading. The body fat percentages on these scales are usually absurd.

I own a Tanita and I am a bit suspicious of the body fat percentage readings that it gives me. This said they might well be in the ballpark.

The best way to measure body fat is have someone measure with body fat calipers, which can be found here on Amazon.com. You'll need a bit of practice, but the results will be more accurate. (And yes, I should be following my own advice on this subject. )

-Charles

I find them useful - I was a bit dubious about them, however as long as you weigh yourself at the same time every day, mine gives an accurate ready (well about 1% accurate, which is fine unless you're a pro athlete or something like that).

The result I get is about 0.5% higher than what they found at the gym.

If you're bloated/suffer from water retention/constipated/have eaten or drank a lot before etc you'll get a higher reading.

I got a medium price one.

Hey people, I have a very old scale, its brand name is, COUNSELOR and I started using it in the begining of losing weight. It showed me at 160 lbs, then at 158 lbs when I lost some weigt.
Today, I decided to buy a new scale, It has no brand name, but its a new scale that was brought to the store a few weeks ago. When I purchased the scale, and took it home to try, I found that when I steped on it, the lb weight displayed 151 lbs.
Now, I am very confused. Have I been thinking I am a weight, that I am not? When I went back on the old scale it showed the numbers it always shows. I don't know which scale to follow.

some scales are weird. For example mine wont register any weight under 11lbs so it makes me wonder how accurate it is.

I recommend going to somewhere like GNC and using their electronic scale. They normally cost like 25 cents i think, but are normally very accurate. That should give you an idea of whether or not your new scale is correct

Consider yourself lucky, my new scale told me I was heavier!