best weighing scales to buy

newbie06

hi all, just wondering whats best weighing scales to buy, last one i had was very silly would weigh much lighter on it than one at weight watchers. am trying loose stone by june 29th starting now!

itsallaboutheL

newbie06 wrote: »

hi all, just wondering whats best weighing scales to buy, last one i had was very silly would weigh much lighter on it than one at weight watchers. am trying loose stone by june 29th starting now!

weight Watchers was your first mistake!

floggg

newbie06 wrote: »

hi all, just wondering whats best weighing scales to buy, last one i had was very silly would weigh much lighter on it than one at weight watchers. am trying loose stone by june 29th starting now!

the scales won't make a difference to how much weight you loose!

TBH, all scales are calibrated slightly different so will give slightly different readings. as long as it is consistent, you should be able to judge progress. and the figure on the scales isn't important - its how you look in the mirror.

Outkast_IRE

I think just get one thats digital at least then you stand on it gives ya the weight end of story.
The ones with the needle and numbers people tend to shift their balance and things like that .

newbie06

i know it isnt all about scales but i wouldnt mind to see them moving too!! seems so frustrating i know that i have got little fitter in last six months, done 2 marathons -walking now mind you! in 6 hours, but i have half stone extra before i started, though clothes feel same! dont want fall into trap of its all muscle because i know im no iron lady!

Outkast_IRE

well you could easily gain half stone in muscle and not see it easily especially in your legs .

itsallaboutheL

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

well you could easily gain half stone in muscle and not see it easily especially in your legs .

Please tell me how you propose to easily gain a half stone of muscle?

cardio,shoot me

dont new people gain muscle quite easily, forgive me if that sounded idiotic but i have no idea how much a stone is. Metric ftw!

rubadub

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Please tell me how you propose to easily gain a half stone of muscle?

I think the point is that it is not easily noticeable, rather than being easy to put on in the first place.

Fat is 3 times less dense than muscle so takes up more space, and is in all the "wrong" places. I remained a fairly stable 12stone but got thinner all the time and not noticeabley more musckly.

OP- I would recommend a salter scale, a good respected brand.

I think just get one thats digital at least then you stand on it gives ya the weight end of story.
The ones with the needle and numbers people tend to shift their balance and things like that .

I am in 2 minds about mech vs digital ones. I have a crap mechanical one, but have used good ones, and vice versa. I have used a WW branded scale which changed dramatically due to a low battery, which there was no signal of, I copped it and tested it, I deal with scales a bit in my work and when I was in college.

argos do lots of salter scales.
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=30001&langId=-1&q=SALTER&pp=20&c_1=1|cat_12158564|Bathroom+and+showers|12158901

I would avoid the bodyfat % ones, overpriced and that function is not reliable. All salter scales have long guarantees which is a good sign, this is half price http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8326566/c_1/1%7Ccat_12158564%7CBathroom+and+showers%7C12158901/Trail/searchtext%3ESALTER.htm

I would be between that and the big readout mechanical one
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8321798/c_1/1%7Ccat_12158564%7CBathroom+and+showers%7C12158901/Trail/searchtext%3ESALTER.htm

though clothes feel same

Keep track of these clothes changes, get some old well washed preshrunk jeans, these serve as tape measures all down you legs. And take photos and measurements. The problem with WW is that it only tracks weight, so if doing resistance exercise you can appear to be doing badly.

StormWarrior

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

weight Watchers was your first mistake!

why?

Outkast_IRE

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Please tell me how you propose to easily gain a half stone of muscle?

Let me see if you go from a sedentry life style to one including being active in gym, light weights then you would i have any of my gym mates will tell you the same thing.

oppiuy

I use the electronic scales outside a pharmacy in the local shopping centre. Its reads weight, height, blood pressure,pulse and bmi. While i lost 3 Lbs during the a 1 week period it told me my Bmi had gone up a couple of %.
Not that i thought those things would be reliable but i thought it was funny.
But would those machines be reliable for weight and blood pressure????

Khannie

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I think just get one thats digital at least then you stand on it gives ya the weight end of story.

I've actually had terrible trouble with digital scales so I'm very interested in finding accurate ones. For my last weigh in, I compared my scales the night before the weigh in with the scales I was going to weigh in on. My scales was 0.5KG heavier (about 1lb). By that I mean my scales would read 62.5 when the weigh in scales read 62.0.

On weigh in day, my scales had shifted to being 0.5KG lighter than the weigh in scales (i.e. a turnaround of 1 full KG), absolutely shafting me for the weigh in.

rubadub

Khannie wrote: »

My scales was 0.5KG heavier (about 1lb). By that I mean my scales would read 62.5 when the weigh in scales read 62.0.

The WW digital one was way off, made me appear maybe 7lb lighter with a low battery. A tip for you would be to calibrate your scale with a reference weight. e.g. I am ~80kg, so I would load on 80kg of my plates and see what it reads, now you will have to use the same plates each time as they might be off themselves. If you could bring those 80kg plates to a known accurate scale you can get their actual real weight. Now you can record this weight and adjust your readings each time.

e.g. if your 80kg of plates is really 79kg on the accurate scale.
Now you go home and the 80kg of plates (really 79kg) reads 81kg, then you know it is reading 2kg too high. So if you stand on and it reads 79kg you know you are really ~77kg.

The inaccuracy might not be linear so it is best to measure near the weight you actually are. i.e. if you weighed just a 20kg plate at home and on a good scale it might not be the same inaccuracy at 80kg.

If I had a digital one I would want it to be plugged in so varying batteries is not an issue.

Zamboni

Guys I know the BIA machines get slated but I would recommend these...

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8327857/c_1/1|cat_12158564|Bathroom+and+showers|12158901/Trail/searchtext%3ESALTER.htm

They are incredible consistent and you cannot hide anything from them.

I mean if you weigh yourself and then eat 200grams, then re-weigh yourself it will give you the 200grams.
I have been very impressed with them since I first got it last year.

Give breakdown of weight, BF%, BMR, BMI - why I don't know, muscle mass, water content.
Also slot in a USB key transfer it to your PC for data and graphs.

Another review here.
http://www.consumerdeals.co.uk/saltermibody.html

They mention getting an error sign but that is because their feet were too dry.
They need to have some moisture for the electrical current to travel.

delllat

this ones accurate believe it or not :
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8319944/c_1/1|cat_12158564|Bathroom+and+showers|12158901/Trail/searchtext%3ESCALES.htm

I have tested it against mechanical scale and also digitial and its consistant after 2 years

Theresalwaysone

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delllat

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

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a mirror is fine if your training for asthetic purposes but you need a scale if you like to monitor your weight for some reason like fighting or something