Two scales giving totally different reads?

[Deleted User] · 2015-04-29 15:00:20

The scale in my gym says that I weigh 13 stone, yet when I try to weigh myself using one at home, it says I weigh 14 stone. Is it possible to have such a difference between the two?

29-04-2015 04:00PM

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The scale in my gym says that I weigh 13 stone, yet when I try to weigh myself using one at home, it says I weigh 14 stone. Is it possible to have such a difference between the two?

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#2 29-04-2015 04:08PM

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Yes. One may not be calibrated correctly.

There's often a difference between two but usually not as much as a stone.

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#3 29-04-2015 04:08PM

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One of them is knackered. Weigh a heavy dumbell in the gym and see is that scales accurate

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#4 29-04-2015 04:56PM

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conzy wrote: »

One of them is knackered. Weigh a heavy dumbell in the gym and see is that scales accurate

You know, that's a fantastic idea and I'll try to out on my scales here with some dumbbells I have here.

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#5 06-05-2015 11:28AM

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Are you weighing yourself with shoes and clothes on at both locations?

Maybe the gym scales has been zeroed to allow for clothing.

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