Recommend me a bathroom scale

Tracer Bullet · 01-27-06, 09:59 AM

I'm looking to purchase a bathroom scale. Sub-$30, analog or digital. I've read that there can be accuracy problems with cheap scales, so I'm trying to get some advice on any good brands/models anyone likes. Don't really care about appearance, etc- price is really the only consideration.

BigPete · 01-27-06, 10:20 AM

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg.../-/B000063XG7/

This was only $19 when I bought it end of Dec. I'm too tall/athletic to use any of the body fat monitoring stuff, but the weight is incredibly repeatable and lines up very well with all of the full size balance scales at the gym.

eXcentris · 01-27-06, 10:34 AM

A rich couple are having an argument:

Her: You forgot my B-day you SOB! There better be something in the driveway tomorrow morning that can go from 0 to 200 in 2 sec. flat!

Him: (sheepish) Ok ok, I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you I promise.

The next morning, the husband had gotten up early to go play golf. The wife gets up and while in the kitchen, looks out the window and notices a smallish package neatly wrapped with a red bow in the middle of the driveway. Intrigued, she goes out, picks up the package, and reads the small card attached which says "Happy B-Day honey!". She then opens the package and... it's a bathroom scale.

The End.

grunter · 01-27-06, 10:41 AM

Ok - big pet peeve here.

It's not "recommend me."

It's "recommed TO me."

Carry on.

Tracer Bullet · 01-27-06, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by grunter

Ok - big pet peeve here.

It's not "recommend me."

It's "recommed TO me."

Carry on.

Kittydreamer · 01-27-06, 11:51 AM

I picked up a nice one at Target for under $50. It's digital and works really nice. I'll see if I can find it for you later, right now I have to drag my sorry butt down to Starbucks for a non-fat latte.

FantasticVSDoom · 01-27-06, 01:02 PM

I got one of those body fat/weight scales from Target around $45.00...I think the brand is Bodymedics?? Its ok, dont think the body fat testing is all that accurate because it says I have 5% body fat. While I know Im fairly low, pretty sure Im not a skeleton.

Tracer Bullet · 01-27-06, 01:08 PM

Hmm. I'm skeptical of these bodyfat measuring scales, mostly because I don't really want to know that information. How do they work?

Numanoid · 01-27-06, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TracerBullet

NCMojo · 01-27-06, 01:28 PM

1=bad bathroom
5=good bathroom

Easy.

FantasticVSDoom · 01-27-06, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by TracerBullet

Hmm. I'm skeptical of these bodyfat measuring scales, mostly because I don't really want to know that information. How do they work?

That's a good question...I havent quite figured it out yet. Mine sure looks fancy and can do some neat things, but dont trust it at all.

Superman07 · 07-25-06, 08:30 AM

Did we ever get anywhere on this?

I'm looking for one myself and would like one that is digital and tells body fat. I am concerned about accuracy, but if it's off by 1 or 2% I'm not too worried. Does anybody have one and been able to compare their results to a Dr. visit?

ZakVTA · 07-25-06, 10:22 AM

Same here. I'm looking for a decent scale that measures body fat and isn't going to cost too much. Suggestions would be appreciated.

JasonF · 07-25-06, 10:42 AM

I bought the one BigPete recommended and I have no complaints.

Tracer Bullet · 08-02-06, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonF

I bought the one BigPete recommended and I have no complaints.

Actually, so did I! Works great.

Al Padrino · 08-02-06, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by FantasticVSDoom

That's a good question...I havent quite figured it out yet. Mine sure looks fancy and can do some neat things, but dont trust it at all.

I've got one (Health o Meter) and I think it's pretty accurate. I had my body fat measured (is that the correct phrase) in my weight training class a little over a year ago. I've put on some weight since that time and my scale seems to indicate that, since it says my body fat is two or three percentage points higher than it was then.

elperdido · 08-02-06, 10:45 PM

This should do at least for now. 500lbs
But I am afraid it is a little over budget.

01-27-06, 09:59 AM	#1
Tracer Bullet DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: IND Crosstown Posts: 23,350	Recommend me a bathroom scale I'm looking to purchase a bathroom scale. Sub-$30, analog or digital. I've read that there can be accuracy problems with cheap scales, so I'm trying to get some advice on any good brands/models anyone likes. Don't really care about appearance, etc- price is really the only consideration. __________________ Third World countries are worthy of our derision. -Sean O'Hara Personally, I would say that Tracer Bullet is leading you in the wrong direction. -Supermallet Sometimes you have to decide between the guy who won't give you a cupcake and the one who will stab you in the face. -DeputyDave

01-27-06, 10:20 AM	#2
BigPete DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: not CT Posts: 9,479	http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg.../-/B000063XG7/ This was only $19 when I bought it end of Dec. I'm too tall/athletic to use any of the body fat monitoring stuff, but the weight is incredibly repeatable and lines up very well with all of the full size balance scales at the gym. __________________ "What, are you kidding? Leviticus is an action packed thrill a minute! From the beginning where the lord tells Moses how to properly sacrifice animals (with much talk of blood and killing and the word "asunder" used a couple of times), to the very end where he's telling Moses what the value of a human being is, insofar as how much he should give to priests. And the bit in the middle about how everyone should keep their clothes on? Wow, just WOW, that's all I have to say." -Otto

01-27-06, 10:41 AM	#4
grunter DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 6,049	Ok - big pet peeve here. It's not "recommend me." It's "recommed TO me." Carry on. __________________ "As noted crusty and ruthless and largely unpleasant former Clinton adviser James Carville observed just after the election, `The American people just don't have a clue as to what's coming.' If you are female, gay, bisexual, atheist, black, immigrant, poor, progressive, intellectual, open minded, open hearted, if you hold alternative views, dress funny, dance, enjoy sex, read seditious literature, believe in peace and funky spirituality and don't particularly care for a sneering angry self-righteous well-armed anti-everything deity, you are about to find out. The hard way. And so is everyone else." - Mark Morford, SFGate

01-27-06, 01:02 PM	#7
FantasticVSDoom DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Deep behind enemy lines...NYC! Posts: 11,145	I got one of those body fat/weight scales from Target around $45.00...I think the brand is Bodymedics?? Its ok, dont think the body fat testing is all that accurate because it says I have 5% body fat. While I know Im fairly low, pretty sure Im not a skeleton. __________________ GO REDSOX!!! "Fighting is the best thing a man can have in his soul."-Renzo Gracie

01-27-06, 01:08 PM	#8
Tracer Bullet DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: IND Crosstown Posts: 23,350	Hmm. I'm skeptical of these bodyfat measuring scales, mostly because I don't really want to know that information. How do they work? __________________ Third World countries are worthy of our derision. -Sean O'Hara Personally, I would say that Tracer Bullet is leading you in the wrong direction. -Supermallet Sometimes you have to decide between the guy who won't give you a cupcake and the one who will stab you in the face. -DeputyDave

01-27-06, 10:34 AM	#3
eXcentris DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 22,909	A rich couple are having an argument: Her: You forgot my B-day you SOB! There better be something in the driveway tomorrow morning that can go from 0 to 200 in 2 sec. flat! Him: (sheepish) Ok ok, I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you I promise. The next morning, the husband had gotten up early to go play golf. The wife gets up and while in the kitchen, looks out the window and notices a smallish package neatly wrapped with a red bow in the middle of the driveway. Intrigued, she goes out, picks up the package, and reads the small card attached which says "Happy B-Day honey!". She then opens the package and... it's a bathroom scale. The End.

01-27-06, 01:28 PM	#10
NCMojo DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 14,172	1=bad bathroom 5=good bathroom Easy. __________________ Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me; other times I can barely see. The Official Cabinet

07-25-06, 08:30 AM	#12
Superman07 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SnogBox Posts: 5,934	Did we ever get anywhere on this? I'm looking for one myself and would like one that is digital and tells body fat. I am concerned about accuracy, but if it's off by 1 or 2% I'm not too worried. Does anybody have one and been able to compare their results to a Dr. visit? __________________ "Chuck me!" "Hey, I'm Eddie. How do you like me so far?" - Keen Eddie I've seen him. He's like fire, and ice, and rage. Like the night, and the storm in the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever. He burns at the center of time and sees the turn of the univrse.

07-25-06, 10:22 AM	#13
ZakVTA Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: California Posts: 968	Same here. I'm looking for a decent scale that measures body fat and isn't going to cost too much. Suggestions would be appreciated.

07-25-06, 10:42 AM	#14
JasonF DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The greater Chicagoland area Posts: 31,903	I bought the one BigPete recommended and I have no complaints. __________________ These are my DVDs 360 GamerTag: William T Bunny PSN ID: William_T_Bunny "JasonF can do no wrong!" -- Rockmjd23

08-02-06, 10:45 PM	#17
elperdido Needs to contact an admin about multiple accounts Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 525	This should do at least for now. 500lbs But I am afraid it is a little over budget.