Hi everyone , just wondering which kind of scale do you use ? My manual scale says in 5 pounds less than my digital one. Could this be true?

I have digital...and it always matches the digital scale at Kaiser

best thing to do is get a 5 pound weight and test to see what the digital one says if it says 5 pounds then I would say the manual one was wrong got to keep these this calibrated..any I hope that helps

I have a digital scale. Mine is all fancy with BMI and all but still digital. I've always noticied a difference between digital and manual. Since almost all doctor offices are digital that is why I choose digital.

digital forsure

I found those manual analog scales can be bumped off course every single time you step off it. Good luck trying to get it to even read zero. I chose the Taylor digital scale and bought it from Target for less than 30 bucks. It's not got all that fancy stuff - just tells me how much I weigh. I take it for what it is because it always says what my Dr's office scale says and she's got one of those Detecto Scales.

Good luck!

Digital. It always is one pound more than the fancy expensive digital scale at the surgeon's. Btw, when I weighed last time at my PCP, who uses an old fashioned manual weights type scale, it weighed me 4 pounds lighter than the Surgeon's scale. So who knows which one is accurate?

My husband and I joined this fitness program through his job called Kinetics. They sent us a welcome pachage that included a really awesome set of digital scales "calculates BMI, Body Fat, Etc." Mine always show 2 lbs less then the surgeons office scales, but atleast I know it's only 2 lbs and not a big HUGE difference when I weight again..

I found those manual analog scales can be bumped off course every single time you step off it. Good luck trying to get it to even read zero. I chose the Taylor digital scale and bought it from Target for less than 30 bucks. It's not got all that fancy stuff - just tells me how much I weigh. I take it for what it is because it always says what my Dr's office scale says and she's got one of those Detecto Scales.

Good luck!

I checked and my scale is also a Taylor digital scale . It's a very good scale. very old, but good. I wont be seeing it until next Thursday lol

I checked and my scale is also a Taylor digital scale . It's a very good scale. very old, but good. I wont be seeing it until next Thursday lol

You're good! I have not been so good... *sigh*

As long as you think your scale is consistent & calibrated the same, I don't think it really matters. Just watch for it to keep going down, down, down!

I know my doctor's scale usually is about 3-4 pounds more than mine at home. How do I tell? I weigh each morning in my birthday suit. But, if I am going to the doctor's office, I weigh before I go with all my clothes on (minus my shoes) ... then, I see the reading at the doctor's office. Very simple way of tracking, but it works for me.