Recommendation for bathroom scales please

We used to have a digital weigher from Amazon but the batteries kept running down so we ditched it for a mechanical scale by Salter (the kind that has a spring inside) and that is really good, also from Amazon and pretty cheap. We never bother with the ones that claim to tell you how fat you are, etc.

*dogsmother Tue 17-Jan-23 19:05:40
I’ll have the same as Jane71 please 🙏*

Let me know if you find any: I haven't so far!

I’ll have the same as Jane71 please 🙏

How do they do all that if you’re just standing on them?

Apparently they have electrodes under your feet that send a weak electric current through your body when you stand on them, MayBee.

This meets different levels of resistance whether it’s flowing through muscle, fat or fat-free mass, and this is how it determines what the make up of your body is.

I’ve read that the cheap scales we can get for use at home can be less than accurate in the measurements, but at least you can tell whether your body fat, etc, is going up or down.

These are mine Shinamae. They are Salter and weight in lbs and kilos . Quarter pound up 23st 7lb. So at my heaviest I wasn't scared of breaking them. Had them from Argos under £20 but can't remember how long ago.
Could you read this dial . The weight stays for a couple of minutes after stepping off.

I can remember my weight ☺️, so the (very old) scales are under the bath. All snug and safe behind a sliding door.
DH uses them on the odd occasion.

Maggiemaybe

I’ve just bought some of the scales you mention, after a recent Biobank assessment showed I had high body fat, and I want to address that. They were under £20 and are very easy to use. I’d to download an app that I have to have open when I weigh myself, but then all the information shows immediately, with a chart detailing how it’s different from previous days. It’s too early yet in my better diet, more exercise regime to see if it’s working, but fingers crossed!

The one thing that annoyed me was my “body age”. 69 and I’m only 67. I have had a very indulgent Christmas and New Year though!

How do they do all that if you’re just standing on them ? I’m taking prebiotic insulin which is supposed to help with visceral fat. The advert ( with Angela Ripon) says that you can be very thin but still have visceral fat. Don't know if it works or not but it did give me terrible indigestion when I started taking it so it must do something.

I'd like some scales that show the weight that I'd like to be, rather than actually are.

I am partially sighted and to read scales I have to quickly pick the scales up before my weight vanishes. I decided to buy scales which spoke my weight- not the best idea because it was so loud anybody in the house would have known my weight! I have turned that off permanently.

Cheap and simple is the best way to go.

Taking them back, they don’t light up, so I cannot see the little window because my eyesight is so bad 😩🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Me too Sago.

I just want a pair that weigh me in at 9 stone.

Getting these…£24…

Make sure the scales have large clear numbers. With my eyesight I cannot see my weight easily, I have to crouch in a most ungainly position to read them!

I do not use scales, if my clothes start to get tight I look at what I have been eating and how much exercise I have done.

My bathroom scales used to be my late mum’s. No idea how old they are. I just weigh myself once a week, as long as my weight is what I expect to see, not too fussed about anything else.

I can see my fat, I don't need it rubbed in by a machine

LadyGracie

I couldn’t make head nor tail of how to set the ones that measure fat/water/weight etc. I settled for got old Salter with a mechanical dial.

That’s what I’m worried about so will probably go for a simple one. Do I really want to know the percentage of fat I carry anyway? 🤦‍♀️😁

I couldn’t make head nor tail of how to set the ones that measure fat/water/weight etc. I settled for got old Salter with a mechanical dial.

My scales are from CHwares, by the way, but there are a bewildering number of options out there. I just picked cheap ones with good reviews.

I’ve just bought some of the scales you mention, after a recent Biobank assessment showed I had high body fat, and I want to address that. They were under £20 and are very easy to use. I’d to download an app that I have to have open when I weigh myself, but then all the information shows immediately, with a chart detailing how it’s different from previous days. It’s too early yet in my better diet, more exercise regime to see if it’s working, but fingers crossed!

The one thing that annoyed me was my “body age”. 69 and I’m only 67. I have had a very indulgent Christmas and New Year though!

I noticed sainsbury had some in which give more than just weight.

Ps, don’t know anything about the bathroom scales you mention , suppose I we’re just looking for something simple . 🥹

I just recently bought a simple digital bathroom scale from Amazon priced at £9.99 . It has smart black glass top and large red digital numbers in stones or kilos . Can’t fault it for the price , much more modern than my old metal manual scale I’d had for years .