# Recommend a bathroom scale

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/313303>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 20, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/313303 "2005-07-20T15:44:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/313303/1 "2005-07-20T15:44:24Z")

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I’d prefer to buy online and don’t want to spend a fortune - maybe $30 - $50 or so, but how do you assure yourself that a scale is accurate now, and will be accurate for a few years?

Any suggestions are welcome.

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/313303/2 "2005-07-20T15:56:39Z")

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I have a Tanita scale, and it _seems_ very accurate. Weighing myself multiple times in a row always results in the same, uh, results.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/313303/3 "2005-07-20T16:02:11Z")

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> [@DeadlyAccurate](#):
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> I have a Tanita scale, and it _seems_ very accurate. Weighing myself multiple times in a row always results in the same, uh, results.

Thanks for responding, **DeadlyAccurate**.

Which model, please? - if you don’t mind my asking. I’m sitting at…

[http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Tanita+bathroom+scale&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=ff&oi=froogler](http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Tanita+bathroom+scale&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&sa=N&tab=ff&oi=froogler)

…and they have a bunch of 'em.

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/313303/4 "2005-07-20T16:06:53Z")

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This one:  
[http://www.imagesupplyhouse.net/store/product.php?productid=16458](http://www.imagesupplyhouse.net/store/product.php?productid=16458)

The body fat analysis part is worthless, though, as my husband found out when he had the gym measure his body fat.