Quality Bathroom Scales

carogers86 · 06-16-2011, 12:49 AM

Its time to replace my bathroom scale. Anybody have input on quality brands? I'm training for endurance sports so body fat percentage would be nice, but not required.

What are the most reliable brands to look at?

BTM · 06-16-2011, 01:40 AM

A scale won't accurately measure your body fat

just4kickz · 06-16-2011, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BTM

A scale won't accurately measure your body fat

what he said

carogers86 · 06-16-2011, 03:44 AM

I figured as much. My teammate has/had that feature and I thought it was pretty nifty. Not a requirement.

Blake · 06-16-2011, 03:48 AM

btm hates everything

Quick6EF · 06-16-2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Blake

btm hates everything

This and hes right; scales arent accurate. Stick to dunk tanks and someone trained to use calipers.

Red Bread · 06-16-2011, 08:58 AM

Good grief, are they accurate? Not really, but they do let you trend, and in that, they're relatively consistent. It's certainly better than not having anything or only getting monthly data points. I have an older Tanita, it works well, I'm sure newer ones work better.

MadDog · 06-16-2011, 09:18 AM

Next OT topic: Quality Toilets.

leJUNd · 06-16-2011, 10:22 AM

body fat thing underestimates when your body fat is on the low side.
It overestimates when your body fat is on the high side.

infinitekidM2C · 06-16-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MadDog

Next OT topic: Quality Toilets.

That's far too interesting/controversial...let's start out with Bath salts...

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Red Bread Major General 4459 Rep 9,160 Posts Drives: Smog machines Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Good grief, are they accurate? Not really, but they do let you trend, and in that, they're relatively consistent. It's certainly better than not having anything or only getting monthly data points. I have an older Tanita, it works well, I'm sure newer ones work better.
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