Also make sure to always weigh yourself on a level surface.
Scale accuracy wooden or tile floor.
Scales are designed to rest on a hard surface like a wood or tile floor.
The manufacturers calibrate the scales on a hard surface not a carpet.
During weigh ins stand in the center of the scale and keep both feet flat.
Other notes about scales.
Hard wood flooring concrete or level ceramic tile would be a good location for your scale.
Our bathroom floors are some of the worst.
Eatsmart bathroom scales have four precision sensors.
Put your scale on a hard flat surface.
I set my scale every morning by centering it on a specific tile and then clearing.
Just get the most accurate and precise scale that is reasonably priced to fit your budget.
My weight will fluctuate up to 15 lbs in a 2 3 minute period depending on where it sits in the bathroom.
You ve still made the same amount of progress 10lbs lost is 10lbs lost you re just giving yourself a new and better more accurate baseline if you move your scale to a tile or other hard floor and you can use that baseline for your future progress.
Except that when i weigh on hardwood i m clothed and tile not.
The optimal surfaces for a bathroom scale to yield the best results include ceramic or porcelain tile hard wood or concrete.
Miniscule surface levels could throw off the balance of the scale.
But don t give up.
Weighing yourself on softer flooring such as carpet vinyl or linoleum can compromise the reading.
If the scale is on an uneven floor it could provide inaccurate readings from the digital sensors.
Just make sure that the scale is centered on only 1 tile.
I live in an old house.
And this makes sense says mackay as more people have easy access to a solid floor than to a deep shag pile carpet.
Hardwood or tile floors are the best for accurate weigh ins.
I ve not noticed too much difference between the two surfaces in my home.
Linoleum vinyl carpet and other softer flooring can cause small variations in weight depending on how much cushion there is.
Scale not set on a hard floor.
No floors in the house are truly even.
Carpet isn t a great place for your scale.
Avoid carpets as the soft surface can fool the sensors.
Are there scales that are accurate on uneven floors.
If your scale is sitting on a throw rug or carpeted floor it may not sit evenly on the floor and you may get an inaccurate reading.
Stand still and centered.
Weighing yourself on mondays.