Not very reliable. (Homedics Family Body Scale 9105)

Member Name: herbie__53

Product:	Homedics Family Body Scale 9105
Date:	19/01/09 (63 review reads)
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Advantages: It measures body fat, BMI etc (accurately!)

Disadvantages: I dont think they work!

When embarking on a weight loss mission I decided that I really needed a decent pair of scales to measure that weight loss (or gain as it was some weeks!) accurately. At the time I had an "old fashioned" pair with the needle. I'd been looking around and saw that digital scales were quite expensive, so I was a bit put off. Then when I went into Argos one day I saw these ones on special offer, so I thought I'd give them a go. These ones have several functions, they weigh in stones or kilograms (handy for weighing those holiday suitcases!), they measure BMI, water percentage, muscle percentage and fat percentage. You have to enter your gender, age and height. Once you've put these in for the first time though it remembers you for the next time so that you don't have to put them in every time you want to weight yourself. I think they worked ok to start with, they seemed to give an accurate reading of my weight loss. But just recently, I had a hunch they weren't working properly. For example, I would get on and take a reading, and then my husband would get on and it would read out EXACTLY the same (to the 10th of the pound) as what it said for me. Yet if we wait for five minutes and he gets on first, it will say something different. The scale always sits on a hard wooden floor, not sure if this has an effect on it. I put my old scales right next to the digital ones (on the same floor and everything) and took readings on both. My old scales said I was two pounds lighter! So the digital ones have gone in the cupboard and I am going back to the good old fashioned scales that are more reliable. Don't waste your money on these ones.

Summary: Stick to the good old fashioned sort.