Supermarket scales

NightengaleShane · 07-12-2007, 12:55 PM

Are they accurate? I'm not sure... the scales at Publix are sometimes around five pounds off. I wonder why.

need2loseinGA · 07-12-2007, 01:01 PM

I used to weigh myself all the time on Publix's scales when I lived in Fl. I have to guesses on why it would be off. One its probably not calibrated back to zero to often. And Two there are a lot of people that get on them and kids that play on them or with them that could cause it to be off.

JayEll · 07-12-2007, 01:02 PM

Hey Shane,

Are you talking about food scales or human scales?

The human scale at my Publix generally weighs 1 pound heavier than the doctor's office-type scale at the YMCA.

I think every scale gives a slightly different weight. Who knows--it may be that I drank water between the YMCA and the Publix.

Jay

lumifan4ever · 07-12-2007, 01:13 PM

I like the ones that give you the little paper readings. I stepped on one of those a couple weekends ago at a local mall. It said i was about 3 pounds more than what i weighed that morning. I figured it was pretty accurate considering i was wearing jeans and shoes and had eaten almost half a pizza that afternoon. lol. I figure i'll go back in a couple weekends from now and weigh again and see if it says i have lost weight. I'm sure it will, but sometimes i just like that little peice of paper that i can see and compare to the last little peice of paper.

NightengaleShane · 07-12-2007, 02:09 PM

LOL, human scales, Jay.

One human Publix scale was pretty accurate - it said I weighed 165, which between my clothes, accessories, and bag, was probably about right.

Another time, I had a Publix scale tell me I weighed 171, when my home scale said 163. I hadn't eaten anything, but I was obviously clothed - and I conducted an experiement (NOT done at Publix, obviously

) - my average pair of jeans plus my studded belt that I always wear and my chain wallet and pins usually weighs 3 pounds

add the shirt and any headwear, and that's probably 2 more - though I was still wondering where those three more pounds after that came from. My girlfriend stepped on the same scale, which told her she was around 5 pounds more than the doc office scale does.

lendingheart · 07-12-2007, 03:41 PM

cool, i just put a 5, then 10 then 25 lb iron weight on my cheap bathroom scales.... with the makes of the weights were 1 pound off on all 3 weights or scale is 1 pound off...... for once i have confidence in how close to RIGHT my scles are!

NightengaleShane · 07-12-2007, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lendingheart

cool, i just put a 5, then 10 then 25 lb iron weight on my cheap bathroom scales.... with the makes of the weights were 1 pound off on all 3 weights or scale is 1 pound off...... for once i have confidence in how close to RIGHT my scles are!

yup, I do that too... I'm obsessive about making sure my bathroom scale is accurate.

lumifan4ever · 07-12-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by NightengaleShane

yup, I do that too... I'm obsessive about making sure my bathroom scale is accurate.

You know what....i am just the opposite. If my scales are off by a pound, i don't want to know. It would just make me feel worse. So, i say, whatever shows up on the scale is right until i make it to where i think i will be happy at, then i can check the actual number.

lendingheart · 07-12-2007, 05:49 PM

1 pound wont deture me... i had other scales say that mine were 10+ pounds off.... so that 1 pound made me feel happy!