Broughtonblue
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I was lucky enough to get some money from Santa, and am looking to buy some scales to keep track of my weight, can any of you recommend some good ones from the vast array on the Market? Got about £40 to spend.
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I got some cheap scale from Aldi last year - they seem very accurate and repeatable and were only 8.99 iirc - I am sure there must be similar out there - ( the only drawback is they don't work on carpet, but I have just placed them on a wooden board, cut same size as scales, in the bathroom)
Arsen Gere
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Asda have a set by Salter that do body fat and hydration level.
The weight measurement goes to a tenth of a pound.
There is a setting for us old folks over 50 which seems to screw up my body fat measurement.
I paid 15 quid but it looks like argos have something similar on half price.
The weight measurement goes to a tenth of a pound.
There is a setting for us old folks over 50 which seems to screw up my body fat measurement.
I paid 15 quid but it looks like argos have something similar on half price.
+ 1.
Ghost Donkey
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If you're looking at scales for weight most are very accurate. Even if they are a bit out you can monitor change using the same scales.
Body fat is a funny one. I bought a £30 set of Salter scales which gave me a body fat % reading of nearly 25%. I'd dispute that as you can see my stomach muscles. The very expensive body fat scales at the gym at work which include handles as well as foot pads for electric shock treatment gave me around 13%
On an impulse I bought a body tape and medical calipers. Both require you to use some kind of measurement algorithm. What claimed to be the The US marines algorithm on a web form had me at 33% body fat using hip, waist and neck measurements. Nearly all the methods of finding body fat % using different forms of waist measurements had me at over 20% body fat. A website with web forms for five or six caliper measurement algorithms produced results consistently around 12-15% body fat. The chart which came with the callipers had me at 12-13%. While the caliper results were the most consistent for me (and more agreeable in that they were the lowest average body fat % it counts for nothing if the calipers are not accurate or I am not taking the measurements in the correct fashion.
Body fat is a funny one. I bought a £30 set of Salter scales which gave me a body fat % reading of nearly 25%. I'd dispute that as you can see my stomach muscles. The very expensive body fat scales at the gym at work which include handles as well as foot pads for electric shock treatment gave me around 13%
On an impulse I bought a body tape and medical calipers. Both require you to use some kind of measurement algorithm. What claimed to be the The US marines algorithm on a web form had me at 33% body fat using hip, waist and neck measurements. Nearly all the methods of finding body fat % using different forms of waist measurements had me at over 20% body fat. A website with web forms for five or six caliper measurement algorithms produced results consistently around 12-15% body fat. The chart which came with the callipers had me at 12-13%. While the caliper results were the most consistent for me (and more agreeable in that they were the lowest average body fat % it counts for nothing if the calipers are not accurate or I am not taking the measurements in the correct fashion.