Customer Reviews

Soehnle 63538 Slim Design Quattrotronic Scale, Silver

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Pros: Classy, understated appearance. Low profile. Very accurate when it works right.

It worked great for perhaps 2 weeks, then occasionally would get stuck in a mode where it added about 30 pounds. New battery made no difference. After a few months, it failed completely.

I did not keep the packaging or receipts (will next time), so I had to toss it out. But first, being an electrical engineer, I took it apart. The soldering on the circuit board was horrendous, a typical result of cost-cutting outsourcing. This little circuit board would normally be assembled by machine, but was instead was manually soldered by someone with obviously little training and/or care (who was likely being paid next to nothing).

To see the classy product of talented designers doomed by clueless cost-cutting is all too common.

I chose this scale based on the thin glass design. It also available in White and Silver depending on your preferenceSoehnle 63538 Slim Design Quattrotronic Scale, Silver. Soehnle has so many beautiful designs it is hard to choose.I wanted something that looks great sitting out on my bathroom floor, and I wanted something thin. This scale is only 0.7" thick. It is a great looking, very accurate and well priced scale. It does not slide around, so it is very stable even though it is thin. All other scales that I've owned were destroyed because of water or cracking, but this one is solid and so well designed that it cannot crack and fall apart and cannot be damaged by a few drops of water. I'm thrilled that I chose such a good one this time around and expect that it will last many years.

I purchased this scale and it worked great and was very accurate. It also looked fabulous! Then about 6 weeks after purchase it started weighing about 30 lbs extra. We replaced the battery but that didn't help. It had been over 30 days so Amazon wouldn't let me return it. I found the Soehnle website and they let me return it and sent a replacement since it was under warranty. Of course, I had to pay to ship it to them. Well the new one worked for about 6 months then it started doing the same thing as before, weighing about 30 lbs too much. If I keep returning the scale to the Soehnle people I can get a replacement as long as the warranty is in place but when you have to pay $10-$12 each time you ship it, it gets to be a very expensive scale. We decided to just cut our losses and find another one. Don't waste your money on this scale. I gave it one star because it is a very nice looking scale.

Every time we used this scale it gave a drastically different weight. We returned it to Amazon, probably the first time we've ever had to do that. For the price it should at least work. Also, in only the 4 days we had it a large chip came off the corner. It earns two stars for looking great. I would not recommend it.

The scale is very attractive and sturdy, looks great on my slate floor, although with a glass surface you need to keep it clean. It reads out about two pounds less than it should, but the biggest drawback is that a replacement battery is not easily attainable in the bricks and mortar world--Best Buy and Radio Shack don't carry it. You should probably order one or two extras when you order the scale (battery lasts about a year).

Owned scale for a total of about 6 months. I thought that the batteries went out a few months back, but after changing them out several times... like the review before mine... IT STILL WILL NOT WORK.

This is very upsetting. Listen to the previous reviews on this and DO NOT THROW YOUR MONEY INTO THE TRASH.

The scale is very sleek and stylish. It goes will in my bathroom and is relatively unobtrusive and easy on the eyes. As far as decorations go, not terrible.

The scale itself is not very accurate. I weigh myself 10 minutes apart with no changes and my weight changes by 2-3 pounds. This is not a big deal in and of itself, but I wish there was a bit more precision in a DIGITAL scale.

Additionally, I have found that when two people of similar but different (10-15 pound difference) weigh themselves one after the other, the scale registers the same value for both. I feel like there is some sort of artificial "memory" built in which is troubling.

Overall, I am somewhat unhappy with the product.

My experience echoes several others here.

This is a beautiful piece of design that looks terrific in our bathroom. Unfortunately, I also wanted to use it to find out how much I weigh. It worked for about two months, and then started reading low battery and randomly flipping between lbs, kg, and st. Then it stopped working altogether. I changed the battery (which the manual says should last for many years) but that didn't fix it.

I sent it back (it does have a nice 5 year warranty). The new one worked for six months, then started reading low battery and working intermittently. Should I throw good money after bad buying a new battery or sending it back again? I don't think so.

I'll go back to my ugly old mechanical scale, which I'll hide in the bathroom closet.

I rather doubt I'll ever buy another Soehnle scale.

I have had this scale for a few years, but like other people here, I have discovered that it doesn't last. Replacing the battery made no difference. It's past the warranty period, so that's not an option. The Soehnle people say that they don't repair. I hate the throw away society we've become, but it's a useless item now. I can't do anything else but toss it. Sigh.

Great looking scale, very low profile, gets compliments. owned for less then a year and then it just went haywire one day. Soehnle will replace it but it will cost you shipping. No its wasn't the batteries. From what I could figure out, one of the four pressure sensors went bad and that caused the whole thing to malfunction. what a let down. I cant find another scale that looks as nice as this. Just remember, you've been warned. It will break in about one years time.