Customer Reviews

Taylor 7530B Black Glass Lithium Scale

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I bought this product for my own use and my work. Definitively the product is as described, the size, the presentation and its screen, are great. It is very important to know that the size is a little big, it means that if yo are thinking in moving frecuently, you have to keee that in mind. The measure of kg, lb and stones is good, the screen is easy to read, etc. Product recomended.

I picked up this scale when my doctor finally said I -had- to lose some weight. Inexpensive, and very accurate, as long as you stand perfectly still. But after 6 months it said it needed batteries. Then a couple of weeks later it just stopped working. I replaced the batteries, but it then just displayed "3", then "79.9 kg", then nothing! And it has always read in pounds! Sure, it's not expensive, and worked well for awhile, but I expect a scale to last at least a few years.
Bottom line: not worth it at any price.

Initially this scale seemed to be working fine, and for the price I paid I could not complain for slight inaccuracies in the readings. However, a few months later the scale stopped working entirely (display would slow low battery indicator, but did not go away even with new batteries). Eventually the display failed to turn on at all.

Normally my advice would be to pay a little more and filter for highly-rated scales, however in this category of products on Amazon the ratings are suspiciously inflated for several of the bestselling scales (EatSmart, in particular). So I would suggest you look for a reputable ratings source (Good Housekeeping, Consumer Reports), and buy whatever is within your budget.

This is a very nice looking unit and worked well for close to a year. I stepped on one day and got nothing so I bought 2 new batteries (CR2032). From then on all I can get are very low readings such as 8.6 lbs. I followed the unit directions stating to step on, then off, then back on to reset the unit any time the unit has been moved. I then thought maybe it had changed to kg, even though that would still be too low. It has a button on the back to switch, that wasn't it. Searching the internet I see I am not alone.

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I tried the take batteries out, stand on for 7 seconds, reinstall batteries method described in the link. This actually did result in one improvement! Instead of 8.6 lbs I now get 1x8.6 lbs. The 1st digit has now appeared but the 2nd digit is completely blank. So possibly the calibration issue is fixed, but now there is an LCD display issue with the 2nd digit. aargh!

Taylor has a lifetime warranty...if you want to find or buy a box for it, pack it up, go to the post office line and pay to ship it to New Mexico. For the price-point of buying a new, DIFFERENT brand (trying Heath Meter this time), its not worth the hassle for me. I am very disappointed b/c I did really like the styling and very low profile. It allowed the toilet door to swing over the unit so it could be placed in the toilet room.

EDIT: Well, I guess all it took is to take the time to post a review of this product to get it to work! Here is what I did (per instructions found on the web). Take batteries out, stand on scale for 7 seconds, get off, put batteries back in, step back on and if display shows anything step right back off, then step back on to weigh myself. As I mentioned above this seemed to work except that the 2nd digit was now blank. I kept walking by over the next hour or so and stepping on it. Amazingly at some point the middle digit magically reappeared! I don't know what happened. I changed the battery in this thing months ago and have had bad too low readouts ever since. I only tried the 7 sec method the day I wrote this review. The frustration is what drove me to write the review. Bottom line...crazy as it sounds it is worth a try...the scale is still working fine 9 days later.

At first, I was very attracted by the aesthetics of this scale. I'm a sucker for anything thin, black, and glass. I thought it was doing the job, but I was not aware that placing it on carpet would have such a dramatic effect. When I was going through some dieting routines, it claimed that I was losing 30lbs within a week or two. I thought that was quite ridiculous, but did not doubt my scale. When I finally moved it onto tile, it showed a more accurate report, but it still has a tendency to fluctuate frequently, even if I step off and step back on. I compared it to two other scales in my house, and the other scales are pretty dead on with each other, while this one tends to be off by a lb or two.