Customer Reviews

Weight Watchers Glass Platform Scale, Chrome

5 star:		(30)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

The reason why I paid 50 dollars for this scale was because 1. I thought it looked very cool and 2. I thought for that kind of money I would be getting something very accurate, after all it does weight to the tenth of a pound. I did read the other reviews about its inaccuracy, but chose to ignore them. Don't make the same mistake I did. I can go on and off the scale 10 times in a row and never get the same reading, not even close. I get extreme weights from 130lbs to 155lbs. Last I knew my weight was around 140lbs but I'll NEVER know with this piece of crap. I thought maybe it was just my slight movements that was throwing the numbers off so I weighed objects and still got varied results. But I must say it looks really cool.

Although, the Weight Watchers ww42 scale may look nice on your bathroom floor, its measurements are terribly inconsistant.
After zeroing the scale and paying close attention to my foot placement, I can get off the scale and back on the same way with almost a 5 pound differance in weight reading.

I would only recommend buying this scale if you want a pretty piece of modern art for your bathroom with no function. I bought it after reading an article in a health magazine reviewing bathroom scales, and this one was rated highly. It did work well for about a month, then suddenly went haywire. It gives a different reading anywhere you place it on the floor. At first I thought our house was just uneven but then I realized to have a weight discrepancy range that large, part of the bathroom must be above a black hole. So you wake up in the morning, weigh yourself and say hey, I lost a pound! Then weigh again, and suddenly you have gained two. Wait, is my diet working or not? Who knows how many times I have switched to a different plan when my old one was working fine, because this scale misled me? Also, if you leave it in one place, it seems to get stuck on one weight, no matter how wrong it is. You can stand on it in scuba gear with handweights and weigh yourself, then get off, take off all your clothes and weigh again, and it says you weigh the same thing.

It is also very difficult to turn on, and it takes longer to warm up/calibrate than other electric scales I have owned. Sometimes it just takes a small tap in the right place to turn it on, sometimes you have to kick it so hard you jam your knee to make it come on. The star I gave it is for aesthetic value and because I think the glass of the platform is strong enough it would not break if I were to hurl this scale at the wall.

I'm guessing most people who gave it a good review have only owned it for a short while. I don't think the magazine that convinced me to buy it used it for more than a day either. So be warned, mine has not had lasting value. Also, recently two of the feet have fallen off the bottom, leaving it completely unbalanced and useless.

I bought this product base on the great reviews here. Generally, the scale worth the money. When you step many times on the scale, at 15 seconds interval, it will show you exactly the same value. But if you look carefully, you'll see that the second or third time, the final displayed value will switch to the value from first time, probably memorized. If you ask someone to step on the scale in-between, the scale will not show to you such great constantness. The same if you wait few minutes between weights.
I would say that it memorizes the first value and if the second or third are close in some tolerance limits, they will be dropped. I would expect to see measured value all the time.

This is the worst scale that I have ever used. It is not accurate. I have stepped on the scale and weighted myself and then stepped on the scale to double check the reading and have gotten readings that are as much a 30 lbs. difference, taken within minutes of each other. I would not recommend this scale to anyone and if you get it for a gift, return it as fast as you can.

I wanted to write a review on this scale myself. Some of the others I have read were negative and I wanted to write something positive. The design of the scale itself is very neat. I've never seen a scale quite like this one before.
There were many comments about having difficulty getting the initial display to pop up and having to hit the scale very hard to get it to operate. I have no difficulty with this. The only thing that may have been a problem for the other folks is when you turn the scale over it has a red isulator sheild that must be removed in order to operate the battery. Perhaps this wasn't removed. Not sure. Anyway, after I read that in the instruction booklet I had no problems. I love the fact that this scale measures .01 of a pound rather than in .05 pound increments. It's actually why I purchased it. I had no trouble reading the numbers display. I only wish it was a tad smaller, a little more than I wanted to pay for a scale but worth the money.
As far as accuracy goes. I had no problems there either. My weight remained consistant with each weigh within several minutes. Overall...a very good buy.

Me and my mother both bought this scale and on mine I had to hit it so hard w/ the ball of my foot to start that it rattled everything in the medicine cabinet. I thought it could of been jsut mine, but my mothers is the same way as well. I have a small baby and there is no way I could weigh myself when he's sleeping. I also got 2 different readings- off by 4/10's of a pound in a 10 minute period.

I purchased this scale in January after starting weight watchers on line. I noticed however that depending on where the scale was located I would weigh different amounts, which didn't make any sense. But if I put the scale by the window which is near my stereo, I actually weigh less, than if it's sitting on the other side of the room by the closet. So I initially figured the floors are messed up, but as I moved it throughout the house, I noted the same thing different weights same time of day. So I joined curves to go along with my new life style and found out the scale was totally out of whack by more than 40 pounds!! So I guess this is just going to go in the trash a total waste of money.

Weight Watchers ww42 looks nice and the measurements are accurate while it lasted (:- About two weeks! Now the air weights 15 pounds +- 10 pounds! Tried to adjust/reset etc but no success. I can't get a fixed reading anymore!

Everything that you read below is true, multiply it times 100. This scale wouldn't know your weight if you typed it in. If you have $60 to throw away, buy a red T-shirt and help people with AIDS in Africa. The review stating weight fluctuation, is correct, try going from 200# to 135# in ten minutes. Don't buy it, Weight Watcher's should be ashamed.