Health O Meter Physician Balance Beam Scale

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Product Features

• Reads in Pounds Only
• Height Rod: Dual (24"-84")
• Max Capacity: 500 lb (200 kg)
• Counterweights: Included
• Wheels: Optional

Product Description

Size: Measures in Pounds

Product Description

HEALTHOMETER PROFESSIONAL SCALES Prepare to discover the most advanced medical scales made today. Health o meter is at the forefront of innovation creating more new medical products than ever before. Health o meter is reclaiming its place as the leader in the medical scale industry by investing in new technologies and expanding its product offerings. QUALITY Health o meter offers a level of quality that's truly unmatched. While doctors have trusted the Health o meter name and reliability for nearly a century, their patients have also come to recognize the promise of quality and precision that a Health o meter scale represents. VALUE Health o meter understands the importance of a dependable product. We also understand the rising costs of healthcare and the budget constraints that result. That's why we are committed to offering our customers premium quality scales at the right price. PHYSICIAN OFFICE Our physician office scales are the most dependable in the industry. Thatâs why more than 50% of all physician scales used in the United States bear the Health o meter name. Choose from balance beam, digital, waist-high and remote display models-All provide maximum precision day-after-day. FITNESS Precision scales are an integral part of health clubs, athletic departments and healthcare facilities. Health o meter provides the accuracy, durability and stability required by these high-traffic and often inclement environments.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 38 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0012URPVE
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,388 in Health & Personal Care (See Bestsellers in Health & Personal Care)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

95 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Begone, bathroom scale., June 13, 2006

By	Manish Laxmikant - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

My strain-gauge bathroom scale as well as the more traditional spring-loaded one don't give me consistent readings. I could step on and off all day and never get three consistent readings. Even the range of readings fluctuates depending on the weather, positioning, stars and so on.

If your scale tops out at 250 lb and you weigh 245, expect to see inaccuracies. If you're 180 lb, the scales are more accurate and precise for that sweet-spot weight (for this example)

Now about this one:

Assembly is required. But it's minimal and well worth it.
- The four-nut install is simple if you place the column as the instructions suggest.
- Make sure you tighten and retighten with the provided tool so you don't have to do this again later. Don't use any more force than this tool allows, the nuts seem to be designed to firmly lock the base to the column.
- Even hooking up the assembly from the column to the base was designed for consumers, there's a convenient thumb-pull that brings the hook out of the column so the base can be functional. It sounds more complicated than it is.

Accuracy:
- It's easy to zero-adust with the big cylindrical weight on the left. Turn the screw one way or the other to get the indicator to float between the constraining ends.
- This is a balance beam, so you're simply balancing your weight with the counterweight. There are no springs that get weaker or change with the weather, no strain gauges that vary based on your foot's proximity to the corners.
- Here's how good it is. I drink 24 oz of water after weighing myself. Step back on and I'm exactly 1.5 lb heavier. I've never seen a bathroom scale work as well.
- If you're over 350 lb, prepare to do some math. Placing the supplied counterweights in the notches is easy, adding 88 lb or 150 lb as appropriate isn't that easy, but there is a handy table supplied for easy lookup, in 1-lb increments.
- You can measure 500 lb, not 450lb as the information suggests.
- An additional benefit here is that you could weigh suitcases before flying so that you don't have to dump stuff at the airport when airlines get testy about keeping the weight down. Bathroom scales don't do a good job of this and they are harder to read.
- I'd trust this more than a bathroom scale for parcels, say of 5lb or more.

Extras:
- Keep the weights safe and around if you're going over 350lb.
- There's a vertical scale in the middle that lets you measure heights up to 7 ft (I think). Great if you have growing kids.
- If you have a baby, you can simply get on the scale, measure your weight and then get back on with the baby. The difference will be consistent enough to yield the baby's weight. With bathroom scales, your balance change while holding the baby will cost you accuracy.

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop wasting time, January 15, 2006

By	Pam (NE PA) - See all my reviews

This is an extremely reliable scale just like the kind in the doctor's office. It is easily assembled & set up. The results are consistent & the scale is sensitive to 1/4 of a pound. Stop getting on and off those digital and analog scales to get a reliable reading - this one is worth every penny. I should have gotten it years ago.

Update: 6/13/2008: I am still happily using this scale without any problems at all. It is still a good match for the doctor's scale & also for my veterinarian's scale when we weigh our dog. This has helped me lose 65 lbs and keep it off.

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXACTLY like the doctors, August 12, 2005

By	Ray J. Watson "ray W" (Frisco, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This scale is IDENTICAL to the ones you can buy at *********.com for four hundred dollars more. The markings are the same, the weights are the same, everything is identical.
This is a steal for a real medical scale.
I am not kidding, this is the same one as the medical supply houses use.
Assembly took about five minutes- they also include the little tool you need to tighten the bolts.

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