Adamson A23 Scales for Body Weight - Up to 350 LB - New Version - Anti-Skid Rubber Surface Extra Large Numbers - High Precision Bathroom Scale Analog - Durable with 20-Year Assurance

Very well made scale, it’s accurate compared to other scales I’ve used that were electronic, very old school. Great to not have to deal with apps or data or technology in general.

The scale is heavy duty. Easy to balance. Need to get used to counting lines on scale.

I wanted an analog/mechanical scale to check the accuracy/consistency of my digital scale. The trouble is that my digital scale is accurate (usually) to .1 lb. The Adamson A23 is only accurate to +- 5 lbs. That's the bad part. The good part is that the build quality is outstanding. It's built like a tank, as they say. I wouldn't want the numbers or the platform to be any smaller (I weighed 149.3 lbs. this morning.) Easy to calibrate and use. Old school done right.

I was very ill and lost 30lbs, didn't want to get it back to fast so this scale doesn't lie.

A little pricey but great quality and worth it, spot on scale, heavy duty and fits big feet, dial, so don't have to fool with batteries. Nice.

UPDATE: I've just been to the doctor's for a physical. Using this Adamson scale, my weight has been reading almost exactly 230lbs for the last month. Despite my negative review below I'd kept using it to at least have a general idea of tracking my weight. It's been consistent lately, but I'm glad I didn't update my original review to say that. My doctor's scale yesterday said 242lbs and when I got home, the Adamson insisted I was still 230. One of the two was clearly wrong -- doctors' offices usually have well-calibrated scales, so I was betting on that being correct. Just to be thorough and because I now needed a new scale anyways, I purchased another 2 relatively cheap digital ones. They both agreed withing a few decimals of 242. So this Adamson scale has been recently consistent, yet wildly inaccurate. Thought I'd lost about 20 lbs since writing the below review about 22 months ago; Turns out I've lost maybe 10. Could be worse, I guess. But if you're trying to lose weight, this shouldn't be the scale for you -- you want accuracy not flattery. Original review follows: I purchased this to replace a quite old digital scale that had a bad/hard to read display I'd been living with for years. Figured I'd go analog so I didn't have to worry about batteries or an iffy display. It feels solidly made, has a surface large enough for my size 13 hoofs, and is easy to read as specified in the marketing materials. Calibration using the wheel on the bottom is very easy. However, despite making sure it's calibrated each time immediately before using it, it seems to be very inaccurate. I can calibrate it, step onto it, and it'll read 258 Lbs. When I step off, it may go to zero, or it may go to plus or minus 2 pounds around zero. Re-calibrating it and stepping back on, it'll read something like 252 Lbs. Calibrating it and gently tapping the top with my foot can cause the needle to stop somewhere around the zero mark, again, plus or minus maybe 2 Lbs. According to this scale -- weighing myself in the morning before eating, etc. -- I lost 8 pounds in the last few days. Then I gained 4 pounds. Then I lost 5 pounds. And so forth. If you're tracking your weight in a spreadsheet over a long period of time, I'll bet the inaccuracy will average out fine in the long term. But just to casually keep track of my weight? Not so much. Also, I'm confused by the "d=2" on the face of the scale. I assumed that was the maximum deviation from a calibrated value (i.e. ±2Lbs), but it seems the "d" value is the scale's smallest displayed division according to the NIST. But this scale has 1 Lb divisions. Am I reading that wrong? At any rate, I just read through the description on here twice, and nowhere do they mention the accuracy of the scale. Which seems like a large omission, and something I should've noticed before buying. Maybe it is ±2 Lbs? But having a 4 pound window on a scale to measure humans seems kinda large to me.

I've had digital scales for about 11 years and I'm so glad I switched back to this analog version. It's medical grade. There is an almost daily adjustment back to zero but it's easy and no big deal. I used to work for a dialysis clinic which had a huge, heavy scale for all patients, including those in wheelchairs. It had to be accurate so the dialysis machines could be properly programmed to not take off too much fluid during the procedure. One day we were way behind getting patients in to weigh, so they used these scales they pulled out one of these for all the patients who could stand so we could weigh patients faster. Later I compared, and the weights matched. Good enough for me!

Perfect for bigger people