| | |  | Health & Personal Care | Home » » Weight Watchers WW34D Glass Precision Electronic Scale | | | | | | | Description: | | Weight Watchers Glass Precision Electronic Scale is engineered to the highest precision standards with semiconductor technology and a multiple load cell system. Contemporary curves frame an elegant, impact resistant, tempered glass platform. | | | Features: | |
• Easy to read 1.3" digital display
• Displays weight in 0.1 lb or 50g increments
• 380 lb, 172 kg weight capacity
• Tap on scale activator
• Lifetime lithium battery included
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 13.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 15.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 5.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 14.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 12.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 58 reviews |
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 Great ScaleMar 06, 2010
Great product. Repeatable measurements down to the 1/10 lb, which are consistent with weights measures on a beam scale. A great buy for less than $40!
Beautiful, stylish and very accurate...Feb 08, 2010
I got it a few weeks ago and I'm very pleased with it. Good looking, stylish, sturdy and very accurate. It has been a very useful tool in my weight loss program. Very happy with it.
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 Misleading claims on Accuracy. Still an OK scale.Jan 03, 2010
Like many other users I too wanted an accurate scale and the specs for the WW34D seem promising. Wow.. one tenth of a pound.!
When I first tried the scale it did indeed give the same result every time I stepped on and off the scale. Just as advertised.
Curious to test it a bit I stepped on the scale, stepped off, waited 15 seconds, weighed again.. same weight. Tried the same at 30 seconds... same weight. But with 45 seconds (approximately) between weighings suddenly the scale gives a totally different result - usually within a half pound, but different every time..
Why??? Well clearly (to me) it doesn't re-weigh you if you step on and off; it just stores the weight in memory for a while.
As a second test, I tried stepping on the scale, stepping off, then immediately weighing myself holding a 15 pound weight, then stepping off and reweighing. Sure enough, in this case the intervening 15 pound differential was enough to clear the memory so the second weight was different from the first, even only a few seconds later.
My first response was to get quite annoyed, since I'd expected a super accurate scale, so I called Customer Service and asked to speak to an engineer. When I explained how I was getting different results he told me that even though the readout is in tenths of a pound, the scale actually is only accurate to within two-tenths of a pound. This really means that it can be two-tenths high then two-tenths low and still be within spec. So the scale works as specified, but the advertising is misleading.
Thinking about it it did in fact make sense and I decided rather that send it back, just to use it and change my expectations. After it really is a but much to expect that degree of consistency and accuracy from a $27 scale !
My current practice is quite simple. I take five distinct readings first thing in the morning, using the 15 pound dumbbell between weighings to reset the scale. Then I drop the high and low and average the remaining three readings. They usually are within a half pound range which is accurate enough for me now. I have done this hundreds of times now and never ever had five readings the same.
Since this test is easy to perform I would encourage other users, especially those reviewers who though the scale highly accurate, to try the same and report back.
As a last note I'd add that with sets of five or seven consecutive weighings using my method first thing in the morning, the first weight is almost always the lowest of the set, with subsequent values increasing .
 Accurate within +/-5 lbs. Battery last 2 weeks (~$5 for a set of 2) - NOT WORTH ITDec 27, 2009
The title says it all : Accurate within +/-5 lbs. Battery last 2 weeks ($5 for a set of 2) - NOT WORTH IT
1) Accuracy is debatable. The readings are all over the map
2) Looks nice
3) Battery lasts about 2-3weeks and they are expensive (~$5). So you can do the math: 52 weeks at $5 per 2 weeks = $130 per year cost
4) NOT WORTH IT!
 unreliable readingDec 13, 2009
I'd like to make a point anyone want to buy this scale to remember.
Its reading is affected by the surface the scale is on.
Softer surface, less reading, so don't use it on the carpet.
Build and design are good. I like 0.1 lb unit, but reading is unreliable and depends on the surface.
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