Health o Meter Professional 400KL Mechanical Beam Medical Scale Physician Balance

Love my Health o Meter scale. The reading doesn't change depending on which way the wind is blowing, like the usual inexpensive floor scales. It is very accurate when I placed a ten pound dumbell on it and then 2 ten pound dumbells. To use, set the large bottom metal weight on 50 lb intervals that is closes to your weight, then slide the small upper metal weight for small pounds. Use a screw driver on the left end of the scale to fine tune the lbs by moving the cylinder weight to the right or left (this is already preset by the factory). The scale is actually pure white, but the camera gave everything a pinkish tone.

I received the scale today, and my husband immediately put it together. He is pretty handy, so he had no trouble assembling it, and I stayed out of his way. Thus, I really can’t comment of the assembly process except to say that all of the parts were there, and everything fit just as it should. The scale was perfectly balanced from the moment it was set up, and I am delighted to retire my digital scale for one that gives my true weight every time. Because my scale is less than a day old, I have no idea how durable it will be, but it seems very well constructed, and it looks just like the ones I’ve seen in gyms and medical offices over the years. For a scale of this quality, the price is quite reasonable. All in all, I am a very satisfied customer.

very accurate

This is exactly the same scale we had back at nursing school. Over all good construction and it's a piece of cake to put together. I've found that it does need to be broken in. At first it needs re calibrated after every use but with time it begins to stay accurate for longer periods of time. I figure it's just like a guitar that needs tuned every so often. This scale needs adjusted every now and then. But it's easy to do!

I was tired of replacing digital scales that only seem to last a couple of years and was not so sure of the accuracy they provided. The reviews indicated this would be quick and easy to assemble and maybe it would for a younger more flexible person with better eyesight and more experience with nuts and wrenches. For me, however, it has been very frustrating. After three 20-30 minute efforts to set up a support system that would allow me to see at least a little, place the nuts correctly, finger tighten them so the included but very confusing wrench might work, etc. etc. I am left with extremely sore fingers, sore back and only 3 of the four included nuts. I dropped them many times during this process but could generally find them and start over. The last one is nowhere I can see. I set up the scale anyway. Although it is a bit wobbly it seems to work And is at least ballpark accurate. I’m still left with a scale that I can’t quite trust.

After reading the reviews I decided to take a chance and hope this scale wasn't too difficult for me to put together and that it was accurate and I could read the numbers. (And because of Amazon's great returns policy it wasn't really a risk.)I am happy to say it was not difficult for me to put together. It was slightly heavy (petite woman) for me to lift the platform section, but I laid the tall section on my bed upside down and put the platform on a chair so that it was at the right height to attach the platform to the top section with the nuts and bolts included. Once that was done, it was easy to pull the hook down and attach it in place. The directions were easy to understand and photos are included, so it was not problem at all. It only took me about five minutes.This scale is SO much more accurate than the digital scale I had been using for ten years. I knew something was off and know now it was off by about 5 to 6 pounds! It would also give me several different readings just stepping on and off it a few times in the same session. This scale is accurate! Finally! I tried several other scales over the past year and had to return all of them.It is not really portable, but I don't need to move it. (It doesn't come with the attachable wheels, and they are a bit pricey, but I might buy them eventually. Amazon doesn't carry them, but maybe they should.)So far, I'm very happy with this scale. I've only had it a few weeks. It's not the old fashioned heavy duty kind we used to find in doctors and hospitals. The metal is lighter obviously. But I wouldn't say it is flimsy like some other reviewers have said. It seems to be made well. And the platform is a solid durable plastic that looks like it will hold up for a very long time. As far as reading the numbers, I can read them okay. The numbers are slightly small, so if you need reading glasses, that might help. I love that you just simply step on it and you know you will be getting an accurate reading EVERY time! It was a bit pricey, but after buying so many other inferior scales over the years, this one should last a long time and pay for itself over the long haul. That is worth the cost it in my opinion.

After just a few weeks there’s a piece under the platform you stand on that falls out of place and no longer weighs properly. It is fixable but keeps falling out then after a few months scale will not weigh properly at all and any contact info just sends you in a circle saying they don’t deal with the scales and to contact somebody else but you end up back to the same people through that new contact.