Salter 9182 SV3R Glass Analyser Bathroom Scale, 150 kg Max Capacity, Digital Weighing Scales For Body Weight/Fat/Water, Muscle/Bone Mass, BMI, 8 User Memory, Athlete Mode, Easy to Read Display, Silver

First one I ordered didn't arrive, but that's not the product's fault. Amazon made me wait 15 days and then sent another one first class, which arrived today.1) These scales look really nice2) You MUST put the carpet feet on if you are going to use it on carpet, even on short pile, because the scales are so low-level that carpet gets in the way and the readings are *way* off with the regular feet (for me it was 10kg less or so - I wish!). Just peel off the rubber feet (a little stubborn) and clip in the carpet feet provided. Other reviews said to screw them on but there were no screws provided with my scales. The feet seem to snap on fairly well without screws. There are no instructions provided for changing the feet... Bad Salter!3) The readings so far seem very consistent. The accuracy is quoted at 0.1kg or 0.2lb. I have mine on stones and pounds, and the readings seem consistently the same in the last decimal point.4) Who knows if the fat/water measurements are "accurate" but these also seem fairly consistent between uses. I came out at the fat end of OK, my wife at the fit/muscley end - lucky me! BMI calc seems correct (weight in kg divided by square of height in metres).5) Note: The instruction booklet says not to use the fat/water/BMI measurements if you have a pacemaker or implanted device, or if you're pregnant.6) The four-person memory just remembers the gender, height and age of four people, not their previous weights/BMIs/readings, but that's OK for me.7) For a quick weigh you just press the scale with your foot and wait for it to zero. Then stand on it. This gives you your weight only.8) For the full monty you need to select your "slot" (memory number) using the buttons on the back edge, it then shows the stored height and age (to ensure you're on the right slot, I assume) and it then zeroes itself. You step on, it weighs you, showing the weight as it goes, then displays four little 'o's as it does it's fat measurements - another 3-4s. At this point it either then just displays your weight again, or cycles through your weight, BMI, fat and water percentages a few times before turning off. If your feet aren't "moist" enough it just shows your weight. I had to dampen my feet to get my readings: my wife's feet were apparently already moist enough... ;-)9) The booklet (10 pages each for a dozen languages) says it is only calibrated for kids over 16 and the BMI/fat/water for those over 20, but that hasn't stopped my kids being entertained by it and using it anyway.Overall, I'm very pleased so far - the price was reasonable, the main function of the scales seems accurate and consistent, and it also has the whole fat/water gimmick!EDIT: 2015-07-20 Just thought I'd add that, three years later, my scales are still working perfectly. I've changed the battery once and think I need to again soon as it flashed up a "low battery" message a week or two ago.

This is the second time i have purchased these scales, not because they broke, just because they're really good scales and my friend stole the first pair.For their price the scales have a surprising amount of functions, it's really useful to be able to track your body fat and water levels alongside your weight as it gives a better view of your overall health than just weight alone. It does take a little while to get the scales set up to give these extra details as the instructions aren't the clearest, but once you've set up your profile it's quite easy to access the extra information. I do live alone though so I don't have to scroll through different profiles manually as mine is the only one on there, I can imagine it would be more annoying if there are 3 or 4 of you using the scales and you needed to select the right profile each time your stepped on the scales.Build quality is excellent, the scales are big enough that I can easily fit on them (though my feet are only a size 10 so if you're Bigfoot maybe you'll struggle), and the figures it gives seem fairly consistent so I think they are quite accurate. The scales also feel sturdy enough to handle quite a bit of weight and my previous ones were still good as new after 3 years use. The only maintenance they required in that time was a new set of batteries, although in hindsight they also would have benefitted from a theft protection device of some sort. If you have less cheeky friends then me though you'll likely be very happy with your purchase.

I've owned the scales for a couple of weeks and subject to the comments below I am impressed.In terms of advice though I would caution against buying the Salter 9141 if you do not have easy access to a flat and compression free floor surface upon which to place the scale.I notice the number of negative reviews and I have some sympathy with these reviews: the main problem with the Salter 9141 is that it requires an absolutely flat and stable surface to work on. Bathroom lino will not, in my experience, work. Any surface that has even slight compression - and lino does have compression movement if only by a mm or so - will not work accurately. A wooden floor is ideal but, even then, it needs to be a floor without floorboard grooves.If you do not have a flat and compression free floor surface then it's best to pass on this scale despite the tempting price. Four plastic feet for use on a carpet are included in the box but, having tested the feet, I have to say the results (although improved) are far from accurate. If however you do have a flat and compression free floor surface then this scale is definitely worth checking out.On a wooden and flat floor I have found the scale to be very accurate and consistent across the hours and days in the weight measurements it produces. I have checked the accuracy of the scale by weighing myself on a calibrated and checked medical use scale. I have also used the bag of flour test - weighing myself with and without holding a 1.5Kg bag of flour. The scale is very accurate if and only if it is used on the correct floor surface.The scale uses a lithium watch style battery which is protected, out of the box, by a plastic pull strip.There is a three position switch on the scale for switching between Kilograms, Stones and Pounds.On switching the scale on, you have access to a basic weight setting or, through the up arrow and down arrow buttons and the "set" button, the four personalised settings which store basic details (height, age and sex) for four different users.Some reviewers have commented on the fact that the enclosed manual is for a different model of scale. This is actually not the case although, again, I can understand why people have made this mistake. The scale has three buttons which, if you look at the scale front on, seem to be labelled (but actually are not labelled) "low", "normal" and "high". It seems that some reviewers have failed to spot that, on the back of the small plastic buttons that lay underneath the "low", "normal" and "high" labels, there are in fact three other labels - "↓", "Set" and "↑". These labels are etched very faintly on to the buttons. The arrow and "set" buttons match perfectly with the buttons described in the instruction manual.To select height and weight settings for, say, a 40 year old male with height 175cm you would do the following:1) Press the arrow down button (or the arrow up button) to select an empty programme slot (1-4 possible slots).2) Press the "set" button (the middle button)3) Select gender by using up or down arrow to move between the two icons. The first icon is male and the second, very badly drawn icon (!), is female.4) Press "set"5) Select height - in the case above use arrow up to move from the default setting of 165cm to 175cm5) Press the "set" button6) Select age by using the arrow up or arrow down buttons and press "set"That's it.To switch on the scale and select the programme you have two options: either use the arrow up and arrow down buttons to select the relevant programme (1-4). Pressing the arrow up or down buttons will turn the scale on. Then step on to the scale. Alternatively, just step on to the scale when it is turned off and the scale will cycle through programmes 1-4 - you have to step off the scale when it reaches your desired programme. It's a bit of a reaction timing game and the first option is likely to be better. The scale will store your last measurement in its memory so that, if you remember to read it before weighing yourself anew, you can compare the measurements. It will not however calculate for you the change between your previous and current weight.To activate the scale in weight only mode - not using one of the pre-programmed functions - place one (or two) feet on the scale with some weight placed on the foot/feet. The scale will then turn on. As soon as the LCD screen activates, remove your foot from the scale and the scale will then be active in weight only mode (it will not calculate BMI and will not try to calculate body fat/water). It is not necessary, in contrast to what some other reviewers have commented, to "knock" the scale to activate it although this will work as well.The BMI measurement produced by the scale is very accurate because the scale uses basic maths to calculate BMI on the basis of height and weight.The body fat and water calculations use electrical impendance testing to pass a very small current through your feet whilst measuring the resistance between the left foot and the right foot. I don't really have any comments on the accuracy of the resulting body fat/body water calculations produced by the scale other than to say that, for me, the readings have been consistent and not fluctuated by more than 4% or so when I use the scale at the same time each morning before eating/drinking. How accurate the readings actually are is a question I can't answer but I do note the general advice that consumer grade devices using electrical impendance tend not to be accurate for single measurements. They may be of some use in tracking changes over time (upward or downward general movements).I would buy the scale again. In fact I would not hesitate to do so. However it is only going to be of use if you have access to a flat and compression free floor - wood is perfect. Lino is not so good at carpet is a no go.

Elegant, accurate scales. No issues