Salter Max Digital Bathroom Scale – Supersize LCD Display, 250 kg Capacity, Large Platform, Easy Read LCD Display, Carpet Feet & Batteries Included, Kg/lbs, Instant Readings, Weight Measurements

For years I've been wanting to get some digital scales, but hesitated as my bathroom is pretty damp and cold, so thought anything electronic wouldn't survive long in there. I spotted that these Salter scales come with "carpet feet" and was intrigued, since it sounded like I could put them in the bedroom instead - any mechanical scales I've had have been terribly inaccurate on carpet (and not that good on hard floors either!). I thought it would be great to have a legible display (these have a very tall, large font) and that backlighting would help a lot - and it does! The carpet feet are four hard plastic, hollow round feet (larger than the round rubber ones built into the scales) and their thin edges are supported by moulded-in wheel type "spokes" so the idea is that they sink into the carpet pile and make contact with the floor beneath, without pressing on the bouncy carpet pile. To attach they just press on, over the smaller rubber feet, and work well as long as the carpet's not too thick/bouncy and doesn't have too long a pile. A tiny button under the scales needed just one press to switch it to stones and pounds (I'm THAT old!) and it even reads in quarters of pounds too, so nice and accurate. The readings are pretty consistent too. You simply step onto the scales and they automatically weigh, always using a blueish white backlight for the dark grey on pale grey LCD display. The figures flash a couple of times after a two seconds or less, which shows when the display locks in a weight (it waits and varies first, to iron out any fluctuations) and it maintains the final fixed weight display for a few seconds after you get off, before automatically turning off. If you want to recalibrate it, you just put one foot on the centre of the scales, wait for the display to come on and then take your weight off it, so that it reads zero, and let it turn itself off again after a few seconds - that's it, recalibrated. The main body of the scales is a slightly green-tinted sheet of glass with slightly bevelled edges, painted from the underside in white, with a slightly-less-discreet-than-ideal black stripe across it near the edge nearest to you, with the Salter logo in the middle of that. At less than 25 GBP these were great value, and even included the required three AAA batteries. These are purely scales - no body-fat analysis or anything like that. I knew this and didn't need those facilities. One thing I learned during my research was that many of those fancier scales with extra functions use a small electric charge to do their analysis of body fat etc., passing it through the body, and that people with pacemakers (for example) need to ensure that the ones they buy are compatible with those. Probably most are (and as I say, scales-only units like this one don't do this at all anyway) but as it's something that I would never even have thought of, I thought it may help someone to know that. I've been weighing myself loads of times a day since I got these - they're so good that it has given me the motivation to actually do something about my weight at long last, and seeing how my efforts are going helps no end! Still on the first set of batteries too, two months after purchase, despite have used the scales literally hundreds of times.

These Slimline Scales would look good & fit in any bathroom. They are Easy to use & easy to keep clean. Most importantly of all - I can see my weight (without my glasses on). I am very pleased that I chose them for my bathroom.

These scales tick all the boxes for us: nice-looking; well built and robust; able to show stones and pounds (with quarter of a pound increments displayed); large display which stays on for a few seconds after stepping off the scales. However, the first set delivered to us was dead on arrival. We had to mess around trying different batteries, varying the location and trying various combinations of tapping and getting on and off the scales before we were satisfied that the thing was faulty. Then, a pantomime trying to get a replacement at the price we paid rather than a straight refund (we had purchased this on the last day of Black Friday). Amazon, to their credit, make the process of refunding easy and convenient. However, getting a replacement wasn't an option available on their website. I had to ring customer services and go through the hoops to speak to a human. The helpful agent arranged a replacement (which has arrived and worked instantly). But - I was not given the option of returning the defective unit via a post office. It has to be collected. One has just 2 options, it appears, Evri (ugh) or Royal Mail pickup. The latter requires an adult to be at home for the collection with a whole day time span. So, a wasted day. Why can't the return-with-replacement process work just like a refund?

Really nice scales. Great quality as you would expect from Salter. The screen is very big and easy to read and most importantly it does Stones and pounds with quarter pounds displayed as well. It takes AAA batteries which last a long time and don't cost as much as cell ones. Also like all scales it's best to put them on a hard surface or lay a hard 12" x 12" piece of board on top of a carpet then the scales on top of that, this way you will get a consistent reading all the time.

Easy setup. Large numbers make in easy to read. Sleek design.

Good solid product, you feel safe standing on it. Clearly readable area

Very good scales with large display. The only negatives are pretty small - the contrast of the light background versus dark colour of the writing on the display isn't 100% so the numbers don't look as dark black as they should sometimes but it is still easy to read so no major issue also very occasionally it has taken a while to decide on a weight wobbling between 1/4 of a pound up of down for a few too many seconds. The latter could be because they do seem to be pretty accurate and I do like the fact that the weight shows in stones, pounds and quarter pounds when in the stone setting - psychologically this helps a lot when you are trying to lose weight. Other positives are they look nice and clean/shiny, work the same on carpet or tile floors - I tested them on carpet in the bedrooms and tiles in the bathroom and got exactly the same weight each time, have 3 settings for stone, pounds or kgs and take normal batteries you will have around the house or can pick up anywhere which is great as my last scales took some obscure batteries I had to order online.

Brilliant good with large numbers