As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

On 17/11/2015 06:24, Mick IOW wrote:
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

Are there any talking scales available these days?
Would they suffice?

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Bod

On 17/11/2015 06:33, Bod wrote:
On 17/11/2015 06:24, Mick IOW wrote:
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

Are there any talking scales available these days?
Would they suffice?

Just checked Ebay and they are available.
Here's one of them:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jtalk-Lcd-...AOSwAYtWNvy n

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Bod

On 17/11/2015 06:24, Mick OW wrote:
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.


Plenty bluetoothable, but then you'd need a computer in range or smartphone.

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Mick IOW wrote

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

Quite a few of the modern digital scales do keep the weight
on the display for a while after you get off, so you can look
that display more closely after you have weighed yourself.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that
I could use that the display could be read on a computer?

Yes, some do have bluetooth and that can be used on a computer.

Even more log the weight onto your smartphone if you have one.

or with an extended display panel.

Those are rather more expensive.

Any results I get from searching seem to
be more suitable in a Dr's than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.

Yes. But how useful they are to you really depends
on whether you have a smartphone or not.

On 17/11/2015 08:29, Rod Speed wrote:
Mick IOW wrote
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

Quite a few of the modern digital scales do keep the weight
on the display for a while after you get off, so you can look that
display more closely after you have weighed yourself.
I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer?

Yes, some do have bluetooth and that can be used on a computer.
Even more log the weight onto your smartphone if you have one.
or with an extended display panel.

Those are rather more expensive.
Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.

Yes. But how useful they are to you really depends
on whether you have a smartphone or not.

Like I said earlier, "talking scales" would solve the problem
(assuming that the OP isn't deaf).

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Bod

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:24:32 +0000, Mick IOW
wrote:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

We have a Soehnle bathroom scale, about 15+ years old. Digital,
battery, kg or st.lbs. Stand on it; wait for reading to zero; get off;
weight then displays for quite long enough to bend down and read it,
or even pick the scales up to read it. I presume that there would
normally be a minus sign in front of the weight, but they don't have
such on the display, so it simply shows the weight. Discovered it
would work that way by accident. Don't know if more recent Soehnle
scales behave the same way though.

I haven't come across any digital scales that don't.

"Mick IOW" wrote in message
...
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.


There are plenty of scales around with a wireless remote display

This one is on Amazon at 28.95

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DIGITAL-BATH.../dp/B00AQKV0XU

I bought an Oregon Scientific model a few years back, with the display
on a stand like a travelling alarm clock. This works fine; but it seems
is no longer.

Just google "scale wireless remote" for more choices.


michael adams

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On 17/11/15 08:22, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:24:32 +0000, Mick IOW
wrote:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

We have a Soehnle bathroom scale, about 15+ years old. Digital,
battery, kg or st.lbs. Stand on it; wait for reading to zero; get off;
weight then displays for quite long enough to bend down and read it,
or even pick the scales up to read it. I presume that there would
normally be a minus sign in front of the weight, but they don't have
such on the display, so it simply shows the weight. Discovered it
would work that way by accident. Don't know if more recent Soehnle
scales behave the same way though.

I just bought some cheap boots scales and they do this as well.

slap the scales to turn em on, self zero, stand on, then get off and the
display holds for a few seconds

http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Electr...cales_1228625/


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Mick IOW wrote:
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

Lidl had a bluetooth set of scales on offer a few weeks back.
You need a smartphone to read them remotely. I bought them to weigh
suitcases as the case obscures the dial if it is flat. About £30 IIRC.

"Bod" wrote in message
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On 17/11/2015 08:29, Rod Speed wrote:
Mick IOW wrote
As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

Quite a few of the modern digital scales do keep the weight
on the display for a while after you get off, so you can look that
display more closely after you have weighed yourself.
I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer?

Yes, some do have bluetooth and that can be used on a computer.
Even more log the weight onto your smartphone if you have one.
or with an extended display panel.

Those are rather more expensive.
Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.

Yes. But how useful they are to you really depends
on whether you have a smartphone or not.

Like I said earlier, "talking scales" would solve the problem
(assuming that the OP isn't deaf).

Lot more choice with digital scales.

Yes, some do have bluetooth and that can be used on a computer.
Even more log the weight onto your smartphone if you have one.
or with an extended display panel.

Those are rather more expensive.
Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.

Yes. But how useful they are to you really depends
on whether you have a smartphone or not.

Like I said earlier, "talking scales" would solve the problem
(assuming that the OP isn't deaf).

Lot more choice with digital scales.

Yes, but does the OP require sophistication or simply just to be able to
weigh himself.


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En el artículo , Mick IOW
escribió:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

Binoculars are cheap.

Also sucking in your stomach will prevent it obscuring the display.

g, d & r

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On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:20:58 +0000, Bod wrote:


Yes, some do have bluetooth and that can be used on a computer.
Even more log the weight onto your smartphone if you have one.
or with an extended display panel.

Those are rather more expensive.
Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.

Yes. But how useful they are to you really depends
on whether you have a smartphone or not.

Like I said earlier, "talking scales" would solve the problem
(assuming that the OP isn't deaf).

Lot more choice with digital scales.

Yes, but does the OP require sophistication or simply just to be able to
weigh himself.

Hi all, thanks for the great replies.
I prefer something as low tech as possible with just my being able to
read the scales.

I think the Boots one seem the best solution.
Thanks everyone,
Mick.

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:31:29 +0000, Bod wrote:

====snip====


Like I said earlier, "talking scales" would solve the problem (assuming
that the OP isn't deaf).

I heard you the first time! :-)

Now you've mentioned it again, I'm imagining the fun you could have if
they support customised voicing offered by the more 'upmarket' GPS
units. :-)

As for the OP's problem, I should imagine almost any modern "cheap 'n'
cheerful' 'electronic' bathroom scales in the likes of Aldididle with
large, easy to read displays would nicely solve his problem since,
between my own experience and that of others who have commented, most of
these will beep when the measurement process has finished and will hold
the reading for a few seconds after stepping off the scales (allowing the
OP to take a step back to either stop his fat belly obscuring the view or
else allow him to bend down slightly to get a closer view of the display).

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Johnny B Good

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:45:36 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , Mick IOW
escribió:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

Binoculars are cheap.

Random! Whilst true, I can't see how they could possibly help the OP
solve his problem.


Also sucking in your stomach will prevent it obscuring the display.

g, d & r

That's very unkind. I can well see your need to "g, d & r" (at least
the "d & r" part. Shame on you!

I expect Mick will find a suitable set of digital scales in Aldididdle
if he cares to look for ones with suitably large displays (which is most
of them, afaicr) and verifies whether or not they beep and hold the
reading for long enough to allow him to step off and back in order to
bend down and take a closer look at the reading.

This latter feature (beep and hold the reading) seems to be common to
most models of digital bathroom scales (and for quite a few years now
ime), so an 18 to 28 quid investment may well provide an effective
solution to Mick's problem.


--
Johnny B Good

Huge wrote:
On 2015-11-17, wrote:


Lidl had a bluetooth set of scales on offer a few weeks back.
You need a smartphone to read them remotely. I bought them to weigh
suitcases as the case obscures the dial if it is flat. About £30 IIRC.

You spent £30 on something to weigh suitcases??

Do you have a special room to do that in? And a man to do it for you?

Wow. Why not just plonk the cases on the scales, count to 5 to allow
the reading to settle, then take them off so you can read the display?


Last time I tried that, I spent the next 3 weeks with a pulled
Muscle. It is money well spent.

"Bod" wrote in message
...

Yes, some do have bluetooth and that can be used on a computer.
Even more log the weight onto your smartphone if you have one.
or with an extended display panel.

Those are rather more expensive.
Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.

Yes. But how useful they are to you really depends
on whether you have a smartphone or not.

Like I said earlier, "talking scales" would solve the problem
(assuming that the OP isn't deaf).

Lot more choice with digital scales.

Yes, but does the OP require sophistication or simply just to be able to
weigh himself.

More sophistication with talking scales than just about
any of the digital scales that show the weight for a while
after you have got off the scales, so you can look at the
display more closely than when standing on the scales.

I wear glasses too, and am over 70 too and don’t
have any difficulty reading the scales when standing
on the Soehnle Spirito or the more primitive
mechanical scales in the GP's room either.

On 17/11/2015 10:26, Huge wrote:
On 2015-11-17, Capitol wrote:

Lidl had a bluetooth set of scales on offer a few weeks back.
You need a smartphone to read them remotely. I bought them to weigh
suitcases as the case obscures the dial if it is flat. About £30 IIRC.

You spent £30 on something to weigh suitcases??

Do you have a special room to do that in? And a man to do it for you?

Wow. Why not just plonk the cases on the scales, count to 5 to allow
the reading to settle, then take them off so you can read the display?

Another solution is to weigh self then self plus bag. Does require the
ability to do simple subtraction though :-)

"Clive George" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 17/11/2015 10:26, Huge wrote:
On 2015-11-17, Capitol wrote:

Lidl had a bluetooth set of scales on offer a few weeks back.
You need a smartphone to read them remotely. I bought them to weigh
suitcases as the case obscures the dial if it is flat. About £30 IIRC.

You spent £30 on something to weigh suitcases??

Do you have a special room to do that in? And a man to do it for you?

Wow. Why not just plonk the cases on the scales, count to 5 to allow
the reading to settle, then take them off so you can read the display?

Another solution is to weigh self then self plus bag. Does require the
ability to do simple subtraction though :-)

Trouble is that he's so fat that the scales go bang if he tries that.

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:24:32 +0000, Mick IOW
wrote:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

Nobody has mentioned that you can get scales with extra large displays
that are much easier to see. I got mine from Argos.
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Dave W

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 9:45:58 PM UTC, Dave W wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:24:32 +0000, Mick IOW
wrote:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

Nobody has mentioned that you can get scales with extra large displays
that are much easier to see. I got mine from Argos.
--
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Take a picture with a phone on a selfie stick

In article , Chris Hogg
writes
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:24:32 +0000, Mick IOW
wrote:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

We have a Soehnle bathroom scale, about 15+ years old. Digital,
battery, kg or st.lbs. Stand on it; wait for reading to zero; get off;
weight then displays for quite long enough to bend down and read it,
or even pick the scales up to read it. I presume that there would
normally be a minus sign in front of the weight, but they don't have
such on the display, so it simply shows the weight. Discovered it
would work that way by accident. Don't know if more recent Soehnle
scales behave the same way though.

Ours are similar age but slightly more complicated.
Stand on it to activate.
Get off until it zeros
Stand on it and weight is displayed
Get off and display stays on for a few seconds then switches off.
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bert

"fred" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 9:45:58 PM UTC, Dave W wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 06:24:32 +0000, Mick IOW
wrote:

As a 70 year old wearing glasses I struggle to read the slightly
magnified display and stand in a position to get a true weight.

I have been looking to see if any scales were available that I could
use that the display could be read on a computer? or with an extended
display panel.

Any results I get from searching seem to be more suitable in a Dr's
than home use.

Has anyone else looked for anything suitable.
Thanks, Mick.

Nobody has mentioned that you can get scales with extra large displays
that are much easier to see. I got mine from Argos.

Take a picture with a phone on a selfie stick

Lot more practical to get some modern digital scales
that keep showing the reading for a while after you
have got off the scales so you can bend over and read
the scales if your stomach sticks out so much that you
can't read digital scales with a decent sized display.