Scale, scale on the floor.

April 5, 2013 4:52 PM

My new bathroom scale doesn't work.

It's one of those tap-on scales and I tap, but nothing. I just bought this one today after returning a similar one from a different brand that did the same thing, so I'm starting to think it's me and I am not using it correctly? The battery is in there (lithium battery). There are no on/off buttons. The ONLY instructions are Tap Here. Wait for 0.00. Step On.

Help.

posted by sweetkid to Home & Garden (6 answers total)

Best answer: Usually, if consumer devices ship with a battery they have a little insert keeping the battery from making a connection. Is there a plastic or cardboard slip on the battery or in the battery compartment you can pull out?
posted by straw at 4:54 PM on April 5, 2013 [4 favorites]

Response by poster: YES YES IT DOES now it seems to work. Thank you!
posted by sweetkid at 4:56 PM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Did you step on it? I find that scales tend to be finicky in general, and when they say "tap" they really mean "step on me a bit, step off, step on a couple times until my numbers make sense."
posted by celtalitha at 4:56 PM on April 5, 2013 [1 favorite]

Ah, never mind then! ha!
posted by celtalitha at 4:56 PM on April 5, 2013

Response by poster: that was helpful as well celtalitha, that was problem #2.

I'm a genius, I am.
posted by sweetkid at 4:58 PM on April 5, 2013

Instead of tapping mine I sometimes have to lift it up my toe and set it back down on the ground.
posted by acidic at 7:58 AM on April 6, 2013