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Health o Meter Physician Balance Beam Scale | 
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| Brand: Health o Meter
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $229.97
Buy New: $135.99
You Save: $93.98 (41%)
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Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 592
Color: White/Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 30
Dimensions (in): 20.5 x 6.8 x 59.3
MPN: 03411
Model: 402KL/402KLSB
UPC: 027045642354
EAN: 0022319408254
ASIN: B0009MFUZY
Release Date: May 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Scale is just like the one you'd find in your doctor's office | | • | Heavy gauge steel base and platform for professional accuracy | | • | Silent slide height rod measures from 30-78 inches | | • | Rotating poise bars for dual reading in pounds and kilograms | | • | Accurately measures up to 450 pounds in 0.25-pound increments |
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Product Description
Physicians Scale, 350-Lb Capacity, 10-1/2x14x57-1/4
Amazon.com Product Description
The Health-o-Meter 420KL Physician Balance Beam Scale is just like the scale you'll find your doctor's office. Built with a heavy gauge steel base and platform, the 420KL provides professional accuracy. The professional "silent slide" height rod delivers smooth, quiet operation and measures from 30-78 inches. Rotating poise bars allow for dual reading in both pounds and kilograms, and with a lock-in function these bars provide error-free operation. Lastly, the poise bars feature permanent, engraved numbers for long-lasting readability. This scale accurately measures weight up to 450 pounds in 0.25-pound increments.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 45 more reviews...
 Begone, bathroom scale. June 14, 2006
Manish Laxmikant
63 out of 63 found this review helpful
My strain-gauge bathroom scale as well as the more traditional spring-loaded one don't give me consistent readings. I could step on and off all day and never get three consistent readings. Even the range of readings fluctuates depending on the weather, positioning, stars and so on.
If your scale tops out at 250 lb and you weigh 245, expect to see inaccuracies. If you're 180 lb, the scales are more accurate and precise for that sweet-spot weight (for this example)
Now about this one:
Assembly is required. But it's minimal and well worth it.
- The four-nut install is simple if you place the column as the instructions suggest.
- Make sure you tighten and retighten with the provided tool so you don't have to do this again later. Don't use any more force than this tool allows, the nuts seem to be designed to firmly lock the base to the column.
- Even hooking up the assembly from the column to the base was designed for consumers, there's a convenient thumb-pull that brings the hook out of the column so the base can be functional. It sounds more complicated than it is.
Accuracy:
- It's easy to zero-adust with the big cylindrical weight on the left. Turn the screw one way or the other to get the indicator to float between the constraining ends.
- This is a balance beam, so you're simply balancing your weight with the counterweight. There are no springs that get weaker or change with the weather, no strain gauges that vary based on your foot's proximity to the corners.
- Here's how good it is. I drink 24 oz of water after weighing myself. Step back on and I'm exactly 1.5 lb heavier. I've never seen a bathroom scale work as well.
- If you're over 350 lb, prepare to do some math. Placing the supplied counterweights in the notches is easy, adding 88 lb or 150 lb as appropriate isn't that easy, but there is a handy table supplied for easy lookup, in 1-lb increments.
- You can measure 500 lb, not 450lb as the information suggests.
- An additional benefit here is that you could weigh suitcases before flying so that you don't have to dump stuff at the airport when airlines get testy about keeping the weight down. Bathroom scales don't do a good job of this and they are harder to read.
- I'd trust this more than a bathroom scale for parcels, say of 5lb or more.
Extras:
- Keep the weights safe and around if you're going over 350lb.
- There's a vertical scale in the middle that lets you measure heights up to 7 ft (I think). Great if you have growing kids.
- If you have a baby, you can simply get on the scale, measure your weight and then get back on with the baby. The difference will be consistent enough to yield the baby's weight. With bathroom scales, your balance change while holding the baby will cost you accuracy.
Stop wasting time January 16, 2006
Pam (NE PA)
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
This is an extremely reliable scale just like the kind in the doctor's office. It is easily assembled & set up. The results are consistent & the scale is sensitive to 1/4 of a pound. Stop getting on and off those digital and analog scales to get a reliable reading - this one is worth every penny. I should have gotten it years ago.
Update: 6/13/2008: I am still happily using this scale without any problems at all. It is still a good match for the doctor's scale & also for my veterinarian's scale when we weigh our dog. This has helped me lose 65 lbs and keep it off.
EXACTLY like the doctors August 13, 2005
Ray J. Watson (Frisco, TX United States)
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
This scale is IDENTICAL to the ones you can buy at *********.com for four hundred dollars more. The markings are the same, the weights are the same, everything is identical.
This is a steal for a real medical scale.
I am not kidding, this is the same one as the medical supply houses use.
Assembly took about five minutes- they also include the little tool you need to tighten the bolts.
Simply great. December 10, 2005
B. Carter (Tracy, CA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
This product is great. Assembly is was straightforward with all necessary tools and hardware provided. The build material quality, fit and finish were all excellent. In operation the scale is extremely accurate and provides very repeatable consistent results. Those of you who are frustrated with the fluctuating readings of digital scales, and demand medical accuracy in your home, need look no further than the 402KL Physician Balance Beam Scale.
Which scale? January 31, 2008
C. Pruett (Tennessee, USA)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
If you are looking at purchasing a physician's balance beam scale, you understand they are more accurate, repeatable, and durable than other types of scales and over the long run should be cheaper than replacing the regular strain gauge and digital bathroom scales every few years. You have three brand choices: Detecto, Health-o-meter, and Seca. Price isn't a consideration because careful shopping reveals less than a 15 dollar price difference between these three brands when one compares the equivalent models. Before choosing, I searched the net for reviews and information. Finding little, I contacted 7 companies which sell them (5 sold all three, 2 didn't sell Detecto) and 2 firms which calibrate & repair medical scales. I asked each which scale they would purchase for their own home and why. On to the review:
Detecto looked like a winner out of the gate. It is the only brand made in the U.S.A. However, looking at pictures I found on the net, the fit and finish did not appear to rise to the level of the other 2 brands. Additionally, no one I contacted recommended Detecto. The eliminating factor: Detecto has reduced their warranty from the industry standard 2 years to 1 year. Folks, this happens when the 2-year warranty is costing them too much money and it doesn't speak well for their quality.
The Health-o-meter brand is owned by Sunbeam and is made in China. Fit and finish are very good and it has a 2-year warranty. My parents and my brother both own Health-o-meter beam scales and highly recommended them. Additionally, none of those I contacted had anything bad to say about them. One put it best when he said the Health-o-meter vs. Seca was basically a Ford vs. Chevy argument. I do not believe one could go wrong purchasing the Health-o-meter model. They are great scales and should serve the needs of anyone for many years to come. If you buy a Health-o-meter make sure to get the 402kl or the 402lb since they are the best of the line (the EXP is not as sturdy and the CERT model is not worth the extra money).
Seca is a German company and the 700 model is made in China. Fit and finish are excellent and it has a 2-year warranty (the 5-year warranty listed all over the web is not accurate, call Seca if you don't believe me). All 700s have integrated wheels (optional and costs extra on the other 2 brands). Additionally, everyone I contacted chose Seca over Health-o-meter. Most chose on the basis of its modern, less clinical appearance, several felt it would be more durable in the long run because it outweighs the other 2 brands by at least 10 pounds, and one said she had never had a Seca returned.
I purchased the Seca 700 'pounds only' model with integrated height rod (5 bucks extra and I liked the looks) and have had it for over a month. It arrived well packaged and took 20 minutes to assemble. It was perfectly balanced out of the box and the weight was dead-on. It is highly repeatable; the weight will remain the same no matter how many times you step on and off. The heavy extra-wide cast iron base and the inherent strength of the round column design speak well for long-term durability. The balance beam is constructed of thick aluminum and is very robust. The beam has 1/8 of a pound graduations (the other brands 1/4 of a pound), is easily read, and the design of the beam `pointer' makes it very easy for one on the scale to tell when the beam is level and the weight is accurate. I also like the sleek appearance. Bottom line: I prefer the Seca 700 and recommend it without reservations to anyone. I'm very satisfied with my decision.
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