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Re:Hacking a Philips Sonicare Toothbrush by HarHarVeryFunny on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:12AM (#36137978)
A lot of bathroom scales are too "smart" and display recent cached weights rather than real measurements each time, in order to appear more consistent. Accuracy on some is also very bad if you store scales vertically (e.g. propped against wall) as that requires step-on, step-off re-calibration which people forget to do.

I'm not sure you can even buy "just works" dumb mechanical scales any more.

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Re:Hacking a Philips Sonicare Toothbrush by userbinator on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @09:38AM (#36138263)
I'm not sure you can even buy "just works" dumb mechanical scales any more.

You can, they're just more expensive (relatively speaking) because they cost more to make.

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Re:Hacking a Philips Sonicare Toothbrush by secabeen on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @05:05PM (#36144317)
Not my much, even; the analog scale on amazon is $27, compared to $20-30 for most digital scales.
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Re:Hacking a Philips Sonicare Toothbrush by userbinator on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @08:12PM (#36146192)
Do they have the same accuracy?
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