Health o Meter HDC100-01 "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale for Babies and Toddlers
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Customer Reviews of Health o Meter HDC100-01 "Grow with Me" Teddy Bear Scale for Babies and Toddlers
Customer Review: This is a really good scale
Summary: 5 Stars
I agree with the others: this is really a great scale for weighing babies and pets.
First of all, it's very accurate. Of course, as with all digital scales, if you put the weight on and then take it off and then put it back on again, you won't get the exact same reading twice. It's just the nature of digital scales (somethign to do with variations in the inductive current). But with this scale the variations are small.
Two features really make this stand out: the hold feature and the zero-out feature.
"Hold" allows you to weigh a baby or pet that moves around a lot. When the subject moves in the tray, the scale will register different weight readings (because the point of impact changes). By pressing the Hold button, the scale takes an average of its readings over the course of a couple seconds. This average is usually more representative of the subject's true weight. This is just a great feature, as any parent or pet owner can attest.
The Zero-Out feature is great for weighing babies. Babies wear diapers. Also, when you weigh a baby, you shuold put a blanket on teh tray because the plastic tray is hard and cold. After you put a blanket and a diaper on the tray, press the Zero Out button and the scale resets the 0 point so when you weigh the baby, his or her true weight will show up on the LCD. This saves you the hassle of having to subtract the blanket-cum-diaper weight yourself. This even allows you to weigh the baby with clothing on; just pre-weigh and zero out the extra weight first.
I love this scale. I just hope it lasts for a long time. BTW it's good for weight up to 60 lbs. As the baby grows into a child, just remove the tray (held by a single screw) and the child can stand on the scale.
Customer Review: Very Accurate
Summary: 5 Stars
We bought this scale to weigh our new baby and follow her growth. This scale is very similar to the Health-o-Meter we use in the ER so I thought I would try it out at home. Now that we have had it a few weeks we have been able to check it against our pediatricians scale and it has matched ever time to within an ounce. It has a 'Zero Out' function so I put on a blanket for padding a new diaper and a matching onesie to what my daughter is wearing on the scale and then zero the scale. Then when you remove the new diaper and onesie the scale will show a negative weight (about 1.5 oz) then when we put her on the scale wearing her diaper and onesie we can get an accurate baby only weight without disturbing her too much by having to undress her. If you are tracking their weight you should weigh them at the same time of day (for example noon or midnight) each time just like we do at the hospital. The scale has a 'hold' function to try and compensate for a wiggly baby but I find it to be less accurate than just watching the results and averaging them in your head. If you weigh them just after they wake up then they are a lot less wiggly and this helps get more accurate measurements. I have used much more expensive hospital-grade scales (for example Madella BabyWeigh) and if you want to measure baby consumption before and after a feeding then they are perfect for that use. However if all you want is baby weight for charting or just peace of mind then I highly recommend this scale.Customer Review: Useful Scale and Great Buy
Summary: 5 Stars
I have put this scale to unconventional use. I am not a pediatrician or a veterinarian. It's billed as a baby/toddler scale. The tray that holds infants can be removed, so that toddlers can stand on the scale. It would work quite well for both infants and toddlers.. I use the scale to weigh puppies in my Labrador retriever kennel ([...]). The scale would be fine for veterinary use as well.
My principal use is to weigh pet foods. I coordinate a raw-meaty-bones pet-food cooperative. Co-op members order meat and meaty bones for their carnivorous pets (aka dogs and cats. Each week, the co-op receives hundreds of pounds of meats and meaty bones for dogs and cats from local meat packers and sorts meats into members' orders. Each item has to be weighed. Yes, the baby/toddler scale is used to weigh pet meats and meaty bones.
The co-op actually has two of these scales. We ordered the second recently because we were happy with the original that has been in service for more than a year. Battery has been replaced once. One feature that works well for shaky piles of meat is stabilization that would also work for squirming infants. The scale averages readings across several wiggles and gives an average reading.
I recommend this scale to other raw-meaty-bones co-ops and other unconventional users.
Customer Review: Excellent for new mom's peace of mind
Summary: 5 Stars
Our newborn was slow to gain weight (BFing). This scale was invaluable in letting me know, on a day to day basis, that she was indeed gaining weight after I made changes to improve how BFing was going. I was also able to weigh her before a feeding and after to see how much she was getting at each feeding. It was also accurate to the pediatrician's scale (weighed before appointments). It is accurate to the 1/2 ounce. One great feature is the Zero Out feature, where you can place a diaper and onesie or a soft towel on the scale, zero it out, and place your baby on the scale, so the baby doesn't have to be naked or lie on the hard surface. (I would recommend a soft towel...makes for a less squirmy baby). I can also use the scale for our toddler, since it goes up to 55 lbs. It can be used to weigh mail. It's just a wonderful product, and I'm so happy we bought it!Customer Review: great baby scale
Summary: 5 Stars
i got this scale to monitor what our new baby was getting during early breastfeeding. we just weighed him before and after a feeding and could see he was getting three and half ounces or whatever it might have been. this was well worth the peace of mind to know our son was getting what he needed. every new parent should own one.
runs off a 9-volt battery that i have not had to replace yet (have had scale for about a month and use it multiple times daily). the hold feature works perfect for a squirming little guy.
i have done consistency and accuracy tests with the scale and it is right on. i love this thing and recommend it to any parent. accurate to a half ounce. has a great infant tray and then it comes off for a toddler and is good up to 60 pounds. i did a lot of research and i'm glad i picked this one.
great product.