Floor scale/Bathroom scales

ari786 · Jun 28th, 2009, 16:32

Where can I buy a floor scale ( u know...those flat electronic balance to check your weight). I tried a couple of malls, but it seems nobody ever heard of them in Gurgaon.

Haylo · Jun 28th, 2009, 21:08

I don't think there's anything in the way of household electrics / electronics that you cannot buy in Khan Market in Delhi.

Floor scales didn't mean anything to me until I read your description, if nobody understands what you're talking about, try asking for bathroom scales.

clivington · Jun 28th, 2009, 21:58

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Originally Posted by Haylo

Floor scales didn't mean anything to me until I read your description, if nobody understands what you're talking about, try asking for bathroom scales.

It didn't mean anything to me either. In this part of the world a "scale" is a ruler! I thought the thread was going to be about the size of a floor or something!
Anyway, OP, do you really need your own bathroom scales? You can get yourself weighed on the street for a couple of rupees with the additional benefit that you can hide the evidence of being weight-obsessed

PeakXV · Jun 28th, 2009, 22:19

Floor scales?

You are wanting to weigh your floor?

Oh, personal weight scales is what you are needing(head wobble) ....

try Asco for one option.

nayan · Jun 29th, 2009, 01:49

Ask for weighing machines. Thats the term used in India.
You will get them in most fitness equipment shops.

PeakXV · Jun 29th, 2009, 03:37

In Canada the precision weight scales sold in fitness shops are usually 8x the price of those marginal, yet colorful bathroom scales sold in hardware/home improvement stores. Seca, the German manufacturer, dominates the fitness market and has very accurate measures at an accordingly hefty price.

federica · Jun 29th, 2009, 04:04

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Originally Posted by clivington

Anyway, OP, do you really need your own bathroom scales? You can get yourself weighed on the street for a couple of rupees with the additional benefit that you can hide the evidence of being weight-obsessed

With some public "weight machines" (for using the Indian term) you get not only your weight printed on a small card, but also on the backside of this card a kind of proverb, like in the fortune cookies. Something like:
"You'll get lots of luck in love"... helps to overcome the stress when you realized that you've gained weight again

Seriously, it was much nicer to check my weight in India!

palerider · Jun 29th, 2009, 04:18

Yeah, it is fun. I always wait about a month, and then go to one of those multi-coloured disco contraptions on a railway station. I've always lost about 5 kilos, so feel really good.
The scale at Guwahati gives you advice on the back. i.e. Isn't it time for a holiday?.

Wildhorse · Jun 29th, 2009, 04:20

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Originally Posted by federica

Seriously, it was much nicer to check my weight in India!

I did it only once. The scales must have been dysfunct... my weight was higher than at home. Will never again have my weight checked in India, in public.

To make things worse, my Indian partner had his weight checked, too, and it was lower than mine!!!!! I felt totally humiliated. (He's the typical, slim Indian while I'm perfectly alright by Western standards.

)

federica · Jun 29th, 2009, 04:25

Once I got a card with 100 kg (I guess it was the maximum one can get)... simply because I didn't stand long enough on the machine. You can imagine my face

palerider · Jun 29th, 2009, 04:36

When I got to India last year, I weighed 93 kilos, seriously "cuddly".
When I left, three months later, I weighed 72 kilos, 5 less than my boss.
I still had people tell me I was fat.!!!
When I go this year, I'll be 80 or so, hopefully I won't come home weighing 60 kilos.
Because of my medical stuff, I now have to obsess about my weight, it's never been a thing for me before.

federica · Jun 29th, 2009, 04:58

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Originally Posted by palerider

When I go this year, I'll be 80 or so, hopefully I won't come home weighing 60 kilos.

Oh, you can pour extra oil in your food, have lots of cashews, dates and chocolate

namaste_cat · Jun 29th, 2009, 07:40

I had no idea what the heck a floor scale was either. Peak - funny about weighing the floor!

In the US they're called weighing/weight scales, I'm guessing same in India.

I really miss the neat funky clunky ancient machines in train stations in India w/ the advice/fortune on the back of the cardboard tickets. So cool! My kids love them too. We have a whole collection of them. Their friends in the US look puzzled - why would you weigh yourself in public, heh heh

palerider - goodness, how crazy they call you fat!? Alas, I can relate. I'm around 54kg, 5'8" and people tell me all the time that I'm "too fat", also "too tall". By the time I leave india I'm usually 50kg, and I'm still told I'm fat. Maybe they need prescription eye glasses, not more scales there!

palerider · Jun 29th, 2009, 16:30

It really got to me the first time, now I realise they just see all foreigners as fat. I'm a very stocky potato farmer, hands like dinner plates, I'm like a squat version of humans.
I'm mostly muscle, and low to the ground to keep the cold off, my parents are Welsh and Scottish, I'm half Welsh Pony.
I 'spose I look fat to some people, but not to my family.
Even when I was 70 kilos, I was still broad shouldered and stocky.
Bloody cheek, I reckon I'll slap 'em this time.

My boss at the ashram was a sprightly 46 kilos, and 5'10"

palerider · Jun 29th, 2009, 16:31

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Originally Posted by federica

Oh, you can pour extra oil in your food, have lots of cashews, dates and chocolate

well, certainly chocolate.!!!!!!
I can't resist

Jun 28th, 2009, 16:32	#1
ari786 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Posts: 3	Floor scale/Bathroom scales Where can I buy a floor scale ( u know...those flat electronic balance to check your weight). I tried a couple of malls, but it seems nobody ever heard of them in Gurgaon.

Jun 28th, 2009, 21:08	#2
Haylo Structural Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Middle East and heading Easter Posts: 5,804	I don't think there's anything in the way of household electrics / electronics that you cannot buy in Khan Market in Delhi. Floor scales didn't mean anything to me until I read your description, if nobody understands what you're talking about, try asking for bathroom scales. __________________ The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful - E.E. Cummings, poet (1894-1962)

Jun 28th, 2009, 22:19	#4
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 5,879	Floor scales? You are wanting to weigh your floor? Oh, personal weight scales is what you are needing(head wobble) .... try Asco for one option. __________________ What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?

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palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	Yeah, it is fun. I always wait about a month, and then go to one of those multi-coloured disco contraptions on a railway station. I've always lost about 5 kilos, so feel really good. The scale at Guwahati gives you advice on the back. i.e. Isn't it time for a holiday?. __________________ I always wanted to be someone when I grew up, I realise now that I should have been more specific.

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Jun 29th, 2009, 01:49	#5
nayan Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: hyderabad/tokyo Posts: 1,930	Ask for weighing machines. Thats the term used in India. You will get them in most fitness equipment shops.

Jun 29th, 2009, 03:37	#6
PeakXV Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap Posts: 5,879	In Canada the precision weight scales sold in fitness shops are usually 8x the price of those marginal, yet colorful bathroom scales sold in hardware/home improvement stores. Seca, the German manufacturer, dominates the fitness market and has very accurate measures at an accordingly hefty price.

Jun 29th, 2009, 04:25	#10
federica Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bavaria Posts: 1,774	Once I got a card with 100 kg (I guess it was the maximum one can get)... simply because I didn't stand long enough on the machine. You can imagine my face

Jun 29th, 2009, 04:36	#11
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	When I got to India last year, I weighed 93 kilos, seriously "cuddly". When I left, three months later, I weighed 72 kilos, 5 less than my boss. I still had people tell me I was fat.!!! When I go this year, I'll be 80 or so, hopefully I won't come home weighing 60 kilos. Because of my medical stuff, I now have to obsess about my weight, it's never been a thing for me before.

Jun 29th, 2009, 07:40	#13
namaste_cat Kashmiri-Punjabi Sherni Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amreeka Posts: 940	I had no idea what the heck a floor scale was either. Peak - funny about weighing the floor! In the US they're called weighing/weight scales, I'm guessing same in India. I really miss the neat funky clunky ancient machines in train stations in India w/ the advice/fortune on the back of the cardboard tickets. So cool! My kids love them too. We have a whole collection of them. Their friends in the US look puzzled - why would you weigh yourself in public, heh heh palerider - goodness, how crazy they call you fat!? Alas, I can relate. I'm around 54kg, 5'8" and people tell me all the time that I'm "too fat", also "too tall". By the time I leave india I'm usually 50kg, and I'm still told I'm fat. Maybe they need prescription eye glasses, not more scales there!

Jun 29th, 2009, 16:30	#14
palerider this is Brad. He's cute Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Armidale, N.S.W., Australia Posts: 2,226	It really got to me the first time, now I realise they just see all foreigners as fat. I'm a very stocky potato farmer, hands like dinner plates, I'm like a squat version of humans. I'm mostly muscle, and low to the ground to keep the cold off, my parents are Welsh and Scottish, I'm half Welsh Pony. I 'spose I look fat to some people, but not to my family. Even when I was 70 kilos, I was still broad shouldered and stocky. Bloody cheek, I reckon I'll slap 'em this time. My boss at the ashram was a sprightly 46 kilos, and 5'10"

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