Spec me some bathroom scales

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So my current bathroom scales aren’t practicably accurate, i was looking on Amazon for some better ones and came across smart scales that can measure body fat and the like. Are these scales worth it and are they accurate? Am looking for scales that have decent and consistent accuracy and precision of 0.05kg or even 0.01kg. Really don’t know much about scale and was hoping someone here has some experience with decent scales. Not looking to spend that much, but I know a decent set of scales won’t be the cheapest option.

 

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I have a set that does go into 0.01kg but not on the screen. The screen only shows 0.1kg accuracy but in the app it does go to 0.01kg accuracy.

However, I don’t think it’s necessary since taking off my watch would affect the result and for weight loss tracking, as long as you weight same time of the day, and trending in the general direction then that’s the main thing.

The scales I’ve got is Withings Smart Body scanner. I have no idea how accurate it is though as I have nothing to compare it with. I also use it on carpet, but it does come with pads for carpet.

Something like that is exactly what I need. Don't need to lose weight, need to gain weight, so it's quite important to know exactly what I weigh.

Consistency is better than accuracy... You can easily shed 300g by taking a dump.
Weight can fluctuate daily by even up to a kilogram depending on water retention and whether you 'have a bun in the oven' or not.

What I did when I got really fanatical about it was keep a spreadsheet on my phone for instant access to weigh myself every morning, after my morning crap.
Then at the end of the week.. I'd take the average from the last 7 days and take that as my weight for the week... Then over several months you can build up an average weekly weight to track progress.

To do it any other way is just not accurate.

What I do is take the minimum and go with that, so if my minimum is lower than what it was before then I know I've lost weight. But the thing is with really bad accuracy that could be inaccurate, when I have lost weight I need to know it. But yes, your weight can fluctuate drastically, by more than 6kg if you know when the worst time to weight yourself is and by drinking tons of water..

 

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yeah that's kinda what I mean.. It doesn't really matter if your scales weigh 1kg as 950g..as long as they are consistent and you always use the same scales for repeatability.

Then weighing yourself daily and taking a 7 day average... And call that your 'real weight' for that week.

You weight will fluctuate naturally so a daily weigh isn't representative.
Equally if you only weigh yourself once a week on a Sunday that's not representative either.

Taking an average over a period of time is as close as you'll get to accuracy.

Yes that is true, but if the scales can measure body fat, wouldn't that be more accurate?