Corner weight scales...

[BertBert]

Anyone got any recommendations about budget but functional corner weight scales?
Bert

[Coldaswell]

A friend of mine has used digital bathroom scales, two under each wheel. Seemed to work rather well and was cheap.

I guess it depends on how accurate they are, but if you are able to calibrate them using a known weight...?

[BertBert]

I too have heard tell of this from others, but unless you have some confidence that the outcome is accurate, it's not that useful.
Bert

[Simon T]

how do you get the car in the bathroom?

[LCM]

Simon T said:

how do you get the car in the bathroom?

Up the stairs - the same way you'd get anything else there.............

[BioBa]

Coldaswell said:

A friend of mine has used digital bathroom scales, two under each wheel. Seemed to work rather well and was cheap.

I guess it depends on how accurate they are, but if you are able to calibrate them using a known weight...?

They must be some heavy duty obesity proove scales!

[double d racing]

TWO under each wheel?????????????

[BertBert]

double d racing said:

TWO under each wheel?????????????

Are you thinking more than two DD?

[double d racing]

the original post says "two under each wheel".............does that mean its half or double the weight...you're the techy...you tell me

[dunc_sx]

Two scales under each wheel doubles the weight of the car, not recommended for power to weight ratio.

[BertBert]

So with 700kg ish that's 175 per corner. How many bathroom scales do that? That would be one utter fat bd. So two on each corner halves the amount for each scale.
Bert

[andylaurence]

I use one scale on each corner, but then the whole car only weighs 421kg, so I don't really have to worry about overloading them. I went with analogue scales so I didn't have to tap them to turn them on before dropping the car down. The other option is a Wii Fit balance board ( 180kg per corner), which you can connect to your laptop via Blueooth. £120 for a full set of wireless corner weights.

[BertBert]

that looks fun, but isn't the software for a Wii rather than a laptop? Or have I missed a vital component?
Bert

[Ron V]

I Googled "Fat Guy Scale" and this is what showed up.

http://www.amazon.com/Escali-High-Capacity-Bathroo...

200Kg capacity.

Ron

[BioBa]

The problem with digital bathroom scales is that they only stay on for 5-10 sec.. Hardly long enough and too inacurate when you drive the car on to them. To re-show the reading you need to "step off" first. As suggested old fashioned analog scales are a better choice if you want to go the El Cheapo way.

[BertBert]

I think it's hard to go el-cheapo as there's little point if you can't rely on them.
I was looking for pointers if anyone knew what the low-end but reliable part of the market is.
Bert

[andylaurence]

BertBert said:

that looks fun, but isn't the software for a Wii rather than a laptop? Or have I missed a vital component?
Bert

It might have been. It shouldn't be too hard to find the right software.

[BertBert]

silly me, my mistake. I made the schoolboy error of assuming you'd actually posted a useful link before

[SportsLibre]

BertBert said:

I think it's hard to go el-cheapo as there's little point if you can't rely on them.
I was looking for pointers if anyone knew what the low-end but reliable part of the market is.
Bert

Bathroom scales will be plenty accurate for corner weighting a car, it is not like you will be setting it to fractions of a gramme.
As long as they give a consistent reading each time.

[RWDKurt]

It's getting the car into the bathroom that takes the time....