Hanson HX 5000 > Reviews (5)

Background:

This is my second bathroom scales because the first one I had stopped working after 6 years of good performance. The time without a scale was like a blind person walking on a street without a direction. So after one week without weighting myself I decided the purchase of a new one should be done sooner rather than later. Then I started to look for a suitable replacement on Amazon website.

About choices of bathroom scales on Amazon website:

When I made a search with Amazon website by typing bathroom scales the first listed one was Hanson Glass Electronic Bathroom Scale HX5000. It was £10.99 on sale with free delivery instead of RRP £19.99. The price was ideally in my budget. However I continued my searching. There were about over 200 scales in the shop and the price ranges were roughly from £10 till £200 with different functions. I just want to know my weight so other extra functions seemed too much for me. Then the options were mainly limited to 3 brands: Hanson, Salter and Weight watcher. Also I noticed most people who browsed basic scales priced among £10 and £20 at last bought Hanson HX5000. After a careful compare I concluded it would be a good choice for me too.

About Hanson:

The story about Hanson brand can be tracked back to late 19th century. One Danish man called Marius Hansen with his younger brother William organized Hanson Brothers Scale Company in US. As the inventor Marius worked on various designs scales and received more patents. Things went well for the scale company in the 1920s. In 1926 a bath scale was introduced so the company was also decided to enter the growing market for bath scales. However prior to the millennium bath scale industry changed and most of the European and American bath scale manufacturers ceased production. Today’s Hanson Ltd mainly trades with scales imported from China and has a reasonable share of the UK market under the Hanson name.

About Hanson HX5000:

It’s a bathroom scale with a tempered glass platform which can stand maximum 150kg weight and is supported by 4 large stable feet. One 25mm liquid crystal display stands out above the platform. It utilizes an advanced strain gauge technology that provides accuracy with four precision sensors even can weight 100g with great precision. A unit conversation switch next to the battery under the platform allows weighing in either metric or imperial. It also has a power saving auto-off feature, low battery indicator, plus a tap-on/auto-zero feature for easy use. A Lithium battery and an instruction leaflet written in English and other 16 languages are included. By the way it comes with a 10 year guarantee.

How to use it:

It’s quite easy. First you put out a plastic tongue that is sticking out the battery compartment underneath the appliance. Then the readout will display but quickly disappear. Waiting for 10 seconds you can step onto the scale where you need to remain as still as possible. When your weight has stabilized it will be displayed automatically with metric measurement lasting approximately 5 seconds.

If you prefer imperial you can also get it using the switch feature. After you step off the scale shortly the readout will automatically turn off.

My personal experience:

Before I ordered it I was worried about the platform. Is the glass solid enough to stand my weight? However when I opened the box and touched the scale itself I realised I was too much worried about that. The glass is a 8 mm reinforced one so you would not feel it’s fragile. However you would be sure your feet are not wet before you step onto it for the safety reason.

It looks very simple but pretty smart. When I put the scale in my bedroom I was happy with its appearance. It’s easy to clean and the display is easily readable. Most importantly my weight is always displayed fast but accurately. I’m very satisfied with my purchase. Currently the scale on Amazon is £9.99, even £1 less than the time when I booked.

Overall I would like to say it's an accurate bathroom scale for basic weighting and great value for money .