Of course I read the reviews before buying first and which are indeed quite different. Nevertheless, I then decided to buy, not least because I've been almost 10 years, the Tanita BC-532 possesses and this balance is not only incredibly precise, but also reliable - even with multiple top positions, you always get (up to a maximum . 100 g), the same result. So, that's why I bought despite some negative voices "the little one". She arrived and to be sure I had the same one Auswechselbatterie ready. Placed plan - beeped - waited - again beeped - back down - ERR displayed. Multiple experiments - battery replacement - but true. Then wife came up with the brilliant idea to take the manual again - and even to read. So: Imagine after turning briefly to the balance - there is a beep - and the balance you leave again. Then appears 8888 - then 0.0 - only now is the "little babies" ready for weighing. One imagines it and is waiting for the small double-BEEP indicating the end of the weighing process - and lo and behold the little thing is not only the weight - no, this weight is even completely reliable. I have multiple comparison tests made with my great Tanita - always with the same result - both scales showed the same weight. Short yet the size of the feet. So I myself have shoe size 39/40 and no problem at all to put myself in this small scale. Toes and heels are supernatural, but it should be just at the little thing. My husband has to be careful with the shoe size 46.5 that the protruding toes not put forward that would distort the weighing, otherwise it also can handle your in the balance. Conclusion: I'm thrilled.