Metric instead of pounds

Taylor digital scale, Model # 5721F
Taylor electronic scales are designed to measure your personal weight, as well as your body fat and water weight. Your scale will measure in either pounds or kilograms, indicating your weight to the nearest ounce or gram. You can use the scale as a weight only device or you can take advantage of its bells and whistles by completing the programming process. The scale will store data for up to 10 users. Setup takes only a few minutes.
Set the scale to your choice of kilograms or pounds. The default measurement for the scale is pounds/inches. To change this setting, change the switch on the underside of the scale to kilograms.

Some electronic scales actually can be toggled between pounds and kilograms. A user guide to that scale might show how to do this but it likely would be done by pressing a button somewhere on the scales. . Other mechanical scales may simply have the conversion painted on the display.
Here is a webpage where you can just enter the figures and the conversion will be made. https://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/kilograms-to-pounds.htm

Hi Douglas 0-LD means your digiweigh scales are in pounds, 0 means no weight and LD means pounds..... The link below shows how to convert LD to KGS (pounds to kilos)
http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/pounds-to-kilograms.htm

Sounds silly but check the scales for a Kilogram or Pounds switch. its usually under the scales and is a sliding switch. It should tell you on the display if you are weighing in pounds or kilos.

Hi dave,

Here is the Simple example of converting weight to pounds.
1 Kilogram (Kg) = 2.20462 Pounds (Lbs)

1 Pound = 0.453592 Kilograms


See the following links for Online Conversion Calculators:

http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/kilograms-to-pounds.htm

http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/pounds-to-kilograms.htm


Just use your mouse to click on the link, which is the underlined and highlighted text just above. This will open a new web browser page automatically for you and allow you to view the information at the website indicated.

Hope it helps.

Thank you for using fixya.

Your scale is showing you your weight in kilograms what you need to do is change the settings so it shows you your weight in pounds or stones

Q: Why does "st-lb" or "kg" appear when taking a measurement?
A: The unit's "Weight Mode" has been set to measure your weight in units of stone-pounds (st-lb) or kilograms (kg). Tanita's Body Fat Monitors and the UltimateScales can measure weight in three different modes: lb (pounds), kg (kilograms) or st-lb (British stone-pounds). To change the setting, first find out which model you have (it should be written just above or below the display screen of the unit).
Method 1
Body Fat Monitor/Scales: TBF-611, TBF-612, TBF-621, TBF-622, BF-541, TBF-560, TBF-572. UltimateScales: 2000, 2001, 2001T. BF-662, BF-555, BF-556, BF-558, BF-559, BF-625, BF-626.
Press the Set and Up Arrow buttons at the same time. Release the buttons, the display will flash. Press the Arrow button to cycle through each weight mode until just the mode that you require is displayed. Then press Set. The display screen will flash to confirm your selection and store in memory.
Note: If weight mode is set to pounds or stone-pounds, the height programming mode will be automatically set to feet and inches. Similarly, if kilograms is selected, height will be automatically set to centimeters.
Method 2
Body Fat Monitor/Scales: BF-542, TBF-551, TBF-521, TBF-531, BF-681, BF-682, BF-679, BF-680, BF-578, all Ironman products, and all InnerScan products.
Select the preferred weight mode by using switch on the back of the measuring platform.
Note: If weight mode is set to pounds or stone-pounds, the height programming mode will be automatically set to feet and inches. Similarly, if kilograms is selected, height will be automatically set to centimeters.

check if there is a tiny whole in the back you could probably poke it with a needle

Press the Set and Up Arrow buttons at the same time. Release the buttons, the display will flash. Press the Arrow button to cycle through each weight mode until just the mode that you require is displayed. Then press Set. The display screen will flash to confirm your selection and store in memory.
Note: If weight mode is set to pounds or stone-pounds, the height programming mode will be automatically set to feet and inches. Similarly, if kilograms is selected, height will be automatically set to centimeters.

On my model, there is a button on the bottom that slides back and forth to choose the wanted setting. My scale is about 5 years old.