Yes, the gyn's scales are lousey and should defintely be burned at the stake. I have yet to meet any scales that I liked. Supposedly, the ones in doctors offices are calibrated for accuracy ever so often, but I have asked doctors office employees. According to them, they have never known the scales to be calibrated. I have named the scales that I have at home. I have 2 of them and they are sometimes called Cruella Deville and Lucretia MacEvil. If I posted what I usually call them, I'd get kicked off this board for using profanity and obscene language!