From what I can tell it seems accurate. I weigh about what I expected to, I also threw a new 25lb bag of rice on it just for fun and it read in at exactly 25.0lbs so I guess you couldn't really ask for much more.It does need to be on a hard surface otherwise its readings will be off by as much as 50% or more.It also only takes 2 AAA batteries, not the 4 AAA batteries that the description says.