Thanks for posting, this explains why a $20 scale I got off Amazon which for some reason doesn't have the memory/smoothing feature is so impressively linear. M

Thanks for posting, this explains why a $20 scale I got off Amazon which for some reason doesn't have the memory/smoothing feature is so impressively linear. My cat sat on it, read 9.4lb. I stood on it, it gave my weight, then I picked up my cat and it read (my weight + 9.4)lb. I was impressed!