Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Rob from CelebHeights with the perfect method to check a Stadiometer for accuracy and ensure you're measuring your height correctly.
Most stadiometers should be precise, and any error usually occurs due to mismeasurement, bending the rod, not putting the platter section on your head and bending it too much.
However, there will be some height rods that do in fact have an error, so it's worth checking your own device, to ensure it's accurate and that you're not under or over measuring your stature.
Simply find an object of suitable length and with a tape measure record it's length. Then on flat surface with rod perpendicular, measure this object and figure out if the stadiometer is accurate or if there is an error.
In the case of this Seca 213, I found it to be within about 1mm accuracy.
Rob from CelebHeights with the perfect method to check a Stadiometer for accuracy and ensure you're measuring your height correctly.
Most stadiometers should be precise, and any error usually occurs due to mismeasurement, bending the rod, not putting the platter section on your head and bending it too much.
However, there will be some height rods that do in fact have an error, so it's worth checking your own device, to ensure it's accurate and that you're not under or over measuring your stature.
Simply find an object of suitable length and with a tape measure record it's length. Then on flat surface with rod perpendicular, measure this object and figure out if the stadiometer is accurate or if there is an error.
In the case of this Seca 213, I found it to be within about 1mm accuracy.
