What's the Best and Worst Surfaces for Measuring Height? 

I'm glad I'm not the only this obsessed with height😂

I’m 5’10, now I know why I keep getting 5’9-5’9.5 because I keep measuring myself on the carpet.

I have a funny story for you Rob: So up until a month ago, I thought that barefoot - I was 6'3. Measured in socks by a friend 2 years ago. I was in my room one night and after seeing some of the celebrities on celebheights at that height, I thought to myself, there's no way I feel that tall. So I busted out the measuring tape, stood back against a wall and lowered a can until it touched the top of my head. The shock I experienced that night was incalculable - 6'0.75. My whole sense of reality distorted. What kind of nightmare am I living in?? That entire night I couldn't think of anything except for the fact that I have been claiming to be 2.25'' taller than I actually am. So for a few days later, I stumble upon this video. You cannot believe the relief i felt seeing you measure an inch shorter on carpet. I measured my height in my room on carpet as well - so i go to take another measurement, this time, in the bathroom. Sure enough, I stood well over the 6'1 mark at 6'1.5. A huge relief, however, the obsession with height was now very real and the need to regain lost height was there as well. After that measurement, since I'm still young at 21 years old and also have a curved spine - I decided to start stretching everyday. A month later, I measure at 6'2.75 first thing in the morning and 6'2 in the evening. So, I've gone from thinking I was 6'3, to 6'0.75, to 6'1.5, and now to 6'2. I don't think there's a single person in the world that has undergone more height shock moments in a single month. Thank you for putting out these videos and providing valuable resources for height conscious people like myself!

A good trick I found to tell if the floor is level is to put a ball on the floor and see what way it rolls. If the ball stays put and doesn't roll, you wont over or under measure your self.

Thank you for this one, Rob. This is exactly how it is in my house: uneven floors. The walls aren't so great, either.

heights are very interesting. has nothing to do with obsession

Watch out for those wall mouldings and skirtings, as these can alter the measurement. Also, some carpets slope down towards the wall, so you might even over measure in some cases.🕵️‍♀️

This was very interesting and good to know. Also as a video has proved already you do actually lose height but it's due to water in your discs(like the rubber like things you get with fried chicken at the end of the bone) that deplete when standing and/or doing any physical activity. You can not change this height whatsoever, it's permanent and it varies your height. What's mystified me is that if you would lose all the rubber like discs inbetween your bones that add vertical length would it be a 1in or more difference if that were to happen? Anyway good video i enjoyed this. yes.

Yeh I often get this around my house. I've come to find that a lot of places in my house over measure me and give me a few Mm extra, but I've found standing on this particularly large flat tile and using an open door give the most reliable measurement.

I found that measuring height in my basement gets me the most accurate results. Just as accurate as me measuring my height lying down. Because the floors in my house are really uneven. I get a tiny bit over 174cm straight out of bed. And I shrink down to 172.5 by bed time. Maybe as low as 172 flat depending on my activity level and if I drank enough water. I just claim 173cm (5’8)

Rob if I have a tiled floor which creaks down by a millimetre (floorboards underneath) when stood on, does this mean it's an overall bad place to measure?

Im 15 and I just measured myself with the help of my brother and I am 5’8 1/2 without shoes

Rob, can you get an accurate measurement from measuring your self in the middle of the room? I say this because the surfaceses in my house are low and not straight and flat. Can you still get an accurate measurement from standing straight nose touches the measuring tape and sliding an object on it till it touches your head?

I've noticed using this method I'm always under measuring myself by almost 2cm with the floor and wall being even

1:00 - so on the carpet surface was just almost 1inch off I believe

Funny how must of us watching are under 180cm, this hight obsession is really weird actually. But I can't get away from it. And to anyone wondering I'm 5'10" in the morning and 5'9" 1/5" on the evening

Hi Rob. Have you ever thought you look quite the same as Harry Kane especially when smiling ? You look as if U n Harry were siblings :))

Well... this explains why I always get shorter measurements at my doctors office.... they use a wall-mounted stadiometer in a carpeted room. Literally everywhere else (home, the gym, nutritionists office) I measure about 0.75 in, or almost 2 cm, taller.

My wood floors and walls are all messed up and I get an half inch and maybe even more lower then my actual height, I normally do this. I stand on my carpet, and I stand on the metal piece of the tape measure with my heels, so it sinks in with my heels and I'm all equal, I make sure someone is there to keep it straight and I hold a can to it. it's the same every time and I'm 174.4cm to 175cm depending on the day. I know I'm not as low as 173 like Rob, and I've been measured at 174 and 174.5, and occasionally 175cm with 174 being my absolute lowest height.

In the morning on a carpet = 180.5 cm 2 hours after sleep with slippers on a carpet = 181.5 cm Middle day on a carpet = 179 cm Before bed on a carpet = 178 cm In the morning on tiles = 181.5 cm Before bed on tiles = 179 cm In shoes = 182-183 cm Can I claim to be 5'11"?

Is height on chips floor is accurate with inch tape

I'm too short Compare to the NBA players as well,, I'm only 6'1" 185cM, on bearfoot, my best dream height is 9'Foot 7" & the 10'foot 9" an NBA point guards,/ Bench,, like my Hollywood actor idol he's 10' Foot tall Matthew McGregor,😊

Rob, why did the kitchen surface gave you more height.?..looked very legit, surface flat, wall looked straight...

I think best place is bathroom because floor is flat. Hardwood can be unstable.

Is there anybody else than me who feels shorter with long hair? Since I can't see my vertex properly, my brain automatically claims my forehead line as my top and I don't know why lmao

Hey Rob . Is it enough for the object to touch my head or do I need to suppress ?

Wait.... I’ve always measured on my bedroom carpet floor and I’m 1.72 so maybe on a hard wood floor I would be scraping 1.74? I’ll have to check.

Interesting

Rob , what is the best object ? Do you think is tin can ?

Hey Rob, is measuring on carpet acceptable as long as you push the tape measure into the carpet as well?

could a certain surface overmeasure your height? For whatever reason i am tallest at my bathroom floor by 3-4 mm. Thank you!

Rob, i can´t measure my height I always have different heights, because i can not now when i reach the top of my head ps:I measure me with a measuring tape do you know a pretty accurate method to meausure me with a measuring tape of course? :/

Mine was reversed when I measured with carpet I was 6’3 1/2, 6’3 3/4 when I did it without on flat floor I measured 6’3

rob my house has hard tiles but i feel the wall is tilted inwards towards the top ( there is some leaking of water during the rains ) . so is it possible that it is decreasing my height ?

Haha I'm 5'8.5" I made it past you lol Mind you, I guess it also depends on the time of day. I usually round UP to 5'9" ;-)

I just noticed you have really short doorways, what are they? Like 75 inches?

Hi Rob! I'm 19 and going to be 20 soon, my height is 5ft6, is there any chance that I could grow an inch or two?

I’m 6’2” I know for a fact but I measured myself tonight and it showed up as 5’11”, why is that?

I measured my height with several walls(evening). Range from 175.9-177.7 ... common value is around 176.5. Can I claim 5'9 3/4?

The long of our arms including the Chest is our height_?

Hey Rob when I am measure my height with can it's gonna wrong

If I put a tape keasure beside me on a carpet. Will I still under measure?

Rob Paul please tell me about it. My real barefoot height was 194.31 cm or 6ft 4 1/2 with no shoes when I measured my height by myself with a bear tape measure.

My floor to wall is 89 degrees so it's close ,.😐

Hi Rob I am 16 and a male and 5ft8 what will most likely be my final height?My dad is 6ft2 and my mom is 5ft2?

So im 5'8 at 13 how tall will i be? My dad is 5'8 my mom is 4'9

I’m 5’11.5 but in the morning I’m 6’0. Can I claim to be 6’0

How accurate are kitchen tiles

Hey Rob is 5ft8 tower over 5ft5 person