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People who weigh food, how frequently do you use yours during the day?

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  • tephanies1234
    tephanies1234 Posts: 299 Member
    Salter is the brand to go with.
  • DearestWinter
    DearestWinter Posts: 595 Member
    I've weighed multiple times a day for the last few months but have owned the scale for over two years (weighing a few times weekly before I began getting serious about logging). I haven't had to replace the battery yet. It's an Escali.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0007GAWRS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1428950701&sr=8-1&keywords=escali+scales&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=41jPvfeaD4L&ref=plSrch
  • SciranBG
    SciranBG Posts: 97 Member
    I got a Nutribalance scale that has lasted me months. Maybe because it auto-offs after like 10 seconds. I only weigh bulk foods with it, but that can be like 8 things a day.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    tephanies1234 wrote: »
    Salter is the brand to go with.

    It's one of the ones I own that dies within 3 weeks :p
  • lauries8888
    lauries8888 Posts: 70 Member
    I bought a postage scale at the post office years ago (when my kid was in the Peace Corps and I had to weigh packages to send). I use it now to weigh food. But it plugs in and sits on my kitchen counter -- no batteries ever.
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,384 Member
    I have a pretty basic Starfrit that was a gift from my dad Christmas 2013 and I've never changed the battery. It gets used several times a day but I tend to weigh everything that needs weighing all at once (per meal) and I'm diligent about shutting it off right away.

    My SO occasionally uses it when he's making a recipe where quantities are expressed by weight. He is less diligent about shutting it off right away, lol.

  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    I've had two die on me, now I have two working ones still, but I have to replace the batteries every 5 months maybe? I use one of them all the time, the other just at dinner time.
  • Kekekylene
    Kekekylene Posts: 112 Member
    I live in Canada and purchased mine off of ebay and it came from China. Cost me $4. I have had it over a year and changed the batteries once and I use it multiple times a day. I would say it's whatever brand you are buying.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited April 2015
    Crossfitkeke wrote: »
    I live in Canada and purchased mine off of ebay and it came from China. Cost me $4. I have had it over a year and changed the batteries once and I use it multiple times a day. I would say it's whatever brand you are buying.

    Salter, Taylor (heard bad things from others about this one) and Starfrit. GAH.

    @Francl27 what brands are you using now?

    I think I need a plug-in scale lol. I might look into postage scales tbh. Also I reaaally want to try that American Weigh one but too $$ to order from Canada. Someone send me one as a graduation gift <3
  • Kekekylene
    Kekekylene Posts: 112 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Crossfitkeke wrote: »
    I live in Canada and purchased mine off of ebay and it came from China. Cost me $4. I have had it over a year and changed the batteries once and I use it multiple times a day. I would say it's whatever brand you are buying.

    Salter, Taylor (heard bad things from others about this one) and Starfrit. GAH.

    Maybe it's the batteries? lol man i don't know, that's just crazy. Or maybe I am just lucky with the one I got lol
    Seriously check out ebay, sometimes things from China take a lot longer to come, I think I waited a couple months for mine, but it's worth paying substantially lower!

  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Crossfitkeke wrote: »
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Crossfitkeke wrote: »
    I live in Canada and purchased mine off of ebay and it came from China. Cost me $4. I have had it over a year and changed the batteries once and I use it multiple times a day. I would say it's whatever brand you are buying.

    Salter, Taylor (heard bad things from others about this one) and Starfrit. GAH.

    Maybe it's the batteries? lol man i don't know, that's just crazy. Or maybe I am just lucky with the one I got lol
    Seriously check out ebay, sometimes things from China take a lot longer to come, I think I waited a couple months for mine, but it's worth paying substantially lower!

    Either Canada gets the reject scales, the reject batteries... or BOTH! I also wondered if I was putting the batteries in wrong but then again if I had.... the scales wouldn't have turned on :p But mamapeach said she changes her batteries pretty well monthly, so maybe there are differences in use that affect battery life?

    I reaaaally need a damn plug-in one.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited April 2015
    I've been actively weighing every day for around 4 months, i think... It feels like forever LOL

    I use my scale 3-4 times a day, I haven't had to change the battery yet. Mine uses one of those little coin shaped batteries.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    DAMN IT, you guys need to send me your scales to see if me using it suddenly makes htem all DIE.
  • czechwolf52
    czechwolf52 Posts: 194 Member
    I use my scale about 2-4 times a day. The only thing I have to weigh at breakfast is my Greek yogurt. I tend to weigh about 3 items at lunch, but I get interrupted sometimes and have to turn the scale on and off and tare it. Dinner is when I weigh the most foods and there is almost always an interruption so I'm turning it on or off about 3 times.

    When I was at college (I just graduated and moved home in December) my mom bought me a cheap scale from Target and I used a lot, probably close to 10x a day. I only had to replace the batteries once or twice in two years, and it used those flat lithium batteries. Now I use my mom's weight watcher scale and I haven't had to replace the batteries yet. I think that the Target scale was a bit more sensitive, but the WW scale is bigger, easier to weigh things on, read, and has more features.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Crossfitkeke wrote: »
    ana3067 wrote: »
    Crossfitkeke wrote: »
    I live in Canada and purchased mine off of ebay and it came from China. Cost me $4. I have had it over a year and changed the batteries once and I use it multiple times a day. I would say it's whatever brand you are buying.

    Salter, Taylor (heard bad things from others about this one) and Starfrit. GAH.

    Maybe it's the batteries? lol man i don't know, that's just crazy. Or maybe I am just lucky with the one I got lol
    Seriously check out ebay, sometimes things from China take a lot longer to come, I think I waited a couple months for mine, but it's worth paying substantially lower!

    Either Canada gets the reject scales, the reject batteries... or BOTH! I also wondered if I was putting the batteries in wrong but then again if I had.... the scales wouldn't have turned on :p But mamapeach said she changes her batteries pretty well monthly, so maybe there are differences in use that affect battery life?

    I reaaaally need a damn plug-in one.

    Wow. What a thought

  • valente347
    valente347 Posts: 201 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    DAMN IT, you guys need to send me your scales to see if me using it suddenly makes htem all DIE.

    Look on ebay.ca They have the MyWeigh scale for sale for a little less than $40 (CAD). I think I saw an adapter listed as well. Hope this helps!
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