Food scale recommendations in Uk

twistedwoman

Can anyone recommend a good scale to buy in the UK please?? Not looking to spend lots, just one that you can zero and is accurate please.

philippakate197

No suggestions for actual models, mine is old and a bit annoying!

Based on the sources of the annoyance, I would recommend getting one big enough that you can put a dinner plate on it without the plate obscuring the display and that the buttons aren't too close together.

I'm frequently changing mine from grams to fluid oz, when I meant to press zero, because the teeny tiny buttons are so close together! Terrible design but I'm too stingy to get a new one!

yarwell

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=weighing+scale+grams

akf2000

If anyone finds digital scales WITHOUT an auto-off feature let me know. Worst. feature. ever.

Wynterbourne

Cook's Illustrated magazine suggested this as a good budget scale.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004164SRA/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

twistedwoman

Thanks very much

gember85

Mine was from argos and £9.99 it's a flat salter one x

FionaPlum

I have a flat Salter one also. Had it for a few years and it's not let me down yet. It does however get annoying when the plate covers the display like someone says so if I need to weigh a plate I first put a bowl down, set it to zero and then put the plate on top. This way it's higher up and you can read the display without ducking down to peek under the plate.

fr33sia12

I got my at Aldi in their special buys, try looking on supermarket websites they often sell them quite cheap, Dunelm have some on sale right now too.

minniestar55

I use my Weight Watchers food scale, it's very accurate. You can find them cheap on eBay.

dammitjanet0161

FionaPlum wrote: »

I have a flat Salter one also. Had it for a few years and it's not let me down yet. It does however get annoying when the plate covers the display like someone says so if I need to weigh a plate I first put a bowl down, set it to zero and then put the plate on top. This way it's higher up and you can read the display without ducking down to peek under the plate.

Genius! Why didn't I think of that? *slaps forehead*

FionaPlum

dizzieblondeuk

gember85 wrote: »

Mine was from argos and £9.99 it's a flat salter one x

I think I have the same one - also just checked and Argos has the scale for 1/3 off, so it's £9.99 right now. Easy to read display, and simple to use - the tare function is the most useful thing about digital scales, IMO. You can add different things to your bowl/plate, and simply tare between each addition to get totally accurate measurements. I definitely second having a flat scale, I've put pans and all sorts on for simple weighing, instead of annoying bowl scales. They're also much easier to store, and take up very little room.