Accurate food scale

Nostalginaut

I have a cheap little scale I must've bought for about $10 years ago that I use to measure small weights (~3-10oz) of food when prepping and packing, but it doesn't seem to be incredibly accurate or reliable. Something may have been jociled in the umpteen times I've moved since I got it.

Is there a reliable kitchen scale that you all might recommend for this purpose? A tare function is a must.

KellieMiller315

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musicfan68

Any cheap digital scale works. Look on Amazon, Walmart, etc. There are lots of cheap digital food scales that work just fine.

heybales

You do get what you pay for though, any cheap ones can start screwing up very shortly as time goes on, or are wrong out of the gate. I've had cheap Walmart scale that might read correctly for 5 sec then change all of a sudden by 10g.

I got a 100g scale weight and easily seen up to 20g off on ones not that old - though I'm sure they started out better.

Might as well get a decent one and keep it awhile.
Some things to think about if keeping for awhile.
I got the best buy rec years ago.

https://youtu.be/hSm1hoyjoyY

musicfan68

But you still don't have to spend $50 on one. A $15-$20 one works just fine for me.