Accurate food scale

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Nostalginaut
Nostalginaut Posts: 29 Member
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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.

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  • KellieMiller315
    KellieMiller315 Posts: 5 Member
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  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,136 Member
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    Any cheap digital scale works. Look on Amazon, Walmart, etc. There are lots of cheap digital food scales that work just fine.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    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
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,136 Member
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    But you still don't have to spend $50 on one. A $15-$20 one works just fine for me.

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