Food Scale -- To Buy or Not To Buy?

rileysowner

I got one for about $10 which worked, but auto shutoff on it was too quick. I purchased another one, again for about $10 (a Starfrit that was normally $30 but was on sale for $10) http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/GadgetsAccessories/SpecialtyGadgets/PRDOVR~0424076P/Starfrit+5-kg.+Digital+Scale.jsp?locale=en

It is great. Even with the other scale, I would not go back to not using a scale again. Much more accurate on portion sizes.

montana_girl

Yep, definitely get one!

We use ours all the time for nearly everything we eat. It keeps our portions from "creeping" to more.

heatherrose9

BUY! I totally freaked out when my battery died. I use it multiple times daily. More so than measuring cups.

haha i freaked out when mine said low and ran out to buy more!

mfp_1

CollisionofNo wrote:
I really do use it for everything though, liquids excluded.

You can use scales to measure ml if the liquid density is close to 1 g/ml. Just read the value in grams and call it ml.

Cream, milk and many common liquids have a density within 5% of 1 g/ml. If you can tolerate a 5% error, you get the simplicity of weighing milk as you add it to your cereal. For ice cream, the error is within 10%. Yogurt is somewhere between the two.

stestut

I use my food scale almost every day! It's so easy to do a quick measure so you know you are getting the correct portions. Good Luck!

cmm7303

Buy, it is one of my favorite "fitness" products.

What the lady said. Worth every penny of the $15 I spent on mine.

Elizabeth_C34

Definitely buy one. They aren't expensive and are very helpful.