Food Scale -- To Buy or Not To Buy?

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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,329 Member
    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
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    Yep, definitely get one!

    We use ours all the time for nearly everything we eat. It keeps our portions from "creeping" to more. :smile:
  • heatherrose9
    heatherrose9 Posts: 122 Member
    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
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    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
    stestut Posts: 42
    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
    cmm7303 Posts: 423 Member
    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
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Definitely buy one. They aren't expensive and are very helpful.

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