People who weigh food, how frequently do you use yours during the day?
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Just wondering if maybe my frequency of use is what has caused all of my scales to die within ~1 month of purchase. I'll use my scale multiple times per day (probably on average between 5-10x a day, but could be upward of 20x a day if I'm making more elaborate food and having to weigh at multiple stages, or if I get interrupted or if it just times out after a few minutes). One scale uses AAAs, another uses a lithium cell, the other uses a uh... 3V CR battery or something? Salter, Starfrit, and Taylor brands, respectively.
So at this point I'm just getting super annoyed that they keep dying. ALSO whenever I'll buy one, the first use will display a battery life icon and it's ALWAYS only half full from the get-go.
Am I just weighing food too frequently? Do I keep buying crappy brands? Does Canada get all the reject scales?
ETA I'll usually eat 4-5x a day but I will sometimes just grab little things throughout the day, or re-weigh apple cores/peels, and the scales do shut off half the time while I"m in the middle of weighing food for a meal, so those are some of the other reasons I'll sometimes weigh 10+ times a day.
So at this point I'm just getting super annoyed that they keep dying. ALSO whenever I'll buy one, the first use will display a battery life icon and it's ALWAYS only half full from the get-go.
Am I just weighing food too frequently? Do I keep buying crappy brands? Does Canada get all the reject scales?
ETA I'll usually eat 4-5x a day but I will sometimes just grab little things throughout the day, or re-weigh apple cores/peels, and the scales do shut off half the time while I"m in the middle of weighing food for a meal, so those are some of the other reasons I'll sometimes weigh 10+ times a day.
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I've never counted how often I use it, but I go through batteries FAST, so I think I use it a lot. Haven't killed the scale yet.
Considering I have a reputation for killing small appliances, that's saying something. I have an Oxo.0 -
I don't think I've changed the batteries in my scale even once, and I weigh everything except water. I even started weighing my milk.
I'd say I weigh and tare at least 10 times a day.0 -
Whenever I'm home to eat, so 1-5 times a day. I've only had to change the batteries once (a Taylor) in 14.5 months of having it, although I'm thinking of getting a new one that weighs liquids as well as solids.0
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I have a digital weight watchers scale that's at least 10 years old. I use it in the morning when I'm making breakfast and lunch for the day, and in the evening for dinner. I don't remember the last time I had to change the batteries.0
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Often. As in, every single thing I put in my mouth gets weighed. So three meals, and snacks, and when I am cooking ahead and making recipes. My scale is pretty good on batteries, 5 months and no battery change yet needed.0
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I have killed one. In 9 months I am on my second scale.0
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I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=10
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I just killed one after only 2 months use. A new battery didn't help. I used it all day long every day for those 2 months. I think it was the cheapness for this particular one - walmart cheapo.
I have a manual scale for backup that does have grams on it too. I overestimate weight on it a little to hopefully make up for any inaccuracy since it's main function is in ounces.
I'm not sure I will buy a new digital one for now. Maybe as I get closer to goal and I need to tighten up very strict every last calorie I'll invest in a nicer one.
For now, I don't even log every bit of exercise I do, so I am covered. And, this manual scale wasn't cheap and so far when I check it with a weight, it's right on. Also, since I had checked different measuring tools several times with specific ingredients I use quite often, I know a pretty true quantity for them.0 -
I know I use it at least four times a day because that is usually how many times I eat ….but I don't have an exact count….0
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I know I use it at least four times a day because that is usually how many times I eat ….but I don't have an exact count….
Yeah I use it at least 4-5x a day in conjunction with when I eat, but probably up to 10x a day when i include recipe making and having to turn it back on due to auto shut off.... At this point I'm thinking I either need to stock up on rechargeable batteries or buy a pricier scale.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »I've never counted how often I use it, but I go through batteries FAST, so I think I use it a lot. Haven't killed the scale yet.
Considering I have a reputation for killing small appliances, that's saying something. I have an Oxo.
Pull-out display? I'm looking at the 11lb one. How often would you say you replace the batteries? If it's like.. monthly, then I'll just buy some rechargeable batteries and use my Salter one, but if it lasts longer I'd totally consider buying it!
Also what brand does everyone else use if you're using it often and the battery lasts a long time?0 -
valente347 wrote: »I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I saw this one, and saw that you can buy an adapter for it... but it looks SO BULKY.0 -
I know I use it at least four times a day because that is usually how many times I eat ….but I don't have an exact count….
Yeah I use it at least 4-5x a day in conjunction with when I eat, but probably up to 10x a day when i include recipe making and having to turn it back on due to auto shut off.... At this point I'm thinking I either need to stock up on rechargeable batteries or buy a pricier scale.
i just got a new one about a month and a half ago ( I think ) and I have changed the batteries once…..0 -
valente347 wrote: »I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I saw this one, and saw that you can buy an adapter for it... but it looks SO BULKY.
It is ugly, but it's an incredibly useful tool in my kitchen. It is very precise (I have two 20g lab weights that I've used to check its calibration), easy to clean, light-weight, and has a high weight capacity (which is useful because I cure and smoke a lot of big cuts of meat). It is also fast and easy to read with quite a few nice features for bakers.0 -
I know I use it at least four times a day because that is usually how many times I eat ….but I don't have an exact count….
Yeah I use it at least 4-5x a day in conjunction with when I eat, but probably up to 10x a day when i include recipe making and having to turn it back on due to auto shut off.... At this point I'm thinking I either need to stock up on rechargeable batteries or buy a pricier scale.
i just got a new one about a month and a half ago ( I think ) and I have changed the batteries once…..
Is that a normal replacement rate in your experience? How is everyone else going so long without replacements??0 -
valente347 wrote: »valente347 wrote: »I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I saw this one, and saw that you can buy an adapter for it... but it looks SO BULKY.
It is ugly, but it's an incredibly useful tool in my kitchen. It is very precise (I have two 20g lab weights that I've used to check it's calibration), easy to clean, light-weight, and has a high weight capacity (which is useful because I cure and smoke a lot of big cuts of meat). It is also fast and easy to read with quite a few nice features for bakers.
Unless there are stores in Canada selling it locally, it's not going to be an option for me because it will en dup being SUPER $$$. I wish I lived in the states just for this lol.0 -
I have an Ozeri scale which I use daily, not sure how many times a day, but I've had it for well over a year and just in the last week the battery light came on0
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I know I use it at least four times a day because that is usually how many times I eat ….but I don't have an exact count….
Yeah I use it at least 4-5x a day in conjunction with when I eat, but probably up to 10x a day when i include recipe making and having to turn it back on due to auto shut off.... At this point I'm thinking I either need to stock up on rechargeable batteries or buy a pricier scale.
i just got a new one about a month and a half ago ( I think ) and I have changed the batteries once…..
Is that a normal replacement rate in your experience? How is everyone else going so long without replacements??
I normally go about 4-5 months without replacing batteries in my scale.0 -
Just wondering if maybe my frequency of use is what has caused all of my scales to die within ~1 month of purchase. I'll use my scale multiple times per day (probably on average between 5-10x a day, but could be upward of 20x a day if I'm making more elaborate food and having to weigh at multiple stages, or if I get interrupted or if it just times out after a few minutes). One scale uses AAAs, another uses a lithium cell, the other uses a uh... 3V CR battery or something? Salter, Starfrit, and Taylor brands, respectively.
So at this point I'm just getting super annoyed that they keep dying. ALSO whenever I'll buy one, the first use will display a battery life icon and it's ALWAYS only half full from the get-go.
Am I just weighing food too frequently? Do I keep buying crappy brands? Does Canada get all the reject scales?
ETA I'll usually eat 4-5x a day but I will sometimes just grab little things throughout the day, or re-weigh apple cores/peels, and the scales do shut off half the time while I"m in the middle of weighing food for a meal, so those are some of the other reasons I'll sometimes weigh 10+ times a day.
I also killed a scale some months ago. I think that the problem was that it was a flat type, without its own plate and I was used to put on it directly some items. So probably it was the humidity to kill it. So I bought a scale with its own plate to solve the issue.
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valente347 wrote: »valente347 wrote: »I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I saw this one, and saw that you can buy an adapter for it... but it looks SO BULKY.
It is ugly, but it's an incredibly useful tool in my kitchen. It is very precise (I have two 20g lab weights that I've used to check it's calibration), easy to clean, light-weight, and has a high weight capacity (which is useful because I cure and smoke a lot of big cuts of meat). It is also fast and easy to read with quite a few nice features for bakers.
Unless there are stores in Canada selling it locally, it's not going to be an option for me because it will en dup being SUPER $$$. I wish I lived in the states just for this lol.
I'm laughing at the idea of a person moving to the US for affordable scale prices
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I use it every day like 4 or 5 times a day. I got mine for Christmas over a year ago and changed the battery once . I have this one:
http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Perfect-Portions-Digital-Food-Scale.jpg0 -
valente347 wrote: »valente347 wrote: »I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I saw this one, and saw that you can buy an adapter for it... but it looks SO BULKY.
It is ugly, but it's an incredibly useful tool in my kitchen. It is very precise (I have two 20g lab weights that I've used to check it's calibration), easy to clean, light-weight, and has a high weight capacity (which is useful because I cure and smoke a lot of big cuts of meat). It is also fast and easy to read with quite a few nice features for bakers.
Unless there are stores in Canada selling it locally, it's not going to be an option for me because it will en dup being SUPER $$$. I wish I lived in the states just for this lol.
As a fellow Canadian, I hear you. I have a cheapo Starfrit scale from Canadian Tire (uses a CR-something battery), and I recently changed the battery after about 6-9 months of periodic use (I’m not really sure), but that was with its original crappy battery. I’ve been using it lots more lately, though. I think it helps to remember to shut it off after each use, as its auto-shut-off is pretty slow. A battery is about $8 at CT, and I’m okay with buying 1-2 a year. It might be worth buying them in bulk at Costco? I don’t think it’s worth the cost of a more expensive scale, unless you want the extra features.
My point is, it really shouldn’t die quite within 1 month of purchase. And keep in mind that CT has a 1 year exchange warranty - technically, you could use that…0 -
I'm not sure but I weigh all my food so at least 4-5 times per day. If I'm baking it'll be more. So far I've had the scale since Christmas and haven't had to replace batteries or the scale. It's a brand called 1scale, but I'm not sure where Mr. Acrylics bought it.0
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DeguelloTex wrote: »I don't think I've changed the batteries in my scale even once, and I weigh everything except water. I even started weighing my milk.
I'd say I weigh and tare at least 10 times a day.
Me too. I have had my scale for several years and to my knowledge only changed the batteries once...maybe 2x. Of course there have been a couple years that it only collected dust. But I have used it faithfully multiple times a day since Jan.
I also used it to weigh packages for stuff I was selling on eBay a few years ago. That could possibly be the reason I purchased it...lol
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emilypink573 wrote: »I use it every day like 4 or 5 times a day. I got mine for Christmas over a year ago and changed the battery once . I have this one:
http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Perfect-Portions-Digital-Food-Scale.jpg
WHAT SORCERY IS THIS? It shows nutritional values?!!!???#$#??
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I use mine multiple times a day (often multiple times per meal, as when cooking breakfast and dinner I chop and weigh, chop and weigh, etc.) and am still using the scale I bought for about $20 a year ago.
I don't think I've changed the batteries yet, but I may have once.0 -
Just wondering if maybe my frequency of use is what has caused all of my scales to die within ~1 month of purchase. I'll use my scale multiple times per day (probably on average between 5-10x a day, but could be upward of 20x a day if I'm making more elaborate food and having to weigh at multiple stages, or if I get interrupted or if it just times out after a few minutes). One scale uses AAAs, another uses a lithium cell, the other uses a uh... 3V CR battery or something? Salter, Starfrit, and Taylor brands, respectively.
So at this point I'm just getting super annoyed that they keep dying. ALSO whenever I'll buy one, the first use will display a battery life icon and it's ALWAYS only half full from the get-go.
Am I just weighing food too frequently? Do I keep buying crappy brands? Does Canada get all the reject scales?
ETA I'll usually eat 4-5x a day but I will sometimes just grab little things throughout the day, or re-weigh apple cores/peels, and the scales do shut off half the time while I"m in the middle of weighing food for a meal, so those are some of the other reasons I'll sometimes weigh 10+ times a day.
I weigh EVERYTHING. I use the scale multiple times a day, for every meal and every snack, for both my husband and myself. My scale is from Lakeland (UK store, I believe), and it hasn't died on me--Neither did the cheap scale I used previously, which I bought from e-max (I just forgot it in another country while being on vacation. It's alive and well, and my sister is happily taking advantage of it). This one uses AAA batteries, and that one used a lithium cell battery. Maybe I'm just lucky?
Editing to add: I bought the one I have now in August of last year, and I've changed the batteries once since then, about two months ago. It uses two AAA batteries. I DON'T recommend the idiotic thing, though, because it doesn't weigh anything lighter than 20 grams. Because it's an idiot. And it was extremely expensive, too. ($80 USD)0 -
HappyCampr1 wrote: »I use mine between 5-10x a day. I have to change the CR battery every month, pretty much. It's an Ozeri and I love it. I just wish it didn't run through so many batteries (it actually uses two at a time). On the other hand, two dollars a month isn't crazy expensive, just annoying.
Only 2 bucks? It's like 6 bucks to buy a 3-pack of those... and I seem to have to replace the batteries every ~3 weeks once the batteries die the first time!0 -
I bought one of those that uses the 3v battery that costs almost as much as the scale itself and it burned through one of those batteries every few weeks. I threw it out and got this one, which has worked well for me and has been on the same batteries since October. (Plus rechargeable AA and AAA batteries are now as cheap as disposables.) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JRFB2YM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=10
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valente347 wrote: »valente347 wrote: »I use my scale all the time and weigh everything I eat for the most part. I also bake a lot (bread, cakes, cookies, other sweets), and nearly exclusively measure ingredients by weight. I don't go through batteries that quickly, though. I use this scale: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NE0FU2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I saw this one, and saw that you can buy an adapter for it... but it looks SO BULKY.
It is ugly, but it's an incredibly useful tool in my kitchen. It is very precise (I have two 20g lab weights that I've used to check it's calibration), easy to clean, light-weight, and has a high weight capacity (which is useful because I cure and smoke a lot of big cuts of meat). It is also fast and easy to read with quite a few nice features for bakers.
Unless there are stores in Canada selling it locally, it's not going to be an option for me because it will en dup being SUPER $$$. I wish I lived in the states just for this lol.
As a fellow Canadian, I hear you. I have a cheapo Starfrit scale from Canadian Tire (uses a CR-something battery), and I recently changed the battery after about 6-9 months of periodic use (I’m not really sure), but that was with its original crappy battery. I’ve been using it lots more lately, though. I think it helps to remember to shut it off after each use, as its auto-shut-off is pretty slow. A battery is about $8 at CT, and I’m okay with buying 1-2 a year. It might be worth buying them in bulk at Costco? I don’t think it’s worth the cost of a more expensive scale, unless you want the extra features.
My point is, it really shouldn’t die quite within 1 month of purchase. And keep in mind that CT has a 1 year exchange warranty - technically, you could use that…
I don't have my receipt for that anymore... you think they'd still let me bring it in? I bought that one like... RIGHT in May or June 2014.0
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