All this talk about food scales
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What kind of food scale do you have?
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I have a weight watchers thing, but just because my sister was buying a new one and gave me her old one.
If I was buying one, I'd get the Ozeri for $15 on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Kitchen-Capacity-Stylish/dp/B003E7AZQA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431736218&sr=8-1&keywords=weightwatchers+food+scale
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Mine is a digital, no brand on it. On the back it says "digital kitchen scale". I can do oz, or grams and it is super easy to use. Knowing me, I bought it on Amazon0
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I just have the 13$ one from Wal-Mart. There's no name brand on it but it works just fine0
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I have a taylor digital scale. Just make sure you can measure in ounces and grams and it has a tare option.0
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I have a weight watchers thing, but just because my sister was buying a new one and gave me her old one.
If I was buying one, I'd get the Ozeri for $15 on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Kitchen-Capacity-Stylish/dp/B003E7AZQA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431736218&sr=8-1&keywords=weightwatchers+food+scale
I have this and I like it.0 -
I have a Salter digital that I picked up at a goodwill before I started using MFP. Still works, and I like that it takes AAA batteries instead of button style ones.
I actually bought a Taylor scale at Target this week just to see if mine was measuring as accurately. I hated it and took it back. It felt cheap, the numbers flickered, and it had a huge lag time when I'd tare.0 -
arditarose wrote: »I have a taylor digital scale. Just make sure you can measure in ounces and grams and it has a tare option.
What is a tare option?
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arditarose wrote: »I have a taylor digital scale. Just make sure you can measure in ounces and grams and it has a tare option.
What is a tare option?
You can put a plate on it and "tare" it to zero before you add food. Or you can add one ingredient, and tare it back to zero before you add another.0 -
Thank you.
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I have the ones from when I used to make soap and bath goodies as a part time side business. the big scale is pelouze postage one that goes up to 5 lbs and the little one is one I got from a head shop. Really accurate cause I used to be measuring chemicals and just a bit off can mess up a whole batch or soap or bath fizzies.
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I bought this one because it has a large platform and a large display. My other scale was a cheaper one, $15 Oster brand. Worked fine but I wanted to be able to put bigger dishes on it and still be able to see the display. I love this scale!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/EatSmart-Precision-Elite-Digital-Kitchen/dp/B009EUPMFK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1431736956&sr=8-2&keywords=eat+smart+food+scale0 -
Tare option best thing ever.
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$14 dollar scale from Walmart. No name. Nothing special but it gets the job done.0
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I have the $15 black slimline scale from Walmart. Works just fine.0
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LisaRoloff wrote: »I have the ones from when I used to make soap and bath goodies as a part time side business. the big scale is pelouze postage one that goes up to 5 lbs and the little one is one I got from a head shop. Really accurate cause I used to be measuring chemicals and just a bit off can mess up a whole batch or soap or bath fizzies.
Lol
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LisaRoloff wrote: »I have the ones from when I used to make soap and bath goodies as a part time side business. the big scale is pelouze postage one that goes up to 5 lbs and the little one is one I got from a head shop. Really accurate cause I used to be measuring chemicals and just a bit off can mess up a whole batch or soap or bath fizzies.
I actually never thought of getting one there. I live closer to a head shop than any target/department store.0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »I have a taylor digital scale. Just make sure you can measure in ounces and grams and it has a tare option.
What is a tare option?
You can put a plate on it and "tare" it to zero before you add food. Or you can add one ingredient, and tare it back to zero before you add another.
Yes! Mine does this and it is awesome! Do not get an analog scale that doesn't have a tare/zero button. I made that mistake with the first one I bought and had to return it. It was even called a "diet scale", but it was completely useless. It only went up to 2 lbs and the numbers were segmented by 20 gram increments. That means the measurement could be off by 20 grams and you wouldn't even know. 20 grams is a lot when you're weighing food.0 -
I have this OXO scale. It's a bit more expensive than the other suggestions so far, but the feature I like about it most is that you have up to a half hour to keep adding things while it will remember the most recent tare. This is useful when cutting up veggies for example (I'm slow with the knife; perhaps this more expensive scale is the tax on my lack of skill!).
I also used the ozeri model mentioned earlier. It worked fine, but would shut off after two minutes. If needing more time to do multiple tares doesn't matter to you, it is a great value.0 -
I have this one. I love that I can take the glass off to clean.
Ozeri The Epicurean LED Kitchen Scale with Removable Glass Weighing Platform, 18-Pound, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005WLPVUG/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_YHRvvb0N5XFYJ0 -
arditarose wrote: »arditarose wrote: »I have a taylor digital scale. Just make sure you can measure in ounces and grams and it has a tare option.
What is a tare option?
You can put a plate on it and "tare" it to zero before you add food. Or you can add one ingredient, and tare it back to zero before you add another.
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