Can you guys recommend a good food scale?

Captain_Tightpants
Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Looking for something simple and accurate. No need for gimmicks. Any recs?

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  • mandrox1
    mandrox1 Posts: 33
    Wish I could help, but the one I use is LA Weightloss brand for about 5 years ago.
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    Here's the one I have:
    http://www.target.com/p/Digital-Food-Scale/-/A-11011109#?lnk=sc_qi_detailbutton

    Shows $28 price online but I'm fairly certain it's sold for more like $19.99 in-store. Walmart should have it, too. Some stores sell it in plain Taylor brand packaging, some have the Biggest Loser logo on the box but it's the exact same product. I love mine.

    ETA: Yep, Walmart shows it for $19:
    http://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Biggest-Loser-Digital-Food-Scale-6.6-lb.-Capacity/11090896?findingMethod=rr
  • texastango
    texastango Posts: 309
    Scale name is: Baker's Dream - Aquatronic Electronic Scale
    List price was $39.99. Clearance Price was $21.99
    Well worth it. Best scale.

    Found this fabulous scale in the grocery store discount clearance rack at Christmas time....I highly recommend it for several reasons.

    1. It zeros out at the touch of a button. - (ie A button on the front of the scale will zero it out at any time). For example, if you put a mug on it and press the zero button the scale reads zero with the mug on it. Then pour your soup or beverage into the mug and you get the weight in fluid ounces. Hit the fluid ounce button once and it reads milliliters (the button is labelled too). Hit a different button labelled (grams/lbs) and you get the weight of the item in grams or lbs. How cool is that!

    2. At the touch of a button it switchs from fluid ounces to ml. A different button switches it to lbs or grams. So what ever you want to record your meal on MFP it will read out in.

    3. Very simple to use and great display.

    4. TEN year Warranty.

    5. Durable. you can place plates on it, small trays on it, cups, bowls, etc...then zero it and dump what ever you want on it and read out the weight in multiple units.

    6. Lithium replaceable battery.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    Both of these sound like good options, thanks guys!
  • TidoWyla
    TidoWyla Posts: 72 Member
    I have the biggest loser one, it works great for me. Amazon sells it.
  • lunamare
    lunamare Posts: 569 Member
    bumping this up for reference, I need to replace mine....
  • mommymeg2
    mommymeg2 Posts: 145 Member
    http://www.amazon.com/EatSmart-Precision-Digital-Kitchen-Silver/dp/B001N07KUE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330467541&sr=8-1

    This one is the one I have. Love it. It's easy to use. Switches between lb, kg, oz and g with the push of a button on the front of the device.
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    texastango wrote:
    ...pour your soup or beverage into the mug and you get the weight in fluid ounces.

    The "measures volume" feature measures the weight but simply displays 1 gram as 1 milliliter.

    For water that's exact because the density is one.
    If the density isn't one, the scales will display an incorrect volume. But for cream and many common liquids, the error's within 5%. For ice cream, the error is within 10%. Yogurt is somewhere between the two.

    For honey and syrup, the error extends to 40% but you'd probably want weight measures for that anyway.

    It's a neat trick which you can do with any scale. Just measure the gram value and call it ml.
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