Thinking about a new scale...advice/suggestions!

[grumpyoldman]

i looked at it and there's a couple of things i'm not sure if i myself would like , i don't think i would like that the platform unsnaps for cleaning , that might be great at 1st but to me at least it seems like it would cause problems down the road , the other thing is the face that can be extended , not sure why but that bothers me somehow

 

[In A Pickle]

I recently had the same problem and bought two scales one for very small amounts one for larger amounts. The small one came with a calibration weight that I like and I’m happy with that one but the larger one I am not happy with.
I specifically searched for ‘large platform scales’ and bought a well reviewed one that in the pics looked like it had a large platform, the description said it did, it does not.
It wasn't expensive and tbh I suspect it will soon be relegated to being a back up when I buy a replacement.

I even looked at old fashioned mechanical scales as they go up to 20kg (44lb) but they are bulky.
I considered the oxo one but am not taken with the construction, something about dangly wires and cooking liquids put me off.

Now I’m thinking about a split scale (search 'split scale kitchen’ on amazon) where the reader and platform are separate but connected via bluetooth.
Or less complicated a bakers scale, these are larger (but not as large as you’d think) and can go up to 100’s of llbs. They’re often listed as ‘heavy duty scales'

 

[grumpyoldman]

Amazon.com

its an interesting scale but much to small for me

 

[FrankZ]

I am pretty sure that @FrankZ has a scale that does the really small weights. I don't remember ever reading that anyone else here has something that precise.

I have the OXO mentioned in this thread.

I also have an Acaia Lunar for making espresso.

In the cabinet I also have an inexpensive scale that I use for weighing less than a gram (does .01) for when I need to buffer the RO water.

 

[dragnlaw]

Goodness, just remembered I also have a scale that can weigh less than a gram...
I took a picture and posted it once a long time ago. Can't find the picture so ...bear with... I'll take another!

 

[dragnlaw]

Well, I didn't just take one.... oopsie
It was my dad's (chemical engineer) - did he use it? Probably in university...

have no idea where the little silver weight came from, perhaps he lost one?

 

[grumpyoldman]

this is the one i ended up buying , it only goes down to 1 gram but it goes up to 33 lbs

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5GB1ZRB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

 

[In A Pickle]

Well, I didn't just take one.... oopsie
It was my dad's (chemical engineer) - did he use it? Probably in university...
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have no idea where the little silver weight came from, perhaps he lost one?

Very oldy worldy

 

[In A Pickle]

this is the one i ended up buying , it only goes down to 1 gram but it goes up to 33 lbs

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5GB1ZRB?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Looks good.
I’m not happy with mine. I just used it and it does that thing where it doesn’t register the first flurry’s of something.
I was grating parmesan and I got to the point of “Oh now common, theres loads on theres, blinkin’ show it!!”

 

[dragnlaw]

Looks good grumpy, hope it works well for you.

 

[FrankZ]

Well, I didn't just take one.... oopsie
It was my dad's (chemical engineer) - did he use it? Probably in university...
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have no idea where the little silver weight came from, perhaps he lost one?

That's a balance not a scale. It is cool as heck though.

 

[taxlady]

Looks good.
I’m not happy with mine. I just used it and it does that thing where it doesn’t register the first flurry’s of something.
I was grating parmesan and I got to the point of “Oh now common, theres loads on theres, blinkin’ show it!!”

I hear ya. It's like it keeps resetting to zero, since it hasn't increased by a whole gram yet. My current scale does that and so did the previous one.

 

[dragnlaw]

That's a balance not a scale. It is cool as heck though.

True but what else is a balance for if not to measure the weight of something.

 

[FrankZ]

True but what else is a balance for if not to measure the weight of something.

To measure the mass of something.

 

[dragnlaw]

what about the volume?

 

[In A Pickle]

Now I don’t know who to call… paging Newton, Archimedes, Galileo - cooking forum heading towards meltdown

 

[FrankZ]

what about the volume?

If you know density then you can derive volume from the mass,

 

[In A Pickle]

I thought dragnlaw was making a little joke..

 

[dragnlaw]

I was, everything Frank says goes way over my head.

 

[grumpyoldman]

do you need to borrow my ladder