I am fed up with my dodgy digital kitchen scales. Two equal weighs aren't always equal, they don't return to zero when I remove the item and I have suspicions they have helped mess up more than one recipe.
I've changed the batteries and my surface is level.
I can see so many £10-£20 ones on Amazon, all, if you dig, with several reviews that say things that hint at my current problems. I don't want to buy another set only to find the same issue. I don't have a budget that stretches into £100s, but I am willing to pay a little more than average for a reliable set.
Can anyone in the UK recommend a genuinely reliable set that goes at least down to 1g and up to 3kg?
Thanks!
I’ve been very satisfied with my Salter scale for about 7 years now. I saw some a couple days ago on the shelves at Peter Jones/John Lewis in Chelsea, if you’re in or near London. Terrific kitchen store in basement there. And you can then walk across the street and have a sandwich at Poilâne!
Tom
But I'm in Penzance :-)
Thanks for the recommendation.
I love the ones I bought online from Bakery Bits. About £45 Inc VAT. They do all you ask plus you can always see the read-out even with a large bowl on them. Lesley
Thanks Lesley, I see them.
which is the same scale that I have used for several years with no problems here in the US. Their price, with VAT, is £44.39. Ouch! Amazon has it for $35.15, here.
The scale can handle up to 8kg with a sensitivity of 1g.
MyWeigh also makes a KD-7000, with a 7kg capacity. Perhaps you can find that for slightly less cost.
I liked my Salter scale, until it died. Then I liked my Oxo scale, until it died. If/when the MyWeigh dies, I will buy another; it's that good.
Paul
Thanks Paul. Not quite worth shipping a US-bought one over here, still quite a price difference. Do you use the baker's percentage feature?
No, I don't use that feature, Alison. That feature struck me as being in the "interesting but not necessary" category when I read the directions. Here's a link to the User's Manual, where you can read the directions for use.
And, even if I develop a new formula, I do that on paper or in a spreadsheet ahead of time. By the time I pull out the scale, the baker's percentage is something I already know.
Paul
I think I'd be the same.
Salter scales are good,
I have had these for about a year and the square model before that (it broke and Amazon gave me a full refund after 5 years!).
I have found these easier to read with large bowls
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-Stainless-Digital-Kitchen-Weighing/dp/B00140VYBE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1548965121&sr=8-5&keywords=salter+digital+kitchen+scales
and for really small stuff I use these 'drug dealer' scales hehe
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zacro-Pocket-Scale-Portable-Multipurpose/dp/B01M2751V7/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1548965325&sr=8-6&keywords=100g+scales
you will see many versions/makes but they are all out of the same factory!
I would not be without EITHER of these scales in the kitchen, best things I ever bought (well, apart from the Lodge oven hehe)
I've owned many scales over the years and the KD8000 are about the best of the bunch - I have one.
Don't skimp on less - you will regret it. There's a set on Ebay at the moment, unopened return - worth a look.
Agree you should also buy a set of cheap druggie scales too for weighing small amounts. Eg if you are weighing 4g of yeast, a 1g resolution scale will have a potential inaccuracy of +/- 25%.
Lance
bigger platform as this proves a nightmare at the moment for me when I want to scale dough...so tempted by the one on eBay Lance!
Hi Alison,
I have been using Salter scales 1104 SSDR since I took up baking. These weigh up to 5kgs but I have noticed as I have been experimenting with very low inoculation doughs that they are not reliable down to 1g. A newer model exists, 1068 SSBKDR. I saw on BB the Bakers' Scales they sell which weighs up to 8 kg. I was not sure whether to buy the mains adaptor so I asked their live chat and was told that was not essential as the batteries have a good life. I then asked about their accuracy for small quantities and they said the scales were not reliable at amounts down to 1g, it was a trade off against the ability to weigh large amounts and that if I needed that degree of precision to buy their pocket scales as well. So I decided to investigate the scales designed for small quantities (I had not realised that they even existed) and found on Amazon https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C73FXXM/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1, which I like a lot and they measure down to 0.5g or 0.02oz. So I kept my older scales and use the small ones to add small quantities and that works well for me now.
Alan
Thanks Alan. Interesting to have confirmation of this. I have a pocket scale that I love (Salter), they do .05g. I think I'll end up like you with two sets.
Like yours, my old scale was getting squirrrely so I bought this Ozeri from Amazon. It's been working great as far as I'm comcerned. No decimal fractions of grams (seriously?) and no backlight but it works for me and just $12. No idea if it's available in UK?
Good luck,
Phil