Which Kitchen Scales ?

mrs_mix

balance scales for me too inheireted my mums when my dad moved and they are over 20 years old

pam

Quasar

MATH wrote:

Whatever scales you decide upon try to learn to guage things by feel and eye and using cups and spoonfuls it certainly speeds up you cooking. My Grandmother never owed a set of scales a was a fantastic cook and my cheapo plastic set are only brought out on rare occasions. If I had to weigh everything all the time I think I would quickly resort to ready meals.

Oh I agree. I don't want scales to measure everything I use, but for some recipes I prefer to have a reasonably accurate measurement.

finc

I'm hopeless at guaging weights, I just can't seem to 'see' it. I've got some electronic ones that don't take up too much space. They're also used for my ebaying though.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

I'm fairly new to all this & don't have a decent set of scales. Can anyone suggest what to look for? I've had a quick look at Argos & there seems to either flat scales with or without a bowl or larger more traditional scales with a bowl. I'm inclined to go for flat scales as they will take up less room but I'm open to suggestions. I'm not sure what features are useful or not.
Also what are good/not so good brands? Since they will (hopefully) be with me for many years I don't mind too much about the price as I see it as an investment.
Thanks

boo81

my mum bought me mine for £5 in asda and have lasted me more or less daily use for 3 years. I really love them!

Mine are flat digital scales which are a great idea as you can use a bowl for making a cake for example and put that bowl on top so saves washing up!

Mine just have two functions, a zero function and a conversion to and from grams or lb/ounces. There isnt anything else I need and they are really tiny. Great buy mum!

ChasingButterflies

Hi,

The concept of flat scales it great it doesn't matter what bowl etc you use... as they are generally electronic you can weigh in imperial or metric easily.

I always used to buy salter scales (the flat style) and they never lasted very long. I gave up in the end and refused to spend that much on something that in my experince didn't last as long as you would hope.

I don't know if the fact that o/h might have occasionally but things on top of them while they were in cupboard while not in use... although to be honest I wouldn't have thought a couple of baking trays should be able to make them stop weighing properly!!

I would quite like to here other peoples opinions too though - maybe we did do something wrong - entirely possible...

Tallymanjohn

Digital flat scales are definitely my recommendation. You can use the bowl you're preparing things in; 'add & weigh' is a great facility, make sure the maximum capacity is reasonable - at least 5lb/2kg; easy conversion between lb & kg; less storage space needed. We've had a Salter flat scale that's still going well after 4 years regular use so maybe ChasingButterflies has just been unlucky - they probably all have the same internal workings anyway.

mrs_metal

I've got flat digital scales and they're great, had them about 2 years now, keep them in a drawer when not in use but I don't put anything on top of them. I've even been known to put the pan on them and weigh the ingredients straight into the pan (not a hot pan :eek: ) great when making something sticky, saves getting something else dirty.
Mine has a conversion switch, off switch and zero switch (so you can put one ingredient into the bowl, zero it and measure another into it) great, I've also got a set of balance scales with weights for baking, they look good but I never bother to get them out now, I find it much easier to use the flat scales.:D

Clutterfree

Hi All,
My first post on this forum so please be gentle!
I have the Salter Large Read Digital scales from Lakeland and I am really pleased with them. They were a birthday gift but they are quite pricey at £24.99. Sounds like they are similar to the poster who got hers for a fiver from Asda! (sorry cannot recall posters name)
I love the fact that you can add ingredients into your bowl as you go along and they are so accurate.
I have just started selling some of my clutter on Ebay and they are ideal for working out the P+P charges too!

PS Not Clutterfree yet - I have a long way to go - but I thought a positive User Name was in order and "Housesofullofclutterit'sburstingattheseams!" seemed rather too long! :laugh:

Flimsy

Clutterfree wrote: »

PS Not Clutterfree yet - I have a long way to go - but I thought a positive User Name was in order and "Housesofullofclutterit'sburstingattheseams!" seemed rather too long! :laugh:

Sounds pretty much like me! :rolleyes: Welcome :T

I have Salter scales but they were only £9.99 reduced from £29.99 but the site I got them from hasn't got any more. They were very good though and do have some other reductions.

http://www.scalesexpress.com/