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I have been wanting to get these for ages.
I have thought about getting the tupperware ones, or the weightwatchers ones (JIC) but really have no idea.
Has anyone got digitial kitchen scales? which ones do you have?
How much (kg) should they go up to, and can you get them that convert imperial->metric
I got some just last week from Big W... they were $30 from memory... they go up to 4 kgs and have Lbs/Ozs and Kgs/gms
I have the Salter kitchen scales, I think they were about $100, I love them, the convert from lbs/oz and kgs/gms plus fuid as well and the can be zeroed out so that you can put a normal plate on the scales and then add food, zero it again and then add more food
yep I want ones with a tare function, they sound good.
I wonder if soehelne do kitchen scales
Ohhh... I forgot to add that the ones I bought have a tare function too :)
I need to be able to measure food to the gram... so these ones are perfect for me as they go up in gram increments too... and they were cheap which is fantastic!!!
oh thats right, for Cohens, Lisa?
Good luck with that, I know BecG has done really fabulously on it. :)
I am looking at some on ebay ATM, along with some bathroom scales (mine fluctuated 3 kilos within 15 minutes this morning!)
Yep thats right Rayray :) Thanks hun :)
Oh Lisa have you started yet? Sorry Rayray...I have cheapies that I bought from Harris Scarfe (they always have cheap scale scales). They are soehlene aswell I paid about $30 a they are treated harshly and work a dream
Bec
I have the same one that kittenb has and they are awesome! I got it on sale at myer for $75.
Wouldn't be without my scales.
*hugs*
Cailin
Rach, I got a aet of digital scales on Ebay (made in Asia somewhere, cheap as chips...) that have all the functions you want..........I use them all the time, they have been dragged round the house by the kids, dropped, spilled on etc.......still going strong!
They do metric & imperial, tare, and go up in 1g increments........
Thanks everyone! Looks like I have some decisions to make!
Hi Bec,
Yep... I started today.
Do you mean digital or analogue? I have a set of Salter ones too... love them... not digital (I'm too old fashioned for them)... piccy HERE. I've found them to be very accurate.:
I like those scales Bath! I have the Tupperware scales. They do the job, but I do have to be careful what surface I put them on, they don't seem to like my chopping board even though it is big and flat.
Most people seem to have digital ones these days but i just don't trust them. Is that odd? I figure the more complicated (electronic) something is the more there is to go wrong... and what if society collapses and you lose a source of electricity? It's the same with ovens... I swoon over wood burning Agars... (does anyone know if there is a thread about them?).
I have the tanita scales. I love them. Around $50 i think. Bought online from peters of kensington......
I have had the Salter Aquatronic for about 3 years and love them. Have had no probs at all with them. They were $150 and still are but are often 30-40% off in post-Xmas sales.
LOL, you'd be swooning in my kitchen then.....love love love love it. I grew up with an aga at home, and learned how to cook on one, and since leaving home over 20 years ago have been lusting after one ever since...and finally I have one again!:
I swoon over wood burning Agars
My two cents worth - I got my digital scales from Big W for $15 and they work great! Imperial and metric, 1g increments and a tare function. Sweet!
Good timing for this thread to be bumped, I was baking today and measuring 30g at a time on analog scales is painful. (And I wasn't familiar enough with the recipe to guesstimate)
So...am I reading that digital scales is digital scales and there's not a huge difference from brand to brand?
What did you end up getting Ray?
With your 30 grams Nelle... I wonder if that could be translated to something like a heaped tablespoon (my guessimate for 30gm). I don't think I've ever had to measure out 30gm.... but I agree, it would be painful on an analog.
Bath, I am horrifically bad at cooking. So I'm really cautious when making new things. Once I've made it once, I'm more likely to do the heaped teaspoon thing.
Good timing for me too,
Going to purchase one at the post xmas sales , i just get confused as to what to get, you have all helped me.. thanks!!
LOL Out of curiosity I consulted my spice cabinet and extracted an unopened sachet of tumeric weighing 25gm. Yep, looks like a heaped tablespoon ;) But yeah, I concede a small digital set of scales could come in handy... I just really struggle with the idea of too much gadgetry in my proudly ultra basic kitchen!
Funny timing, I just bought a set of digital scales today LOL! I had a digital set which was wonderful until I dropped it
last week :doh:. Harris Scarfe have a sale on until tomorrow with 50% off some brands of scales. I bought a Morganware Elite set with a huge display on them and I am very happy with them. I use my scales mainly to weigh parcels to work out postage costs, but they come in so handy for cooking too!
I have a conversion sheet somewhere to convert weight to other measurements depending on the item. For example 20gms of butter is 1 tbsp. So for 30gms of butter it is 1 1/2 tbsp.
That sounds handy Astrid!
Bath, one day I would love to have the traditional scales, I really like older style stuff as well. But I have come to appreciate compact, multi-functioning equipment with a kitchen that has not much bench space! Digital scales that can slide neatly and compactly away somewhere are what I need for now. :)