Has anyone recently bought a digital kitchen food scale (5 lbs. is ok) for price of between $40-50 that they would recommend? I see a lot on the internet, but I wouldn't know where to start in consideration for purchasing.
I'm using a Braun with those little lines and you have to circle/swivel around to find ounces or grams. It's getting to be a headache.
Thanks, Dee
Do NOT get a Terraillon. I have one and it's a piece of junk. The zero changes as you use it. It's inaccurate at low weights. My scale has now decided that it doesn't like to turn off, so I have to wait for the thing to shut itself off. The tare function works, most of the time.
There has to be a better scale out there somewhere.
Barry
I'm using a Salter 3001. It's compact, lightweight, and has proven to be quite durable. It cost me under $50 USD.
I bought a Soehnle Futura about a year ago.
Spend 40 bucks and you get some marvel from China.
--=20 Sincerly,
C=3D=A6-)=A7 H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)
I see it is from Switzerland. Like Bernina's sewing machines made in Switzerland that are very good. Thanks for the Tip. Dee
I bought a Soehnle Futura about a year ago.
Spend 40 bucks and you get some marvel from China.
Dear H.W.Hans, I looked on line at the Soehnle Futura and it has the feature where you can weigh the ingredients that you are adding to other ingredients. Whapt puzzles me is that it looks as if there is only one button to push to get back to zero and add and also to work in two different weight systems. Is it difficult to catch onto this feature? Thanks so much. Dee
I bought a Soehnle Futura about a year ago.
Spend 40 bucks and you get some marvel from China.
Hi Dee.
It is easy as pie.
You turn the scale on with your container on it and it will come out .=
Or turn it on, it will be . Set your container on it, it will weigh=20 that, press the button again, it will be . Add your first ingredients and press the button, it will zero again, and =
so on.
If you forget to turn the scale off, it will turn itself off after 5=20 minutes.
It's so simple, a kid could operate it. Dummy-proof.
--=20 Sincerly,
C=3D=A6-)=A7 H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)
Her question was more about shifting the display from metric to avoirdupois than about the tare feature, though. Perhaps there's a side button that doesn't show? I don't know.
My Soehnle Scale has a button on the bottom to shift from English to metric. The button on the top operates as Hans has described.
Thanks for all of your advice. Dear Vox, I assume you are speaking of the same scale, Soehnle Futura, and
I'm wondering if you have to turn over this scale or lift it up to be able to reach this mechanism, to change from oz to gr?
Dee
Vox, I forgot to complete my question regarding the conversion button under the scale. Since so many recipes will be, for example;
2 cups water 6-1/4 cups (860 grams) flour 1 tablespoon (15 grams) salt or any variation thereof.It would be logical to measure 2 cups of water in the oz. portion of the scale, but one would want to measure the flour in grams. So does one go back and forth between oz and grams when measuring, or you just have to stick to one measurement throughout one's measurement.
This is only an base example, but maybe I have made my question understandable.
Thanks, Dee
The button where you switch metric to ounces is a slide switch, under a=20 flap where the battery sits. That is something you set once and forget about it.
I don't switch it often, but you could.
--=20 Sincerly,
C=3D=A6-)=A7 H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)
It would be too inconvenient IMHO to switch back and forth constantly.
You stick with one setting.
--=20 Sincerly,
C=3D=A6-)=A7 H. W. Hans Kuntze, CMC, S.g.K. (_o_)
The only time I use the setting for pounds/ounces is when the recipe is written in that format or when I need to weight something for the auto-cook settings on the microwave. You really shouldn't switch back and forth in a recipe. You can convert all your recipes to the metric system and stick with grams. It is by far the best way to go, especially if you want to increase or decrease the recipe. You can use the USDA database to get the metric conversion for most ingredients. For instance, they list municipal water as 237gm/cup or 29.6 grams/oz.
Here is a link to the database:
Dee You have me confused, as I always thought that measuring cups measure in
*FLUID* ounces and not in avoirdupois ounces. Fluid ounces and avoirdupois ounces are not the same. I have never weighed a cup of water so I have no idea how much it would weigh in avoirdupois ounces. ( could someone that has a scale weigh a cup of water? ) However once you get your scale, you could always weigh a cup of water and see how many grams or ounces it is so you would not have to change the scale back and forth. Ken'
My husband says that with fresh water, fluid ounces and avoirdupois are the same for all intents and purposes. One pint of water = 16 FLUID OUNCES which weights 1.04 lbs. "A pint is a pound the world around." [One pint of water weighs one pound.]
Ken, here is a posting that you might not have seen. It is not mine. I don't see it on here anymore. Perhaps it might help. Cup sets are now often sold in metric format. Mine are as follows:
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Dee You have me confused, as I always thought that measuring cups measure in
*FLUID* ounces and not in avoirdupois ounces. Fluid ounces and avoirdupois ounces are not the same. I have never weighed a cup of water so I have no idea how much it would weigh in avoirdupois ounces. ( could someone that has a scale weigh a cup of water? ) However once you get your scale, you could always weigh a cup of water and see how many grams or ounces it is so you would not have to change the scale back and forth. Ken'There are 2 types of measuring cups, dry and wet. Usually wet are glass or plastic you can see through and you don't fill them right to the top but to a line. Dry measure usually come in sets of 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 2/3 cup, 1/2 cup, 3/4 cup and 1 cup and you fill and level at the rim. This is how the tupperware set of dry measure works.
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Liquids with a specific gravity similar to water weigh about a pound per pint (2 cups).
A simple rule of thumb to remember is "a pint is a pound, the world around".
My first set of dry measure cups was from Tupperware ("Daffodil," in fact), and I don't remember having separate 2/3 and 3/4 cup units. No set I've had since has had them, either. 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 and 1 cup units are standard for these sets.
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