Digital Scale?

I have an Ultraship 35.2 lb Capacity, 0.1 ounce Accuracy to 2lbs, 0.2 ounce Accuracy over 2lbs.

With postage I paid about $28 on eBay, or rather my brother did because I've never used eBay so persuded him to do the "bidding" for me.

I had been using a smaller capacity scale for a long time. I'm happy with this. There are larger capacity sizes but the low end accurary goes up as the total capacity gets higher and 35 pounds is plenty for me. It has both battery and AC adapter.

I went with Ultraship because it was recommended a number of times by some> Sorry, I know it's been covered but wanted to know if anyone could

I have been using my Salter Aquatronic for several years and have never had a problem with it.

Our scales, your MyWeight (15.5lb capacity), and my UltraShip (35lb capacity), are the same company. They are very nice scales.

I'd say that other than capacity differences the major difference with the UltraShip is that the front section where the digital readings are located can be separated from the base, so if you're using a container that is large and would make reading the weights difficult you can move that part away from the base and easily see the weights.

The MyWeigh 7001DX seems to come with a container for holding the contents while measuring. The UltraShip35 does not, but I weigh in my mixing bowl or zip lock bag of whatever container I'm using, which I imagine you probably do also.

I like that the AC adapter comes with the Ultraship, tho honestly I used my older digital scale for years on one set of batteries.

I used an old Weight Watchers digital that I got at a yard sale for years. It was very handy, but I'm so happy I finally bought up.

-Marylouise

Susan wrote:

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Keep the following in mind for ANY digital scale... and save your money...

Be concerned with the interval a digital scale measures at. If the scale measures to the 1 gram intervals and covers up to 3000 grams or more, you can put your bread machine's pan on the platform and pour in the ingredients for a 2 pound loaf of bread and not come to the upper limit on the scale. If the scale's interval is 5 grams you CANNOT use it for yeast, salt, and other ingredients where you are asked to use 5 grams of this and 8 grams of that simply because while 1 gram is anywhere between .5 and 1.5 grams, 5 grams is anywhere between 2.5 and 7.5 grams! That 5 grams spread is far too inaccurate to get consistent results.

So whatever you choose to buy, make certain you know if it is accurate to 1 gram or 2 grams or 5 grams or 7 grams (1/4 ounce) and keep in mind what you want to do with it. If you are going to be making bread and using it to weigh the SMALLER quantities of things like yeast and salt, do NOT buy a scale that will not permit you to do that.

Even if the scale is not absolutely correct, if it is wrong by 1% on all weights, that 1% applies to everything weighed, and therefore the relative weights of all the ingredients will remain correct, if using grams or if using baker's percentages, so you do not need an absolutely correct scale, you need a relatively correct scale across the full range of its capacity. So do NOT spend a fortune on a scientifically accurate scale either. One made in China is just fine, thank you... and that scale that has a lovely brand name but is accurate only to 5 grams is next to useless....

FWIW

RsH

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Does the Ultraship scale have a tare function?

TammyM

Yes.

The one I bought off Ebay has the tare function too. Most digital scales do.

MoM

Cool! Thanks!! :-)

TammyM