Eat Smart ESKS-10 Precision Elite Digital Kitchen Scale - 15 lb. Capacity, UltraBright Display and Stainless Steel Platform

This is my third or fourth kitchen scale, and even though I've only had it for two days, I absolutely love this one. I looked at so many descriptions of the various scales for sale on Amazon, and sorted out these differences. 1) This scale has a 15-lb capacity, so you can use heavier bowls and plates than you could for one with a 5-lb capacity. Although some have 11-lb capacities, the extra 4 lbs offers a little ease of mind that you won't over-weight the scale. 2) It's made of stainless steel - including the platform. If you look at a lot of other scales, they might say "chrome finish" or "silver color," and they might LOOK like they're made of metal, but they're really plastic. Stainless steel offers more ease of mind, like the extra weight capacity. 3) It weighs in grams, ounces, and pounds, and switches easily among the three. Before you ask - if you set it to grams, the readout will automatically switch to kilograms/grams when it goes over 999 grams (so 1078 grams will read 1k78g), and it also switches to pounds/ounces when the weight is 16 oz or more. If you set it for pounds, it will read the ounces in decimals (fractions of a pound) rather than ounces. I assume it does the same thing for kilos, but I rarely weigh anything in kilos so I didn't check. 4) the smallest unit is 1g. For me, this is a godsend. I've been weighing and measuring my food for several months, and prefer weight portioning to volume portioning. In other words, I'd rather weigh out an 80-gram portion of a fruit or veggie than try to figure out how much shredded lettuce fits into a cup measure. Many packaged foods indicate serving size by grams rather than ounces, which is curious, considering that in the U.S. we don't use grams. I used to whip out my smartphone and open up my conversion app to figure out how many ounces a serving size was, but now I just switch the scale to grams and I'm all set. Many nuts and fruit/nut combos say that 30g or 1 oz is a serving, but I actually have a cereal that says a serving is 53g. Now I can just weigh it out quickly and not worry about it. 5) it uses regular AA batteries, which is soooooo convenient. 6) it's sensitive to changes in weight when you add tiny amounts. On my old scale, I would weigh out my cat's medication, and it was supposed to be precisely 0.5 oz. It would get to 0.4 and I'd add, and add a little more, and add a little more, and it would still read 0.4, and suddenly it would read 0.7. So I'd subtract a little, and then a little more, and then a little more, well, you get the picture. The EatSmart scale reads out to 0.05 oz, so it's much more precise than my old scale. 7) it's a decent price. At about $37, it's not cheap, but for the sturdiness of it (and it is a very sleek and pretty looking item) and the fact that you can use a fairly large bowl or even a large plate without losing sight of the LED display is worth the extra money. And it's not as expensive as some of the fancier ones priced at $60 or more. One minor gripe. The LED display seems a little sluggish in response to the button presses, but it's just a matter of getting used to the timing of it. On the other hand, the display is quite big and bold. The buttons have icons rather than labels on them, so, if you're like me, ahem, MATURE (read: old) enough to remember when we didn't need picture symbols to tell us what something was meant to be, you might want to just doublecheck the user's manual. The button the left is the unit switch (grams, ounces, etc) and the button on the right is both the on/off and the tare button. For those of you who don't know how to work the tare - put your plate or bowl on the platform and press the on/off button. The platform sets itself to 0 so the only thing you're weighing is what you put on the plate. The tare button will work regardless of whether you put the plate on before or after you turn the unit on. So. Bottom line. I love my new scale.

Every now and then you run across a product that completely satisfies at a price you think is more than fair. This kitchen scale is such a product. It's big enough to be really useful without getting in the way. It's easy to use. The readout is easily visible and remains lit long enough to futz around with the food. The tare weight (where the scale remembers the weight of the container so that you can just measure the weight of the food) is simple to use. And, the accuracy is plenty good for a kitchen scale. I measured its accuracy at sub gram weights using US coins whose weights are easily found on the Internet. I liked it so much I bought their bathroom scale as well. EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale w/ Extra Large Backlit 3.5" Display and "Step-On" Technology [2013 VERSION ] It's in the same class. The scales both appear to be robustly built, though that remains to be seen. I love these scales so far. They even look cool.

Below you will find my original review. I purchased this scale and had returned it to AMAZON. In my original review, I'd given the scale only 1 star, even though there were many things that I liked about it. To my surprise, the manufacturers contacted me and were very concerned about my reaction to their product. We corresponded and they ultimately sent me the same EatSmart Scale, apologizing for the first one I'd received, and that they would personally check the new one out before they shipped it. It came within a week, and my husband and I have been so happy with it! It works great and we've had no problems with it. We had been using a Weight Watchers scale, and the EatSmart one is so much nicer and easier to use. I love the big LED readout and how easily it switches from grams to ounces. The only flaw that we've experienced is that if it's too close to our stove, it will turn on from the click of the stove igniting. So I simply put it a little farther away from the stove, problem solved. I'm very grateful to the manufacturers for caring enough to make sure that I gave their product another chance, and that they took so much effort to make sure I was happy. Please buy this scale, and if you have a problem with yours, let them know. They're good people. THIS IS MY ORIGINAL REVIEW "When I received this scale I was so happy. My WW scale had worn out and I didn't want spend a whole lot to replace it. The Eatsmart scale worked great at first, but I had to replace the batteries in less than a week. As it turns out, any clicking sound would turn the machine on. Then it wouldn't zero to weigh stuff and wouldn't turn off. I really liked the read-out, so I thought I'd keep trying to deal with it. When I had to replace the batteries 4 times in 2 weeks, and I hadn't had it for a month, I decided to return it. Other than the switch, it was a really good product, but I wouldn't buy another one, or recommend it."

Good but reaaly unfriendly packaging by Amazon.

Muy práctica y buena.