Customer Reviews

Salter Large Analogue Scale with Stainless Steel Bowl, Chrome

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I bought this scale because I have many recipes that call for ingredients in weight, rather than amount. I've also been watching my weight and this scale works well with measuring quantities listed on the FDA postings on packaging. I just set my bowl or measuring cup in the stainless steel basin and adjust the scale to zero and add my cereal, ingredients, etc. The scale is easy to read and keep clean. My only concern about it is the material used to delineate the weight scale on the dial. It's paper and will no doubt stain and yellow with time. A very useful kitchen tool that doesn't require a new battery every few months....

I bought this on the basis of reviews, looks, and a great half-price deal. All seemed to be well for a while, until I had occasion to measure some liquids in a cup. When it took much more than 16 liquid ounces of water (remembering the old high-school physics reminder, "a pint's a pound the world around"), I became suspicious. Some more semi-scientific inquiry (i.e, a couple of 500-gram bags of pasta from the store) made me realize that this scale consistently measures 25% light! No amount of adjustment and tweaking (I even tried "stretching" the coilspring by over-turning the adjuster) made things better. Sorry, but, aesthetics aside, scales need to do only one thing well, and that's to weight stuff accurately. 5% error is (somewhat) forgivable; 25% is a joke. Too bad I tossed the box, but I'm still going to look into a replacement or refund.

I use this both to weigh packages in my business as well as in the kitchen for larger weights (I have a smaller scale for under a pound). It seems very accurate and it's attractive, with a detachable bowl. Good sale price.

I enjoy having this scale. I like to buy some foods in large quantity.

It is best to freeze them in equal-sized packages. It is also good to

divide bread dough, so they are of equal size. It isn't ugly, like

many of the kitchen scales are.

Great scale for the avid home chef who needs to weigh food items quickly while following or creating their own receipe. I know we live in the digital age, but I find with baking or cooking this scale is certainly accurate enough and holds large amounts without spilling.

This is a bargain - it is accurate, adjustable, chrome, and looks awesome. For the price, it's a steal. The bowl is a little lightweight, but can't complain at all for the price.

Came on time and in great condition. I use a lot of European recepies, so I stumble on a lot of metric measurements; so I am happy to know that this scale provides weight in grams/kilos/lbs/oz. Very useful to me as I cook a lot from scratch.

I've used this scale both as a kitchen scale and as a small postage scale. It's dead-on accurate, and it's pretty to boot!

It did come to me without being set to zero, but that's very easy to correct. If you're in the market for a small scale, I definitely recommend this one.

I am thrilled with the look of my new scale.
Not only is the stainless steel body beautiful,
but the accuracy of the scale is perfect.....
I am leaving it out on my kitchen counter as a
decoration and scale. What an asset to my kitchen!!
As usual, Amazon gets 5 stars for excellent service.
Thanks again.........

I love this scale! Nice clear numbers easy to read. This scale wasn't my first choice but easily the better one. Recommend it to anyone who is serious about baking! Definate buy!