The Mackie Scientific scale is something that I have been playing around with for about a week now. For reasons you will see, I am writing them a review; which I rarely ever do for a product. For a quick summary of the review, please read the overview below this. For more in depth thoughts, read past that.
Overview:
At a form factor size of 6" wide x 10" high and only just over 1/2" thick this scale really packs in the options you need for ease of access and a balance between display size and usability. You can easily program over 900+ foods of your own; they do not waste the space by forcing 2000+ foods you won't use on to you. Accuracy is very reliable and consistent! Customer service via email is fast and easy. Yes; they kindly respond quickly and are located in Washington state, USA company! This is a small company with a great product that they care about! With this scale you will get consistent results; very accurate results, great functions such as; Memory recall (to add values together at the end), Fast easy custom settings (access your custom numbers by holding down the "recall" button for 3 seconds until the "C" appears on the screen). I highly recommend this product and have spoken to them about where their nutritional values come from. This is why its so rare to find a scale that is so customizable and for this price. If you are really in the market for a scale, you already care; so why not get one that really lets you take control, since this is the only way you can really make it fit to your life style and diet needs.
Pros: Size and light weight; Easy to program; Big screen; Comes with AAA batteries; 900+ foods you can program; 900+ common foods programmed already; Easy button sizes; Accuracy that is consistent within 1g; Great company that replies and helps; Great for diabetics and nutritional minded people.
Cons: No real cons to mention, other then it may not see consistently less than 10g in weight, which is like 5 small nuts. I suspect this is just because of an "activation weight". This is not a bad thing as the weight never gets lost when you get over that weight it still reads the entire weight. Read in depth review.
By holding down the "save" button you can program 900+ foods of your own! This is the greatest ability when paired with other features I will mention. If you are a true foodie, or diabetic (like my gf), or want to truly manage your diet; programming yourself is a must. Most scales come with 1,900+ junk food, cereals, and not fully accurate nutritional values. I program most all of my foods; Simply hold down the "save" button and add the code you want, followed by all the nutritional values. Hold down the "recall" button for 3 seconds to enter custom value mode ( the letter "c" will be displayed and it will beep to acknowledge you entered custom mode for your codes.) You do not need to enter custom mode to create them, only to use them.
It's rare to find a scale that uses AAA batteries or comes with them as well. Some use 9V, some may not come with batteries. I like to be able to use rechargeable batteries so 9v is annoying on other scales. The fact it comes with batteries adds to the value and out of the package convenience. I also did a raw almond test on it, weighing almond raw organic nuts. I compared the 1/4 serving gram weight to what was on the package in a 1/4c measure after zeroing it out; spot on! This is also how I found that it did not see the weight consistently until about 10g was on the scale. Testing just almonds under 10g weight yielded varied results that changed. After 10g (about 8 almonds), it was always consistent. This does not mean that its "missing" the weight of 10g when it weighs items; rather that it see's every gram within 1 gram accuracy after the activation weight of about 5-10grams is met. I literally have been using it to weigh mint leaves and its accurate, as long as you are meeting the activation weight. I've tested this also by zeroing out a bowl (about 192g weight) and adding mint leaf and it has no issues.
This product has a easy recall function to store the values of multiple ingredients as you measure and add them together for you. The ability to program over 900 custom values is also perfect! If you care about your health and are tracking things such as carbs, you will care to put the time in to programming food how you eat it. An example is; as a diabetic some foods have carbs but also Fiber carbs. If I am juicing for us, it's most accurate to subtract the fiber carbs that are in the vegetables since they are not "fast acting carbs" for insulin and also removed by the juicing process. Thus I have custom values simply for juicing items vs cooking with them. A scale is not just something you want to surf through 2,000+ preprogrammed items that you may not use and locate codes in a book for. This is a product that allows you to customize and enter nutritional values for your life style, and built to last.
I have to say that I have really enjoyed everything about this scale. I have created a data base of food values that fit our ideal eating style, and that can be modified if need be. Meals that I always use the same level of ingredients for and are easily duplicatable I have even assigned their own food code after figuring out the value of carbs per single gram with combined ingredients. Once things are set, it's a really impressively easy experience. For the price of this item and quality of it and the company, you will enjoy using it as well as feeling satisfied with how well it helps you control or know what you are eating. I demand consistency, and ease of use and this product delivers.
I hope this helps greatly for anyone interested. I am giving this 5 stars for quality of product; transparency and honesty of the company; ability to customize every food value you would like; and being a product that really is more "yours" the more that you use it and enjoy it for your life style.
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Nice clean and exact measurements for this scale the only problem I found it’s obvious that some fruit etc are missing I love mangoes and they don’t have it on the scale I’m so sad 😭
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