Electronic kitchen scales

NimitzHarrington on 01/10/2013 - 01:10

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good electronic kitchen scale that can measure in grams and millilitres, has zero tar function and an auto-off function that is only active when no change in weight after x amount of time?

The one we currently have just switches off regardless if it's in use or not as long as it's been on for x amount of time, and it's really frustrating when this happens in the middle of weighing an ingredient.

The current ones at Aldi look ok but not sure about it's auto-off function, so if anyone's had any experience with one, a short review please?

Thank you.

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • mskeggs on 01/10/2013 - 10:39

    The set we have from ebay does what you require in terms of auto off, but it only measures grams and pounds/oz. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MODERN-7kg-DIGITAL-ELECTRONIC-KIT…
    It has also worked flawlessly for 3 or 4 years so far.
    I had several cheap models under $20 (and under $10) from Kmart, ebay and elsewhere, but they all died fairly quickly or did the auto-turn off thing.
    The other advantage of this one is it take AAA batteries instead of button cells.

  • retiredfeline on 01/10/2013 - 10:56

    zero tar function

    Trying to cut down on nicotine? :)

    I would think most if not all of them have a tare function.

    The one I have was from BigW ages ago, takes 4xAA cells, and has lasted me for years. I think it only shuts down when there has been no change in the reading for a while. You should be able to get something better and cheaper now.

    If you know the relative density of the liquid, isn't it a simple matter to just measure the weight in g of the liquid in a container, after taring with an empty container? Or better still, why not get a measuring container?

  • Brouw3r on 01/10/2013 - 14:06

    What are you measuring in milliliters? Because most liquids you can assume 1g=1mL (alcohol a notable exception)

  • mdsh on 01/10/2013 - 19:56

    Millilitres is a volume measurement. How would the scale know whether you are measuring water, oil, milk, golden syrup etc.? These ingredients all have different densities. If using the scale to measure millilitres, you would need to enter the density of the substance to get an accurate result.

    • retiredfeline on 03/10/2013 - 12:11

      I was wondering about that too. Perhaps the scale has a way for you to tell it you are adding say honey so it automatically divides the additional weight by the relative density of honey to arrive at ml. But you can also do this simple multiplication yourself.

  • NimitzHarrington on 06/10/2013 - 03:14

    Thank you all for the suggestions. Time to do some research :)

    As for the millilitres requirement, only as I saw some scales had them for measuring water/milk but I usually just went with the 1g=1mL formula as Brouw3r mentioned.

  • pfpozbargain on 07/10/2013 - 18:01

    http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Grips-Stainless-Pull-Out-Display/d…

    I bought these; backlit, screen comes away from the scale so you can see under big bowls, imperial and metric measurement, tare function…I can't fault them, they're really great.

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