EscaliPrimo Digital Food Scale Multi-Functional Kitchen Scale and Baking Scale for Precise Weight Measuring and Portion Control, 8.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches, Chrome

I purchased this scale after much debate between this scale and the EatSmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale, Silver. However, after purchasing a bathroom scale from the EatSmart company and being very unhappy with it, I decided to go with Escali instead (navy color). And, I'm glad I did!The device is very simple. It's also very lightweight. It comes with two Duracell AA batteries that you pop into the battery compartment in the back. That's all the setup it requires. There are two buttons: An on/tare/off button, and a g/oz button (to shift between grams or ounces). You can put a plate/ bowl etc. on the platform (which is the size of a small saucer) and then press the "on/tare/off" button, and it will be set to zero; you can then add food on the plate and will give you only the food's weight. You can press the button each time you want to reset it to zero and measure a new ingredients separately. You have to hold the button for several seconds for it to turn off, but it does auto-shut off after a couple of minutes.The "grams/ oz" button allows you to switch between grams, total ounces, or lbs + ounces (for example, 17 ounces would be displayed as 1 lb 1 oz.) It also remembers your previous setting; if you place it on "ounces" and turn it off, it will turn on displaying ounces.The scale has a precision of 1 or two grams. When I placed a nickel on it, it displayed the proper 5 grams; 2 nickels yielded 10 grams. However, sometimes it seems to waver between displays, but only by a gram or two (for example, one time it couldn't decide between 6 or 7 grams). Also, a quarter coin is 5.67 grams, and the display read 5 grams. This may be a problem for the stricter dieters, but I really doubt it would make a difference in most cases.The biggest problem (for me) is the small platform; if you place a plate or similar container on the platform, it will obscure the reading on the display. This can be remedied by placing the plate further back on the platform, so long as it doesn't fall off. Also, if the platform were bigger, it follows that the scale would be bigger, and take up more valuable counter space.Also--and I don't know if this is true for all digital scales--don't place this near a microwave, as the reading will be way off. I was quite shocked when weighing something, and the display of numbers was going haywire. I finally realized the microwave was on, and moved it to a place nearby; the display was fine again. Again, this may be simple common knowledge, but in case you didn't know, now you do!Overall, this is a great, affordable kitchen scale which I would recommend to anybody.

I have this for a few months. I purchased this model based on the review and recommendation in Consumer Reports. It is very accurate even measuring just one gram. So great for measuring even very small amounts. When I first opened the package, i was disappointed because it looked really tiny, compared to my older one. But amazingly, the structure is such that I have no problem measuring vegetables which are 1-2 lbs. Most of the time i am able to place vegetables on the weighing plate and still easily able to visualize the display.

It’s light, easy to use, easy to store, is very accurate, easy to read, great battery life. Probably my most used purchase ever. I work out and count macros and this helps me a ton. I can’t live without it. I even took it on a ski trip with me to make sure I was getting proper macros whilst away from home.

This is quite small and light and does not feel particularly well made but is very easy to use and apparently very accurate. I just wish its base were a little bigger so it could accommodate my largest bowls. It works well, just really small.

Works fine, easy to store. Seems to weigh accurately. Could be a little bigger in order to read display but then it might be more difficult to store. I didn’t want bulky scale so this works fine. Flat surface easy to clean

This scale can be used for many things. But I've decided to write this review as a bodybuilder. I started serious weight training in January 2008. Since then I have lost 25 lbs of fat and gained 16 pounds of muscle.So what does this have anything to do with the scale? Well, bodybuilding is 30 percent gym and 70 percent kitchen. I track my caloric intake in order for me to essentially use food as drug and tell my body to burn fat or make muscles. I cook my own meals for breakfast, AM snack, lunch, PM snack, and dinner.This little device is as tough as Arnold No-last-name-necessary and as accurate as an Army Airborne Ranger sniper. I've been using my scale at work for the past year and a half, every single workday, and she is still kicking.I'm so pleased with this device that I decided to order another one for home use. I personally use grams to measure, but there is the option to convert to ounce. One of my breakfast meals is 40 grams of oats. What I do is I place a bowl on the scale, then turn the scale on. It will automatically zero. Finally, I pour 40 grams of oats into the bowl and I watch the digital scale go from 0 to 40 in real-time. There is but a nano-second delay in data acquisition. This bad boy is faster than a Master Ninja. For lunch and PM snack, I usually eat 1/2 pound of chicken breast. The scale gives me the exact weight in grams and I do my caloric analysis. It's so easy to use a caveman can do it. (Well, I'm a bodybuilder so I'm supposed to be dumber than a Neanderthal anyway, right?)If you are a fitness fanatic and want to ensure that you correctly consume your target daily caloric intake, you'd be a fool not to get one of these.On a different note, it's no secret that the majority of Americans are fat. One of the root causes is over-indulgence of food (among other things). The problem is that Americans "measure" food by volume. A "slice" of pizza could range anywhere from 200 to 1000 calories. But if you weigh it, you would know exactly how much calories you are putting in your system, right? The fact remains calories are measured by weight. There are 4 calories per 1 gram of protein, 9 calories per 1 gram of fat, and 4 calories per 1 gram of carb. PURE AND SIMPLE. If people would only take the time and weigh what they eat, as well as eat clean, we wouldn't have this obesity problem. But I digress.Anyway, get this scale if you are a fitness stud, a chef, or if you just want to measure your calories.