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★★☆☆☆
A dieter's must have kitchen item.
I've been on dozens and dozens of diets in my life. If there's a diet out there, the chances are that I've tried it at least once. What I've come to discover is that there is really only one diet that actually works: less calories going into that giant pie hole that I call a mouth.
So I started a food diary to record all the food I eat every single day, to keep track of exactly how many calories I'm eating. The only way to really do that is with a food scale. So I weigh everything I eat, and look up the calories to everything and record it in my food diary. This is the only diet that has really worked for me for any length of time.
This food scale is really nice. To change the measurement, just hit the unit button until it tells you what unit of measurement you want; grams, ounces, pounds or kilograms.
The tare button is very nice too. That way I can zero out the weight of the dinner plate.
I also like how easy it is to figure out. I never had to read a manual or anything else to figure this thing out. Very intuitive.
My ONLY complaint, and the only reason this scale is getting a 4 star review instead of a 5 star review is sometimes it goes a little wonky. I swear sometimes I wonder if it's possessed. For example, just today, I was weighing some almonds and it couldn't make up its mind whether it weighed 20 grams or 25 grams. It was going up and down like crazy. But putting one more almond on it put it at 26 grams, where it stayed without going all crazy on me. So it seems like it's doing the crazy flip-flop thing when it's between measurements and can't quite make up its mind how much something weighs.
Otherwise, I really like the scale. It looks nice, does the job adequately, it's small enough to fit into a drawer, and it's reasonably priced. I would recommend this product.
EDIT: This was a 4 star review, however, it broke after only 3 months of use. I didn't drop it, or get it wet, or do anything to cause it to no longer work. I tried changing the batteries... nothing. Sooo... I am marking it down to 2 stars. So disappointed.
March 2014 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase