Staples and Office Depot - and possibly others have scales, the one I
bought has a "hold" button. This is good for weighing 'static' weights,
not weighing while adding ingredients. It also has a 'set-zero' function
so you can set to zero with the (empty) bowl on the platform.

mike

Dick Margulis wrote:
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>
> fedup wrote:
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>> These scales are available in the lobby of any Post Office that has a
>> postal store. The office I work in has them for $35 and $45. I don't
>> think they are real good for baking though due to the small size of
>> the scales. Once you got a bowl on the scale you wouldn't be able to
>> see the digital readout.
>> Daddio
>>
>
> Where's your imagination, Daddio? You use a polished stainless steel
> bowl and you read the weight in the reflection.
>
> No, seriously, are these scales configured any differently from any
> other postal-type scale? Is the readout more horizontal and less
> oblique? Is the platform smaller? If not, then I think most of us have
> gotten used to reading them, one way or another. However, you're right
> that it is a design problem on this type of scale in general. On some
> models of large parcel scale, the readout is a separate unit, connected
> by a cord to the platform, that you can mount on a wall at a convenient
> height. Someone should design a small postal/kitchen scale with a
> detachable readout, too.
>