Keep the following in mind for ANY digital scale... and save your
money...

Be concerned with the interval a digital scale measures at. If the scale
measures to the 1 gram intervals and covers up to 3000 grams or more,
you can put your bread machine's pan on the platform and pour in the
ingredients for a 2 pound loaf of bread and not come to the upper limit
on the scale. If the scale's interval is 5 grams you CANNOT use it for
yeast, salt, and other ingredients where you are asked to use 5 grams of
this and 8 grams of that simply because while 1 gram is anywhere between
..5 and 1.5 grams, 5 grams is anywhere between 2.5 and 7.5 grams! That 5
grams spread is far too inaccurate to get consistent results.

So whatever you choose to buy, make certain you know if it is accurate
to 1 gram or 2 grams or 5 grams or 7 grams (1/4 ounce) and keep in mind
what you want to do with it. If you are going to be making bread and
using it to weigh the SMALLER quantities of things like yeast and salt,
do NOT buy a scale that will not permit you to do that.

Even if the scale is not absolutely correct, if it is wrong by 1% on all
weights, that 1% applies to everything weighed, and therefore the
relative weights of all the ingredients will remain correct, if using
grams or if using baker's percentages, so you do not need an absolutely
correct scale, you need a relatively correct scale across the full range
of its capacity. So do NOT spend a fortune on a scientifically accurate
scale either. One made in China is just fine, thank you... and that
scale that has a lovely brand name but is accurate only to 5 grams is
next to useless....

FWIW

RsH
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:49:58 GMT, baker1 > wrote:

>Sorry, I know it's been covered but wanted to know if anyone could
>recommend a good scale. I mostly use it for baking and wish to achieve
>similar tasting results via a scale.
>
>Hopefully under $40 would be great. Thanks
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