Best Kitchen Scales

After more than 15 years of service, my old Breville Ikon BSK500 scales started playing up with digital readings jumping around. I have many OXO… Read more

products that I have been happy with, so when I saw the OXO 5 pound Kitchen scales advertised on the internet I checked a lot of reviews on YouTube & felt confident that it would fit my needs. I chose the basic plastic model rather than the more expensive stainless steel model. The scale measures in 1 gram increments, which is good enough for most kitchen needs. I regularly use it for measuring my espresso coffee ground doses & it gives very consistent, stable readings around 20g. The digital readout is very easy to see & the screen can be easily pulled out of the scales to allow you to use larger containers & still see the readout. The readout is held in place with magnets. The scales are easy to clean with a damp cloth & the flat design, without any grooves etc. to collect spilt flour or liquids etc., help in this respect. A useful feature, which many other scales share, is the 'Tare' function. For example, if you have a bowl on the scale, you simply press the Tare button & the scale will read zero. It is then easy to add any ingredients, without having to allow for the weight of the bowl. Once you have added the ingredient you can the press Tare again & add the next ingredient & so on. I would recommend the OXO Good Grips 5 Pound Food Scales.

Why did I wait so long! – I have been battling on with the old style scale forever. Then I noticed the contestants on Masterchef seemingly adding ingredients to a bowl willy… Read more

nilly. I then realised they were using digital scales.

I was fortunate enough to have enough Flybuys points to be able to redeem this scale.

The scale is small 19 cm x 17 cm (approximately), light and easy to use. It can give weights in imperial or metric. I bake bread each week and it is so easy now to add the ingredients and zero then keep adding and zeroing.

I used to avoid recipes which did not give cup and spoon measurements or just convert them myself as weighing out small amounts of grams was so hard on the old type of scale. Not any more! My husband also uses the scale to weigh out dry pasta when he is cooking it and this is much more effective than just judging by 'eye'.

One of the best new things in the kitchen! Small. light, readout easy to read without putting glasses on. Nothing so far.

I had been using a cheap mini scale for espresso brewing but glad I found the Varia Mini it's a world apart. Accurate and quick to calculate. Also… Read more

shout-out to Alternative Brewing, the staff there were exceptionally helpful by answering all our questions

Perfect for my kitchen – I love this portable scale that I purchased a few years ago now. It's always accurate and I can easily wash it under the tap when it gets egg/flour… Read more

etc on it. It doesn't take too much room in my kitchen drawer too which is great! Love it, love it! Easy to clean and store

Good cheap set of kitchen scales – I purchased this set of scales a couple of years ago in a bit of an emergency situation with a plan to get a better set at a later date but never did… Read more

because these proved to be up to the job! - Inexpensive (cheapest one in the shop at the time of purchase!) - It seems to be pretty accurate - The glass plate unscrews so it can be washed. - Compared to my previous scale this one is pretty low profile - The battery life is good. - It doesn't seem to completely die if you wipe the base over with a damp sponge (which is what killed my previous scales).

Ebay No Name brand scales – Great little scale! Bought for approx $10 about 5 years ago. Have never failed and I can't remember replacing the battery. My grand daughter and I… Read more

ike to cook. Probably the best value in anything I've bought. It has no brand or model number so you'll have to trust my pics. These scales are also tough. I don't know why anyone buys expensive scales. Worth 5 stars all day.

Excellent Espresso Scales – The Ten Mile coffee drip scales are at the cheaper end of the market. Usually, this means something that may or may not deliver within expectations,… Read more

but to quote James Hoffman: "I'm a little bit impressed."

These are likeable coffee scales with several good features, although not perfect. But first, the positives. The scales are backlit with two parts to the display. The lefthand side is a timer that's activated by the start/stop button on the left, and a long press will reset it. It shows seconds and allows a timed extraction. The righthand side shows weight with a tare function. The tare function allows one to zero the weight with items already on the scale to make further measurements for incremental additions.

The scale's response to weight is rapid. This means you can place them on a drip tray, and I will get back to this later, with a glass and measure the coffee as it's extracted through the portafilter. This allows one to time a 2:1 ratio of coffee to water in a 25-35 second window. A heat pad covers the scale's surface to protect it from spillage and is removable for washing. The tray is a 126mm x 126mm platform, allowing me to place my portafilter on it to measure a coffee dose.

The scale can be adjusted for grams or ounces (or pounds, millilitres or millilitres/g) and will handle up to 3000gm of weight. It has an auto-off feature, which comes in handy when the barista gets older, and batteries ( 2 x AAA) are included.

There are, however, a few downsides that prevent it from getting that elusive five stars. The first is overall build quality. It is obvious these scales were built to a budget. It doesn't mean the build is bad, per se, but there's a lot of thin plastic, and its components seem light. It will undoubtedly last the warranty period, but I wonder about its longevity after that.

The next downside is that it's a little taller than some more expensive coffee scales. There was just enough room between the drip tray, scale, espresso glass and portafilter, as shown in my photos, for everything to work. One might be inclined to add this is also a reflection of the Gaggia Classic Pro and its lack of space between the portafilter and drip tray overall. For Gaggia users, it would mean seeking slimmer, aftermarket drip trays that exist.

Finally, spending extra on coffee scales often means BlueTooth/wi-fi connectivity. This is important if you use a prosumer espresso machine with inbuilt connectivity, like the Decent DE1PRO, that uses information from scales to provide an exact volumetric pour. At this price point, I did not expect scales to have them, and, indeed, they did not.

In summary, the Ten Mile coffee drip scales are excellent for the money, and one would have to spend much more, well over a hundred dollars, to find better. These scales are not for the super-serious hobbyist barista who spends thousands on coffee machines and grinders, but for the rest of us. That is, those who enjoy measuring doses and timing their coffee shots to get a better extraction, but are unwilling to go down the rabbit hole of diminishing returns.

Good set of scales – I have owned this set of scales for at least 4 years, and overall I am satisfied with the product. It can take up to 2kg of weight. It has a large… Read more

display screen and is easy to clean. It has a tare weight button, which allows you to place an item on the scales and reset to 0.

This product does what it is supposed to do, it weighs food for me in the kitchen. It is small, lightwight and easy to store. For the most part, it has been reliable. There was a time shortly after I got it that it stopped working and would only show an error message. I contacted Tanita, they had me send the item to them, and returned it fixed within a couple of weeks with no cost to me. They were great to deal with and I have not had any problems with the scales since. This impressed me, as normally when an item like this breaks, it is tossed and you're expected to buy a new one.

Obviously, the fact that they did have a problem with them that needed to be fixed is the only issue I have. However, that was sorted out to my satisfaction.

Needs a function to recalibrate – Very easy to use. tare or reset function keeps weight registered for long enough to gather other ingredients. But, after about 12 months of use,… Read more

the weight measured is off by 20- 25%. (tested with various coins). If I could recalibrate, I'd be very happy with it. But - now I need to buy another one.

Measuring Scales – Not too happy about product size it’s very small, the unit not looking like Stainless Steel-will fit in the pocket. Feel I have not got value for money spent $27 delivered at home.

Nutritional values are out of date – I bought this scale to use for the purpose of carbohydrate counting for my daughter with Type 1 diabetes. Unfortunately you need to purchase the item… Read more

to access the code booklet and then plug in the codes to the scales to get the nutritional amounts. The carb amounts are not accurate for any of the food items that I cross referenced. After reading the Manual I discovered that the nutritional information is based on the German Federal Food Index Version 11.3 dated MAY 1999.

The out of date information had made this a waste of money and time and I’m really disappointed.

Base black plastic degrading into sticky mess. Apparently I need to clean it with lemon according to sunbeam. This only made it worse. Crap quality. I am off this brand completely. No resolution from the company. Show details