Re: [london.food] Scales

[prev] [thread] [next] [lurker] [Date index for 2006/3/6]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 08:45:40PM +0000, David Cantrell wrote:

>So, any recommendations for kitchen scales that will go up to - say -
>5lb, in readable 0.5oz increments?  It needs to be that accurate at
>least over the first four ounces.  If it loses resolution higher up the
>scale I don't really mind.

I use a simple old-fashioned _balance_, rather than spring-scales. They
have binary weights from I think 1/4oz (might be 1/8oz) to 2lb (so I can
measure up to just-under-4lb in one go). They work. I seem to remember
they cost a bit, but they're well worth it. No electricity needed, and
they'll even work under different gravity should that be a
consideration.

Roger

• [london.food] Scales David Cantrell 20:45 on 06 Mar 2006
  I very rarely bother with measuring my ingredients. A handful of this,
  • Re: [london.food] Scales Roger Burton West 20:51 on 06 Mar 2006
    I use a simple old-fashioned _balance_, rather than spring-scales. They
    • Rev Simon Rumble 20:58 on 06 Mar 2006
      And much more accurate they are. You can do the old fashioned method of
      • too deep to show
  • Natarajan Krishnaswami 05:11 on 07 Mar 2006
    -

Generated at 00:00 on 11 Mar 2006 by mariachi 0.41