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Digital Kitchens scales - small amounts.

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kittylester Sun 12-May-13 14:09:54

I've got the Salter ones and love the fact that you can keep zeroing them.

But, aren't 5 grams the same as 5 ml therefore 1 teaspoon? Or is that why I can't cook? confused

Florence56 Sun 12-May-13 13:17:13

Thanks for the ideas......will take a look.

Soupy Sat 11-May-13 20:01:18

I've also got the Joseph Joseph digital scales and they are amazing!

Use them for everything as they are so quick and easy; even weigh out my breakfast cereal!!

Nelliemoser Sat 11-May-13 19:41:50

Shortly after Christmas I treated myself to a set of old fashioned balance scales with metric weights.
Black cast iron, on a wooden base with a stainless steel scoop. The weights I bought are modern, cylindrical and come with a circular wooden box drilled to take each weight which makes it very easy to check none of the small ones have gone missing.

They are more pricey that most but I am sure more accurate.

After having tried two digital ones that stopped working properly, and spring balance ones that became unreliable, my new ones are sheer bliss. They measure accurately to 5grms, and you don't really need to bother with less accuracy unless you are a chemist or a crack dealer.

Stansgran Sat 11-May-13 19:10:14

My digital scales are also salter but only weighs grams in increments of two so 123 Grammes is a no no it's 124 or122

GillieB Sat 11-May-13 18:10:32

My digital scales are from Joseph Joseph and are absolutely brilliant. They are a very good shape and the bowl fits neatly over the top. But the best thing is that at the press of a button you can change the units - ie, grammes, lbs and ozs, mls, etc., which means that using old recipes is very easy as you don't have to try to change anything.

Enviousamerican Sat 11-May-13 16:19:02

amazon has them.Id give you a link but I use a iPad.Looks like they have several to choose from.Mine is Salter 1041WHDR.

Enviousamerican Sat 11-May-13 16:11:36

My son bought me a very nice scale,brand name salter.It is about 7 inches by 9 and made of a tempered glass. seems sturdy and is easy to clean.Battery has lasted several years. It has a digital readout in the flat surface. It is very accurate.

Florence56 Sat 11-May-13 15:50:35

Hello,
I need to replace my digital kitchen scales, thought that would be easy - pop on internet and hey presto, but no!
Even when you get lots of information about what the scales do they do not let you know how small they accurately measure. Its all Paul Hollywoods fault, but his receipes call for things like 10gm of yeast or salt and my old scales just can't cope. Has anyone got any recommendations please?