Salter 6055SSDR Stainless-Steel Digital Kitchen Scale
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Manufacturer: SalterBrand: Salter
Model: 6055SSDR
Color: Silver
Product features:
- Electronic kitchen scale weighs food up to 11 pounds or 5 kg in 1/8-ounce or 1-gram increments
- Weigh directly on hygienic stainless-steel platform or in a bowl/container (not included)
- Soft-touch buttons and easy-to-read angled LCD display; choose between metric or imperial
- Auto or manual shut-off; dishwasher-safe stainless-steel platform cover; batteries included
- Measures approximately 10 by 8-2/5 by 2-1/2 inches; 10-year limited warranty
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Salter 6055SSDR Stainless-Steel Digital Kitchen Scale
Customer Review: Excellent Multi-Purpose Precision Scale
Summary: 4 Stars
Product: Salter 11-Pount Electronic Scale with Stainless Steel Top
I bought this scale when it first came out a few years back, after seeing some glowing recommendations for it in the King Arthur Flour catalog, and later in Cook's Illustrated. Overall, I'm very pleased with it.
Strengths:
* Good Capacity: It can handle up to 11 lbs.
* Good Precision: It's accurate to the nearest gram. Actually, if you count instances where it toggles back and forth between two readings, you can interpret that as half-gram precision ... but that's being a bit generous.
* Speed: The unit is able to tare quickly, and weight readings stabilize with equal speed.
* Durable: It's stainless, easy to clean, and moisture resistant.
* Battery: This uses the ubiquitous lithium pancake type batteries, whose chief advantage is very long life. The unit also conserves battery power by turning itself off automatically, after a minute or so of inactivity.
* ENGLISH/METRIC: The unit defaults to english, but switches to metric with the push of a button.
Weaknesses:
* MEMORY: It would be nice if this unit could remember, or enable you to hard-set, which measurement system it defaults to. As is, every tiume I turn it on, I have to press the button to change to metric.
* DISPLAY: I wish the automatic shutoff was a little slower than it is. The shutoff time is better than most, but would benefit from being even longer. I'd happily trade a small fraction of battery life for less instances of losing my measurement. However, there are ways around this {see HELPFUL TIPS below}.
* BATTERIES: The lithium batteries have a delightfully long life, but part of me still rebels at disposeable batteries, and wishes that they'd convert this unit to the newert state of the art NMHi "low-self-discharge" rechargeables, in more common sizes.
* CAPACITY: Call me greedy, but I wish they'd come out with a model that has could handle more than 11 lbs, and could also handle precision greater than 1 gram ... but that's a very minor nit. This unit is already far better than most on both counts, so I have no reason to compain.
Bottom line: Highly recommended. I've already converted most of my baking recipes to gram scale, in order to take full advantage of this unit.
HELPFUL TIPS:
* SELF-TARE: I've found it helpful to use the etching heat of a dremel stylus to measure and mark the capacity and tare weight (in grams) on the underside of all of my metal pots and stainless steel work bowls ... so that I can measure ingredients directly into the pan/bowl, and not have to worry about the auto-shutoff feature.
* MEDICATIONS: Here's a handy trick ... tired of counting your 90-day mail order prescriptions ? Simply record the weight of 90 pills on your next refill, and then compare weights for each subsequent refill - that way you only need to count pills if the weight differs by more than 1-2 grams.
* POSTAGE: This unit can also be used to weigh small packages for approximating postage.
Description of Salter 6055SSDR Stainless-Steel Digital Kitchen Scale
The stainless steel cover removes for easy cleaning.The scale weighs up to 11-pound or 5kg.The weighing increments are 1/8th of and ounce or 1-gram.The angled 10mm LCD display is easy to read.Scales
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