http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: scales for baking en Fri, 22 May 2026 01:40:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9567#post-101821 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:45:02 +0000 Cyclingmollie 101821@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've used a see-through one with a tare function which was great but we just have an old mechanical dial one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9567#post-101814 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:30:50 +0000 BikeFan 101814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We've had a Silverline digital scale for ages, it works well and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004P3SKN2/?tag=hydra0b-21&amp;hvadid=9550933269&amp;ref=asc_df_B004P3SKN2">this link at £8.11 free p+p</a> is, I'm sure, a bit cheaper than when we got ours!</p> <p>Pop bowl on platform, zero the scale, add 1st ingredient, zero the scale again, etc - or weigh things separately. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9567#post-101811 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:17:13 +0000 cc 101811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We bought <a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-electronic-kitchen-scale-5kg-white/p231433433">John Lewis's cheap scales</a> and they seem fine. I don't think I do as much baking as you though.</p> <p>My Dad still has our 1950s (or earlier?) Wey-Lux scales so I envy recombodna his! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9567#post-101802 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:12:52 +0000 sallyhinch 101802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We have a little Salter - doesn't seem to have a model name but it says model no. 1030 underneath (a quick google suggests it's also an aquatronic though not with a see-through platform - this seems to be the one <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-1030-Aquatronic-Kitchen-Scale/dp/B000HBK0Y8" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-1030-Aquatronic-Kitchen-Scale/dp/B000HBK0Y8</a> ). Had it about 8 years, and nary a problem, weighs down to the gram (I've not tested it for accuracy but our baking works reasonably well), it's tiny and it's a flat platform. Its only flaw is that you can't put the Magimix jug on it, though I could work around it by balancing a plate on it first. Maybe you just got a duff one if you're having problems? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9567#post-101801 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:51:13 +0000 recombodna 101801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I still use scales that were made in the 1950's......... they still work a treat. Which reminds me ...it's pizza night. Woohoo </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9567#post-101795 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:03:50 +0000 SRD 101795@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>we're looking to replace our scales with somehting durable and reliable. We had a scale that lasted for years, but eventually died, right before Christmas a or two year ago. I wanted one that I could put my own bowl on ie a flat platform sort of thing (the old very reliable one had its own bowl thing). So we tried one, which was returned within days because we couldn't get it to work (we may even have tried two of the same model). A this point we were getting desperate and various ones that were recommended (John Lewis?) were out of stick, it being a busy time of year. So we eventually got a salter acquatronic with a see through platform, which has been a pain ever since - the battery doesn't sit well, even with much blutack, and the patform bit is now coming apart. </p> <p>So, what shoud we get that is small, reliable, and lets me put my mixing bowl on top? </p>