Salter Electronic Platform Scale

I had been wanting to update my set of kitchen scales with a more modern version for quite some time but never seemed to get around to it. I had already decided that I was going to electronic scales in the hope that they would be easier and more convenient to use than the more traditional 'pointer' scales, and had half-heartedly had a look around online at a few options, but never made any firm decisions, other than deciding that my new purchase would come from the well-known "Salter" brand. I had heard many good reports about this brand and had many positive reports about the brand online. By ... more

Weigh it up I needed some electronic scales because I had some cheapo traditional mechanical ones that I think were from the pound shop and I found them difficult to set to zero and they weren’t as precise as I would have liked. I originally went to Argos and ended up buying their value electronic scales as I am usually a big fan of value ranges for items that are going to go in a drawer and only be used on an occasional basis. Unfortunately on this occasion the Argos value scales were absolutely useless and were quickly returned to the store where I swapped them for these Salter electronic ... more

I like to do a lot of cooking and baking and because of this, I did end up buying a really decent set of kitchen scales. I had looked around and Salter are always one of the best brands for this kind of thing and so this is why I went for this Arc model. I liked the look of these and although on Amazon, these were really slated with terrible reviews it didn't put me off as I like to give things a try and make up my own mind. Also, these were on sale at a really reasonable price which made me even more ready to buy these. APPEARANCE These are a black plastic scale and on the front is the Salter ... more

I had broken the old kitchen scales as I dropped them and unfortunately when they fell I broke the dial so after them working well for many years I had to invest in a new set. Then I decided to do some cooking one morning and I completely forgot that they were broken, so when I picked up the cooking ingredients from Sainsbury’s I also had to purchase a new set of scales. Unfortunately they did not have a wide selection they had one set, so I didn’t really have a choice. The Salter black electronic scales were £12.99, it was a little more than I wanted to pay, but as they were electronic I ... more