Salter 424 Compact

Advantages: looks nice in your bathroom
Disadvantages: needs calibrating regularly

...I, like most of us, have experienced the feeling of dread that comes with weighing yourself after the post xmas blowout. I decided that i would join an online dieting club to try to lose the xmas excess (as will as the pre xmas stuff!). I have bought myself a brand new set of Salter scales in the vain hope that a new set will bring me luck this year! I bought the scales from Homebase - a home improvements store with branches nationwide- for £9.99 which is quite reasonable as the Salter brand is reknowned in the weighing world as being one of the most accurate. These are mechanical scales so i thought that maybe they would not be as accurate as electronic ones,but finances dictated that these were all i could afford at the time. Salter do a wide range of mechanical and electronic scales to suit every budget and these were the 2nd... Read review

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Advantages: Compact, accurate, good price, 10 year guarantee
Disadvantages: None at all

...– the Salter Microtronic Kitchen Scale at a price of £24.99, so that was added to my wish list. Luckily for me I got exactly what I had asked for and I have to say it is not as good as the Argos catalogue would have you believe – it is much better! This little gadget (if you can call it that) is worth its weight in gold – if you’ll forgive the pun! The scale comes well packed in a smart box about 9” x 8” x 2” so it is really easy to wrap and transport as a present. Just thinking along those lines it would make an ideal engagement or wedding present. The scale itself is of the add and weigh variety, meaning that you can put your mixing bowl, or whatever, on the scale, zero it, and add further ingredients. Often this type of scale has its own bowl, which I always find a bit of a nuisance to store, so I was pleased to find that this scale does... Read review

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Advantages: Very accurate!
Disadvantages: Too accurate!

....lakelandlimited.com). I’d already decided that I wanted a scale by Salter because of the reputation of the manufacturer and settled on the Block Design Scale (reference 7239 in the Lakeland catalogue) because it’s small and unobtrusive. “Why not slot it between your cookbooks?” suggests Lakeland. This might be a little problematic for me as my cookbooks tend to be scattered all over my (and sometimes, other people’s) house, but it would be perfectly possible to do this. It’s 19cm square, 2cm high and made from stainless steel. I’ve found a slight disadvantage in the finish, which has the look of brushed stainless steel in that the only time it’s looked completely clean was on the day I got it out of the box. I seem to chase smears round the surface without ever getting rid of them completely. I live in hope of being able to chase them over the edge... Read review

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