Salter 9010

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: Large plate, safety cut off switch when left unattended, generous steam
Disadvantages: Tank on the small side if you are doing a big iron

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Advantages: Compact, very easy to use and read, 10 year guarantee
Disadvantages: None

...clean and possibly trapping moisture and leading to rust. The electronic models are sometimes fashion statements, which frankly doesn't interest me. Sometimes they claim to measure body fat, again something of no interest (in any case, I wouldn't trust the measurement, surely it depends on how thick your skin is and whether it's dry or wet?). Some models have a clock - who looks at their scales when they want to know the time? They can also be difficult to read although some have a separate read out that you can fix on the wall at eye level. Not suitable for me as the scales are under a window. Hunting around John Lewis' store, I noticed the Salter 9030. Brilliant ! Why? Only 32cm square, white plastic top with no raised edges. Reads in pounds, stones and pounds, or kilograms, preselected by a sliding switch underneath. The LED display... Read review

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