Kitchen
Amazon Basics Digital Kitchen Scale with LCD Display Review
A practical look at the Amazon Basics Digital Kitchen Scale with LCD Display, including stainless steel weighing surface, tare function, multiple measurement units, eleven-pound capacity, compact design, customer feedback, pros, cons, and common complaints.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Product Overview
The Amazon Basics Digital Kitchen Scale is intended to be used in your home every day as you weigh all of the foods you prepare to bake or cook meals. It also supports use for measuring portions of foods or beverages, such as when brewing coffee.
Its weighing surface is made of stainless steel. It includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that shows how much something weighs. The scale also has a tare feature which can help you measure things by comparing them to each other.
Customers Say
Many users claim the digital kitchen scale is user-friendly and produces fast, easy to read weight measurements for daily cooking or baking.
Users of the product find the tare feature useful as they can put an empty container onto the device then reset the display to zero and weigh just the contents.
The customer's satisfaction with the products' compactness is also positive as the digital scale is small enough to be stored within a kitchen drawer when not in use.
Customer feedback regarding its long term reliability is varied. Users have reported using the same units for several years. However other users state that their unit did not continue to perform well beyond a year.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Stainless steel weighing surface
- Easy-to-read LCD display
- Tare function
- Measures up to eleven pounds
- Supports multiple measurement units
- Compact and easy to store
- Two AAA batteries included
- Good value for everyday kitchen use
Cons
- Long-term durability appears inconsistent
- Small platform may be less convenient for oversized containers
- Battery powered rather than rechargeable
- Display can be harder to see under very large bowls
- Basic design with no smart connectivity
Video Review
Bottom Line
The Amazon Basics Digital Kitchen Scale has some of its greatest strengths in that it's a very inexpensive and easy to use scale. It is also an excellent tool for baking, as well as general cooking, measuring portions for yourself or others like children, and daily use with the foods you cook. The digital kitchen scale has many good qualities such as a stainless steel surface to weigh on, a tare feature, the ability to measure in several different units, a small design so it takes up less space on your counter, and a clear easy to read screen.
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.