Customer Reviews

Salter Slim Design Electronic Platform Kitchen Scale, Black

5 star:		(279)
4 star:		(59)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(28)

 

 

What more can be said? It's such a slim device and is perfect for storage in our cupboard. The display is clear and its easy to use; the units being changed by just one button. Its also very accurate, which makes a change!

The build quality is also what you'd expect from Salter. This is essential if you're a busy bee in the kitchen!

Always having to stand in the same position without daring to move so your eyes are in line with the dial, NO MORE do I have to do this. A revolation for me, add your ingredients accurately, press zero and add some more, so quick and easy. You can use any bowl/instrument to add your ingredients too. I love the design also, they just fit into any space/drawer. They feel sturdy and I definitely recommend if you are sick and tired of adjusting your eyes with a dial on manual scales, buy these. My cakes have never tasted as good!!!! Like cakes and not biscuits!!!!

I bought these scales as a replacement for my old Swan digital scales and it has been a superb purchase.

I use scales mainly for bread making and it is very accurate and sensitive to to even the smallest additions.Handy to put the breadmaker bowl on the scales and zero it between additions.

I was a bit doubtful about how it could measure liquids (ml) so used an accurate jug to pour liquids into the breadmaker bowl but the scales were spot on so now all the measurements are done by the scales apart from teaspoons of yeast and even 1 was registered on the scale!

One SLIGHT critisism is that the indicators of what mode you are in ie, grammes. ounces, ml etc are rather small for MY eyesight but the readout is great.

Another critisism is that it is now cheaper since I bought it!!!!

All in all a great machine and a fantastic price too with a 15 year guarantee.

How often do you see that nowadays!!!

March 2011.
After more than 2 years of use it is still fantastic and I think it is still the same battery!
I do a lot on ebay and need accurate scales for postage and they always have the same reading as on the Post Office scales.

I decided to renew my old salter scales after 42 years. What an absolute joy, no more guessing if the needle is in the right place,looking this way and then the other way. It is instant and accurate, and so slim and good looking, can't bear to hide them in the cupboard just yet. Also treated myself to a stainless steel bowl, so light and easy to wash. I think these will last me for the rest of my baking days. Why did'nt I go modern years ago. Thank you so much.

Decided to update my old mechanical scales and I am amazed how I lived without these for so long. They are so slim that they fit easily in my cupboard out of the way. No longer do I need to weigh food in one container and then add to another. These scales allow a container to be placed on them and then the counter to be set to zero. Ingredients can then be added in metric, imperial or liquid measurements. Again you can zero the counter and add the next ingredients.

I considered spending much more and after spending a while looking around I decided on these. I am very glad I didn't go for a more expensive option as these are very accurate (to 0.1g), easy to use and small enough to store away without losing vital cupboard space.

For the frequent and infrequent cook I highly recommend these.

I love my new scales, it is such a revelation to have measuring exactitude and no more guessing where the needle's really pointing on my old set!! I also think it's incredibly easy to use and so small and easy to store away when not in use. Whilst it's very handy to be able to flit between weighing metric, imperial and liquids, the only reason these scales don't score 5/5 stars for me, is that the symbols on the screen are so ridiculously tiny to read, I struggle even with my glasses on! All in all though, that's a minor complaint, as I only ever really use grams. As I'm on a special eating plan at the moment, I can even take these scales around with me in my handbag - sounds sad, but it's quite a stylish little bit of kit, so I don't feel bad about whipping it out in public!! The product is excellent - don't be without one.

These are very nice kitchen scales which won't get in the way. The display updates speedily in 1g increments. The top surface is all one piece which overlaps the base - a neat design which should reduce clogging from food debris. One star less than five for using unrechargeable lithium batteries.

I have only had these scales a few weeks, but i think they are brilliant. I only wish i had bought them ages ago. They make cooking so easy. The scales are so self explanatory that no instrustions are required.
They are slim and so easy to store away.
Only problem is im baking cakes all the time now, just to have an excuse to use my scales.
Money well spent.

I've been wanting to upgrade my old scales for some time but didn't want to spend the earth. I saw these and thought that they would do the job - and have to say since trying them I've been really impressed! They're really compact and look really good quality. They weigh in both g and oz as expected but I didn't realise that they also weigh fluid measures as well which is a real bonus. An additional plus is the "zero" function which allows you to zero the counter before adding each ingredient - my old scales didn't have this and its brilliant! For the price these are excellent and I'd highly recommend them.

In my opinion there is a design fault with these scales. If you place a large bowl on the scales you cannot see the digital reading because the bowl obscures it. Ideally you should be able to add all the ingredients for a cake one after the other in a mixing bowl, but with these scales you need to weigh them in a smaller bowl first. I would recommend you buy scales where there is more distance between the displayed digits and the actual scale.