Escali Pico HP High Precision PR500S Kitchen and Office Scale

As noted in other reviews, this scale is TINY and is only meant to weigh small quantities. However, we use small, light metal bowls to weigh out our salt and yeast for all of our artisan bread recipes. We always weigh our ingredients and we were never able to find a scale sensitive enough for these 1-2 gram increments. We have used it several times and are impressed by the accuracy . The only fiddly thing about it is a short (2-3 second) lag between adding ingredients and when the weight changes, so you need to add some salt/yeast, wait a bit for a beep, then add more. This is not a complaint, but just a heads up! Great scale.

but, it turns our I bought the wrong scale for my needs. No fault of Amazon, whatsoever. Totally my fault!The recently purchased scale is a model N115S, which has single gram resolution and 5000 gram or 11 pounds capacity. Great for weighing out large quantities of food for preparation.The scale that I was hoping to replace was the Model PR 500S which externally *looks* pretty much the same. Our intended use is for measuring roast coffee for espresso, and this scale has 1/10th gram resolution and reduced capacity of 18 ounces.I can absolutely make due with the second scale. And I should look more closely at the specs of what I'm buying.

Unboxed the scale and plugged in the battery, to find it with total gibberish on the display (seemed like a bug/malfunction). After messing with the buttons a bunch (none of the stuff in the single-sheet manual helped at all) I got it to function normally, however the scale's tare function does not work for the thing I bought the scale for (weighing my espresso dose). Whenever a certain amount of weight is put on the scale, the tare function stops working altogether. I haven't tested it, but my 363 gram portafilter (which is much less than the 500g maximum weight for this scale) is over the threshold, so the tare function simply will not work. I can make do with doing the math in my head every time, but the tare function is one of the basic things a scale should do, so I'm very disappointed.

I am a messy baker, and spill liquids, flour, and batter all over this and it never malfunctions. I just clean it and repeat. This scale is great for ingredients like salt and other ingredients where you may want 6.2 grams. If you tried that with a regular scale, you could get 5 or 7 grams.

Purchased to test for bottling gourmet dried herb blends, between 0.4 ounces to 3.5 ounces. Scale seems like it will work perfectly for my needs, but it is a little different than other reviews led me to believe. There is no calibration weight or case included, and in reality, this model is not able to be calibrated. However, upon testing with coins was very accurate. Scale is quite small and would not be easy to use with even a salad sized plate or bowl, but for a small cup will be perfect. Love that it goes as small as 0.000 ounces.

A scale needs to measure how much food there is and display how much there is. Well, it stopped displaying how much there is, and no amount of reasonable repair efforts got anywhere. It's not like it has much in the way of features (grams to ounces, pieces, tare, beeping, that's about it), so the lack of reliability is pretty inexplicable. This particular model and manufacturer came well-recommended, and after using it I don't know why. It's only usable for small quantities and anything larger than a tiny plate will hide the display.

Someone said that this must be for drug dealers, because it can’t be used in the kitchen. There are numerous errors in the description, so I thought I would correct those and tell you what it is used for.First of all, the limit is 500 grams for the Escali Pico, and the size is tiny. It is used primarily to count large numbers of tiny things. Suppose you need 500 small glass or metal beads. You weigh a much smaller number according to the directions, then switch to count mode, and either use this to tell you how many you have all together, or else to tell you when you’ve reached the amount you need. I’m a mathematician, so I never use it that way.Instead, I use it for yarn. I know how many yards are originally in a skein from the yarn label. Take the weight in grams (trust me, it’s easier) of the leftover yarn and divide by the weight of the full skein/hank (usually 100gm), then multiply by the # of yards originally in the skein. That gives you a good estimate of how many yards are left. If you knit or crochet, it is a godsend. It allows you to make the best use of your leftover yarn without always falling back on scrap patterns.

I use this scale to measure coffee for roasting and brewing. It is just ok and very cheaply made. The "on" button rubbed off almost immediately. It only gives to the nearest gram. No decimals. It is slow to adjust when adding or subtracting beans and gives slightly different readings. It just isn't accurate enough if that is what you need.