Ozeri® Pronto® Digital Multifunction Kitchen and Food Scale with Variable Graduation Technology®, Original

This review is for: Ozeri Pronto Digital Multifunction Kitchen and Food Scale, Original By: Ozeri Store ==================================================== When my last kitchen scale gave up the ghost I tried going without for a while but measuring cups just don't give the accuracy and consistency needed for dry measures. I found that to be especially true for measuring flour. My understanding is that's why cooks used to sift flour before measuring. Scales are much easier and are much more accurate. Also, I don't know anyone who has a flour sifter in their kitchen unless they inherited one from their grandmother. Ok, getting back on track... So I started searching Amazon. With nearly 90,000 mostly positive reviews at the time of this review, I settled on this one. And it didn't disappoint. I love this scale. It does everything I need, but I'm just an average and occasional home cook. For my needs it's very accurate, providing consistent results for my sourdough habit. However, like many scales it may not be accurate when weighing items of just a few grams. For those small measures, don't place your items directly on the scale as currently shown on the product page. Instead, place a plate or bowl on the scale, tare it, and then add the few grams of product to your plate/bowl until you get the desired amount. I read that recommendation years ago and it seems to work for me. NOTE: This tip likely harks back to the days of older analog scales that utilized springs, although I've read that some digital scales still have springs. It's very small so can fit almost anywhere in your cabinets, and is easy to clean. It measures in pounds, grams, ml etc. - whatever you might need. BATTERY SAVING TIME-OUT FEATURE The one negative is that out of the box it shuts down after 2 minutes of inactivity to save batteries. That caught me by surprise a couple of times mid-measure as I was reading recipes, resulting in some bar-room language escaping my mouth. Grudgingly, I resorted to reading the flippin' manual to see if the time-out feature could be controlled. Turns out you can switch between a 2 minute timeout and a 5 minute timeout by pressing and holding the two control buttons (Unit & Tare) at the same time. Problem solved. -- You'll need to repeat this step when changing batteries! I highly recommend this little scale!

In need of a digital scale, I was originally drawn to the ones with a large, flat surface. However, I was intrigued by this one with its smaller footprint, and I couldn't be happier with it. I love its simplicity. I don't want needless settings and features (to break) and I don't want it talking to me lol. There are two buttons on it, one to choose among 5 measuring units (I use the oz or gram) and the "Tare" button, which turns it on, off, and resets to zero. Don't be deceived by the scale's smaller surface in the form of a disc. There isn't one thing I've been unable to measure. If necessary, I can place a bowl on the disc to make weighing certain things easier. I've also used reusable plastic containers. Another handy item to use if you can't place something directly on the surface (or simply don't want to) is a coffee filter. I've used those to weigh cheese and chicken, then just toss them. If you need to weigh liquids, any measuring cup will fit on that base. Just remember to place whatever container you're using on the unit FIRST, notice its weight, THEN hit "Tare." This will reset it to zero so the holding item isn't factored in the weight. (Even toweling or coffee filters have weight.) Another nice thing about this is that it used 2 regular AAA batteries. I don't like button batteries because I find them hard to insert/remove, and they're more expensive, so I was happy that this unit doesn't use them. The display is very basic, with no blue backlight, for those that want that. The numbers, however, are large and it's still easy to read. And what a value at this price! The unit is intuitive and user-friendly, but the instructions are comprehensive for those who want to look them over. I was in the market for a scale, and NOWHERE did I see a selection as large as Amazon's. If you need a simple digital scale, get this one! You won't be disappointed.

I love my Ozeri kitchen scale. It's lightweight, and the small size makes it easy to store. Intuitive controls make it easy to use. Battery life is incredible: I use the scale all the time, can't remember the last time I replaced the batteries. The best part is the durability! I've had mine for 8 years, and with frequent use, it still looks brand new, and works as well as the day I got it. When (if?) it finally wears out, I'll get another one exactly like it. Do yourself a favor and buy this well-made, long-lasting essential kitchen tool.

Great value. Simple, accurate, reliable. I've used it for 5 years and its still going strong. But i think it has some drawbacks if its your sole kitchen scale Suggestions for improvement: 1. Higher precision. Occasionally i want to measure ingredients less than 1 gram total, and this scale cant 2. Screen timeout is too fast - scale turns off automatically after a couple minutes and that erases the measurement. Means i cant incrimentally add ingredients to a bowl on the scale for eg until everything is prepared and out on the counter 3. Difficult to read with some larger items - the scale plate is small which limits the size of things you can measure and makes it very hard to read if for eg you put a big bowl on top to add ingredients into. If the screen had a backlight or if the trey was just bigger that would really be an improvement

i measure, weigh, calculate and total everything i eat so this is a mandatory item and it works great - good selection of units to choose from and easy to use

I bake bread at least once every two weeks, sometimes a little more frequently based on consumption, and always got at least a little bit frustrated with the difference in the size of the loaves and boules. We have limited space in our kitchen, due to the size of it as a whole, so we put off buying a kitchen scale. After baking bread the last time around I decided that it was time to look to see if a scale could be found that would be small enough for storage, while still offering functionality to measure the weights as precise as possible. I looked at a few of the different scales available on Amazon and was definitely not interested in getting one that relies on a watch battery and also wanted one that didn't round the numbers up. This Ozeri Pronto has a small profile, uses two AAA batteries (which were included with the scale) and is precise within +/- 0.1%, based on the testing that another review for this product was able to determine. This Ozeri Pronto food scale was used for making both English muffin and Black Canyon sourdough breads. The English muffin bread was broken in to two loaves and the Black Canyon bread was broken into six parts. This time around I made three loaves, using our new Freshware CB-104RD 6-Cavity Mini Silicone Mold for Soap, Bread, Loaf, Muffin, Brownie, Cornbread, Cheesecake, Pudding, and More and broke the other three into another six parts in total to bake with ham and cheese stuffed inside. I noticed two aspects about this Ozeri food scale, which I don't see as an actual issue, but thought I'd mention. The first is that when I was changing the bread and the tare weight was zero it turned off in less than two minutes, as it felt like it took me about 30 seconds, but could've been a minute, between removing the one dough and had to stop before the other was almost placed on the scale. Basically, you'll want to make sure that any and/or all of the items that you plan on weighing are very much at the ready, otherwise you might need to turn it back on and set the tare up again. The other thing to note is that the ounces appear to change in increments of 0.03, which can make it almost impossible to get a truly precise measurement, but is still pretty close. For the first time since baking homemade bread, all of the various loaves had basically the same pre-baked weight and came out looking approximately the same size too. This Ozeri Pronto food scale works well and I look forward to using it for years to come. If you're in the market for a food scale to use while baking, then this is a good scale to purchase. If you found this review "Helpful", please click the button below.

Best kitchen scale. Weighs up to 11 pounds. Has tare function. Weighs in grams, pounds, ounces I’ve owned it for 10 yrs! Still doing a great job. I use it at least 2xweek

I researched various kitchen scales because I'm just starting to mill & bake my own bread. Had years of experience with quick breads out of a box, beer bread, homemade zucchini, banana & pumpkin breads but always felt making homemade yeast breads was a bit intimidating and time consuming (did not want to fail). I'm also going to introduce ancient grains as I progress for healthier breads. I noticed many recipes are in metric and I don't have the inclination to learn to convert in my head (in my USA culture & growing up we don't use metric but from research I get that it is suppose to be more accurate although I don't recall ever having an issue using our traditional volume measures). The Ozeri digital scale had every feature I wanted for my first scale including a great price of $11 (in case I didn't like it or as sometimes happens the product breaks in short time frame) and a bonus feature. Sometimes the Amazon reviews can leave one bewildered as to what to really expect. So far I'm glad I chose the Ozeri. I can't review its longevity yet but these are the features that helped me decide on the Ozeri A. Goldilocks size (just right! Not too big/too small). There is already enough stuff taking up counter space. B. Goes to 2 digits on OZS, some reviews said it only went to 1 digit (yes I'm going to be using grams but I still have a gazillion recipes that use traditional measures). C. TARE function - awesome. I wouldn't buy a scale that doesn't have TARE feature. D. Good response when adding ingredients, can lag a second but seems other inexpensive brands are the same or worse. E. It holds/displays the value for 2 minutes by default. Bonus: instructions say it can be set to hold for up to 5 minutes (not verified). That is nice option for those days I'm not operating at peak baking organization. F. Has rubberized feet to hold in place but still movable (not suction cups to battle with). G. MAX Weighing over 13 lbs. Not sure I will need that much unless I get really good at bread baking. Others stop at 11 lbs. Like it when a product offers a little extra. H. Easy to use. Two control buttons. Can move through the various Units (6 total) and it remembers initial value. I. Large display although the Units can be hard to see (probably more a function of my eyes than the scale) as you scroll through them. Not a show stopper but if I graduate to a new scale that will be on my want list. J. Uses 2 AAA batteries. I'm grateful power plug not required, small counter space and few accessible outlets. K. Great price. L. 1 year warranty. Hopefully won't need to verify. Offers another year but kinda gimmicky/phishing so I won't be getting it. But I get it, it's marketing. M. It comes in various colors. i dont care unless the only color available is one I don't like. If anyone is still reading and cares I got the silver/black. It's early days but right out of the box I'm happy I chose the Ozeri Pronto. Also it shipped very fast (2-3 days) and n shipping damage.

Recomendo. Muito boa.

This is a wonderful little scale. It’s accurate for weighing food purposes and the tare function is simple to use. I use it frequently for weighing food for defrosting in microwave. I put plate on scale. Weigh plate. Then press tare which zeros out weight of plate. Then place food on plate and it gives me weight of food on whatever measurement scale I want. My meat etc is purchased in kilos but my microwave is set to pounds and often we break up originally packages, so this is wonderful. I’ve been using for months and love it.

Recebi o produto com a embalagem lacrada. O produto é bem construído, não me parece frágil mas deve ser manuseado com cuidado afim de evitar queda. Não conhecia a marca mas pelo que pesquisei, é famosa nesse segmento, inclusive com vários títulos e prêmios devido sua qualidade e confiabilidade. O único porém é, para ela ser designada como balança de precisão, deveria fazer pesagem mostrando valores fracionados, mas só resulta valores cheios. Utilizei um peso de 1.5g e a balança ficava oscilando entre 1g e 2g, mas no meu caso, que será usado para receitas na cozinha, não exige este nível de precisão.

Compre este producto para mi papá ya que al ser dentista necesita estar pesando muchas cosas al momento de trabajar, estas fueron las impresiones de el. PROS: *El producto es bastante solido en su fabricación. *Cuenta con dos botones los cuales sirven para poder controlar el tipo de medida que necesitas. *Incluye 4 baterías AAA. *Tiene soporte hasta 5050 g. *Es exacto al momento de pesar. CONTRAS: *Los materiales de construcción se sienten un poco baratos, al momento de ver la foto da la impresión que esta construido todo en metal o aluminio pero no es así, el producto esta conformado totalmente de plástico en su base y en la base de pesaje es también un tipo de plástico con aleación de otra cosa. ANTES DE COMPRAR: *Esta balanza solo puede pesar hasta 5050 g. *Usa baterías AAA(dos pares de pilas incluidas). *Esta fabricado en plástico. CONCLUSIÓN: Si lo que buscas es una bascula para pesar tus alimentos de forma rápida y precisa, este producto es para ti, sirve y sirve muy bien.

weighs stuff good........