And the muffins taste great! (Kenwood DS800 Electronic Scale)

Member Name: SusanLesley

Product:	Kenwood DS800 Electronic Scale
Date:	16/10/08 (332 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Look great, work well, good price

Disadvantages: None for me

I'll start by explaining why I needed a new set of scales as I thought it would give you a laugh. I was making a batch of muffins and went to use my previous set of scales, but the battery was out of juice and the error message kept coming up so I managed with some really old scales I had when I was dieting. Dave looked on EBay and found the special batteries that I needed and I ordered and paid for them. I then decided to put the scales away until the batteries arrived, sadly as I put the scales onto the shelf I misjudged it and dropped them! So I have gone from having scales and no working battery to having a pack of new batteries and no scales! LOL!

I hadn't really thought about how and when I was going to replace the scales but when we were in Matalan last week I saw the Kenwood DS800 Electronic Scale with Glass Platform priced at just £12.00. I decided that this was a bargain I couldn't ignore!

Incidentally these scales currently cost £12.99 plus postage from Amazon or £9.99 plus £4.99 postage from EBay.

The scales were nicely packed in a sturdy box with a clear picture of the scales on the front. A 9v battery is needed to make the scales work but one is not included in the box so you need to buy this separately.

The whole thing comes with a one year guarantee.

The scales themselves are square in shape and look very smart with a chrome effect base and a square glass weighing platform. These scales are the 'add and weigh' sort of scale as opposed to the old fashioned sort which had a bowl in which you put the items to be weighed.

The maximum weight for the scales is 5kg or 11lb, accurate to 1g, so that's fine for general baking even when I am weighing ingredients in heavy Pyrex bowls.

The weighing platform of the scales is made from glass and so is easy to clean and is also resistant to staining. The whole thing stands on rubberized feet so that it is stable on the work surface. Ideal if you are accident prone like me!

There are three buttons on the front of the scales beneath a good sized display window, so even if your eyesight isn't brilliant you should still be able to use these scales.

The right hand button is the on / off button. Obviously enough this switched the machine on and off manually, but it will also switch itself off after a period of inactivity to save the battery.

The middle button is the zero button. This means that you can put the ingredients in your mixing bowl one at a time, returning the display to zero each time so that you weigh each ingredient individually.

The left hand button is pressed to change the weighing unit. You have the choice of kg, grams, lbs or ozs so, for example, you can have the choice whether you weigh your ingredients as 18ozs or 1lb 02ozs if you see what I mean.

Anyway what I am trying to tell you all is that these scales are brilliant. They look smart, they were cheap to buy and they are accurate and easy to clean - what more could I ask?

Summary: An excellent set of scales!