Recommended inexpensive scale for weighing coffee? - Page 2

[ntwkgestapo]

I use the Harbor Freight scale mentioned above to weigh my shots and use an Escali scale to do less precise measurements (splitting a new batch into smaller "chunks" prior to freezing some of it, etc)...

The Harbor Freight scale has an upper limit of 500g so I do not use it to weigh the P/F with filter basket in place, etc. I just put the basket on the scale, tare and then dose into said basket... Others do it differently, but this seems to work for me!

[espressme]

Hi Folks, FWW. YMMV
I use the Harbor Freight and usually it is less than US $10 when on sale about once a month. I can use it with my smaller pfs. It is a nice size for baskets and fits really nice on the PF rest of the Mazzer.
Cheers
Richard
PS No, I don't have my own set of Fabdlux grips yet!

[CoffeeOwl]

Hi Richard!
I dig the Coffee Kids Cupping Device on the right on your picture.

[Abe Carmeli]

For a few more bucks The Acculab PP-201 is my favorite at $38.00+shipping. Besides being accurate, it is very small and It comes with a 100 gram calibration weight, which none of the others offer.

[Ducatista]

Hi

I am looking for some suggestions for a good 0.1g. Would be nice if it had the feature that permits convenient zeroing out for the weight of either a ramekin or the portafilter itself.

Anybody find a suitable scale on Amazon for example?

Thanks in advance.

[cafeIKE]

Check out Basket Overdosing; time for a serious re-evaluation!

[HB]

Ducatista, I merged your question with a thread on the same subject. There are lots of choices; the key deciding factors for me were the auto-shutoff period (preferably one minute or more; many turn off after 30 seconds), battery type, and convenience. Most of the time I'm using one with a backlit display that uses lithium batteries. They need replacing once or twice a year versus my backup that lasts a year or two because it has no backlighting. On the other hand, I like the touchscreen display.


Search on touch screen 500 gram scale