Digital Nutrition Scale (Silver)

I go along with most of the cheering that is shown for the Kitrics Scale. Bravo. Here are the key points for me and three suggestions:1) The unit is very well built and easy to clean.2) The readings are accurate and the logic behind the daily tally is right on: I can find with my research no other scale that integrates daily nutritional values for such a wide range of foods.3) The tare functionality is especially good and allows meals with four or five ingredients to be added (with tares in between portions). The accuracy of each new weighing is correct even though the total weight might be 500 grams.4) My scale went "belly up" after three months. The supplier of Kitrics had a new scale to me in five days with need to return the dead one.Suggestions:1) You do not need to count every celery stock to get an accurate tally. Do the same thing that the IRS allows you to do with a "standard deduction". All of the vegetables and incidental calories are rolled up in a single adjustment of 250 calories with the scale is zeroed. This is by weighing a standard weight which is calibrated to return the calories, carbs, protein of 250 calories. Saves a lot of time each day.2) It helps to create (via Excel or other) a chart for myself that I post near the scale with most used food codes..3) The beeping may be a bother to some: still the buttons are all modern and silent, so the beep does let you know when an entry has been made

When I originally started using this scale, it was almost 6 years ago and it was the scale my step father had in our house. now years later when I was shopping for one for my own home, I went ended going back to the same scale. This scale is great in that it shows all the nutritional information on the screen as well as the weight in grams and ounces. It is easy to use - you get a book with the codes - punch in the code and go. and it is fairly accurate. The size of scale is a great size. Fits anywhere in the kitchen. I keep mine on the counter next to my coffee pot and it is rarely in the way. It is light if you need to move it, and the platform where you put the food you are measuring is a great size. If needed, you can always put the food in small lightweight bowl or container, tare it, and then weight your food to prevent a lot of cleaning up. I would compare the read out of nutritional information to me FitBit App and they were almost matching. It is great for the price. Highly recommend to anyone trying to lose weight, maintain weight, or just trying to be a bit more healthier.

The scale is easy to use and I like the breakdown of calories, carbs, etc. When ordering, I ignored earlier reviews that indicated the display is dark and hard to read. They were right. I sometimes have to slide the scale around on my kitchen counter until my ceiling lights hit just right so I can see the numbers displayed. That's a down-mark but I've gotten used to it. Haven't figured out how to change the display from grams to ounces. Yes, there is a button to push but the default is grams so I have to constantly remember to hit that button after my food has been weighed. All in all, not a bad product. If mine ever breaks, I'd order the same one again.

WORKS JUST GREAT FOR DIABETIC CARB COUNTING!!Keep in mind that my Type 2 Diabetic husband refuses to learn to input a new phone contact into his dated flip phone! Because he is such a delight .. and takes such good care of me in so many ways .. I agree to this little quirk of his! But YES .. you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!After yet again another kind scolding from his diabetic food counselor I knew he had finally "gotten religion" so I researched "Best diabetic food scale". Up popped this scale .. seemed primarily for dieting .. BUT the reviews had enough info on carb counting that I researched it further. AND WOW!! Upon receipt of the product .. it is working just GREAT! My "Old Dog" with a fair amount of help and coaching is actually working his program!To help him ward off daily frustration in using the scale for the normal/usual food code items I set up a yellow pad with the below headings and told him that if he just kept a record of his weekly food intake .. I would type it up for easy/quick food code reference for him. I would then laminate it .. he could keep it beside his scale and then would only have to check the food codes for the occasional items.He was delighted at that idea and was happy to co operate in keeping a one week record of food intake!My instruction to him:**FIRST WEEK KEEP A RECORD OF PERSONAL FOOD ITEMS CONSUMED .. TO CREATE A QUICK FOOD CODE REFERENCE GUIDE TO KEEP BESIDE FOOD SCALE:Headings: FOOD NAME .. FOOD CODE .. # CARBS .. QUANTITY CONSUMEDTHEN TYPE THE RECORD AND LAMINATE FOR PROTECTION:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004TS60/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1#Ask** WILL TRY TO REMEMBER TO UPDATE AFTER A PERIOD OF USAGE TO LET YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT LASTED AND HOW WELL! WE HAVE ONLY USED IT ONE DAY!