🔢 Accurate and Convenient: OXO Good Grips 5-lb Food Scale with Pull-Out Display Review

I Love This Scale! The fact that the display slides out so you can read it when you have a large bowl/onion on it. This is a good size for storage. Actually this is my second. I had my first for about nine years. I use it all the time and eventually it stops working. Use it daily and I really liked it. I definitely got my money's worth. Glad it was replaced. Not too many changes. It's easy to switch between measurements as well as zero when she puts something on it to fill/measure.

I have a meal plan where I weigh and measure ALL my food. So over the last few years I've had ALL types of food scales and keep going back to these. OXO is a great brand and the fact that you can pull out the screen when the plate is big so you can still see the numbers is priceless. The only thing I don't like is that I have to hold the button to turn it off, the old version didn't do that - I think the battery can run out a lot sooner now, but I see that it's fine now is because it doesn't…

To achieve a rating above 2 requires the auto off feature. you just don't always remember. I've gotten better over time, but even using regular alkaline batteries I get 2 to 3 weeks of use (it takes 4 batteries). I have tried Ultimate lithium batteries and used them for 4 months, thinking about turning them off about 80% of the time. When the battery dies, the display goes blank, making you think you've turned it off, but you really haven't, and then it drains much faster. Get a scale that's a…