Scale Magazine

Kitchen Scales 2.0

"Making Cooking Easy and Fun"

The future of kitchen scales is at hand. They are used not only for baking and cooking but also for zillions of other uses. From baking to weighing out meals users are finding these scales to save time and money. Today we will be taking a look at a few models which we think are the top of the line in their field. We will be looking at new features and ways to make the user experience very enjoyable.

“These aren’t your grandma’s kitchen scales”. At the end of the day this is the future of kitchen scales. The sleek new designs as well as the larger capacity yet higher accuracy scales are the way of the future. We’re impressed with these weighing devices and how much easier they made our simple batch of carob nut brownies to bake. We’re always excited to see new products emerge and are looking forward to the next big thing to come out.

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The New Look Of Digital Scales

 "Weighing in the newest designs the industry has to offer"

What should a scale look like? Until the 1990’s we would have thought of a giant metal Toledo or perhaps an old faithful beam balance. That all changed with Tanita went mass-market with smaller calculator shaped digital scales. Time went on and consumers started demanding new “modern” styles and designs for their scales. This has caused manufacturers to rethink what a scale should look like and look towards the newest popular items to style their scales after. Recently there has been a trend to produce scales that look like household items. These include scales that look like digital cameras, cell phones, PDA’s and MP3 players. The same thing has happened to the clock industry and various other industries. Everyone thinks an iPhone is cool, so manufacturers think “hey let’s make a scale or clock that looks like one of those”. While they may appear funny, underneath their cell phone appearance they are still a scale designed for weighing.

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Market Commentary

 "The Chinese Invasion Continues"

Digital Compact precision scales have been readily available for the past 20 years.  In the beginning the major players were only Tanita, Acculab and Ohaus.  My Weigh and Gram Precision entered the market later and that was pretty much the bulk of the market for many years.  Now it seems every other day there is a new scale "brand" entering the market. Similar to the deregulation of telephones,  the recent increase in off-brands and no-name brands flooding the scale market direct from China has both it's positive and negative effects.

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