Side by Side Comparison of: American Weigh vs American Weigh Scales vs Albert y Ferran Adria vs Molecule-R

This one was purchased in order to weigh tenths of a gram, as a pocket scale, and is therefore expected to be more accurate than the kitchen one I have.I weighed two pennies (2.5 grams each) and one nickel (5 grams) and this scale was accurate to the tenth. I'm happy, it's bright to look at for sure, and easy as pie to use. Very good on the budget as well. No complaints whatsoever and I should get a lot of use out of this in the future.Great little scale!

This is a great scale. I purchased it to track the weight of my crested geckos, which provides me peace of mind knowing that my geckos are healthy and gaining weight as they should be, and alerts me if problems arise and they lose weight. The scale is good for up to 1000 grams, which is over ten times as much as I need it to measure, so it's perfect. I also like that it is has a small profile. I know that there probably are not many reptile owners out there reading this, but if you are, I highly recommend this product!

This is my second scale of this type, and I loved them both. You may be saying, "BUT WAIT, WHY HAVE YOU PURCHASED TWO?!!?." That is a reasonable question. The first scale lasted about 4 years through a dozen falls to the floor and daily abuse. See, I used it every day for weighing my coffee and occasionally for weighing hops for beer making. The first unit finally bit the dust after I overfilled my pour over coffee cup, which thoroughly drenched the unit. It had seen light moisture before, but this was just too much. The new unit was just as accurate, just as small, and just as cheap. It's great.

I use this scale primarily for a postal scale to see if letters or cards need additional postage. I did buy a 500g weight to calibrate properly. The indicator of grams, oz etc. is very small and hard to read but once you learn how it works it does a very good job. Have not used in kitchen yet but am sure I will and should work well especially as you can set it so it ignores the weight of the container used to measure.

5 star rating because of the value and quality for the price. Better than expected. Plus you gotta love the name "American Weigh," right? Made in China...the American Way.If you need precision, accurate weight for items weighing less than 1/2 gram you're going to want to spend more for a better scale, but this one is accurate within a 1/10 of a gram for items weighing over 1/2 gram (it's just less so when you're trying to weigh something lighter than that) It is important to use good batteries and a level surface in an area without a lot of air movement (like from open windows or fans). I like that it uses AAA batteries instead of those button batteries. For under $10 its a fabulous deal!

This thing is great! I have only had it for a few days, so I cannot attest to long term durability. I am an Etsy seller. I have two young kids, and it is terrible trying to go mail packages at the post office. But I didn't want to spend the money on a postal scale. I know, a whole like twenty bucks, but still. I didn't need a fancy one. Most of my packages are light enough to go first class. Like 5 ounces or less. So I took some advice from someone else and bought a food scale instead. Super cheap. And I am in love. Now I can print directly from my Etsy account. I just weigh it, round up to the next whole ounce, enter it on my etsy page, and print the postage and stick it in my mail box. I now no longer hate shipping days. I would definitely recommend this scale. Great value.

I really like this scale for the price I paid, but when using it near its upper weight limit, say above 800 grams, it tends to "lose" weight.. meaning that if I put something on the scale that weighs more than 800g it starts to slowly dip until it settles in the 775 range.

Great for weighing food quantities. Can be set to oz, gm, grn, etc. Personally, I just leave it set to grams. I use it to divide up and weigh dry spices and powders. Because it will weigh up to 1Kg (about 2.2 lbs), it can be used to weigh liquids up to about a quart (actually a liter). Resolution is 0.1g which is adequate for most things. If you need greater resolution, there is a 100g scale that can resolve to 0.01g. The deck is a little small for weighing letters and certainly large envelopes, but I also use mine for weighing small boxes I'm shipping.Overall, a good value and accurate enough, without calibration, for most uses.

American Weigh Scales AWS-1KG-BLK Signature Series Black Digital Pocket Scale, 1000 by 0.1 GI needed a scale to be able to accurately measure supplements. I buy just about everything in bulk so I needed to be able to know exactly how much of each item I was placing into my pre and post workout mixes. A lot of the scales are only good to measure per gram. I wanted something that could measure a 10th of a gram. So after researching for a while I bought this one. It’s good but surprisingly small. At first I thought it would be too small but once I started using it, I realized the size is great. It works very well and is accurate. It also has a tare button so I don’t have to start over for each item. I can just tare it and continue adding things until I am done.Star Rating: When I do a review I always start out with 5 stars ★★★★★. Then if there is something wrong I will deduct one star and explain why. This way I’m not just arbitrarily picking a number. I gave this 4 stars because it works very well. The only thing that is missing is way to measure things on top like a small tray. I use a small plastic bowl because putting things directly onto the scale is cumbersome due to its small size.I do NOT ever give good feedback for bad products. Rest assured my reviews are honest. If you have any questions about this product or my review, please do not hesitate to ask. I can help you determine if this will fit your needs. Thanks for reading.

First: No return policy! None.The scale is very accurate for its designed purpose. As its max weight is 1000.0 g (35.27 oz). It will not weigh to two places after the decimal (in grams). I put a 50.0 g weight on it and it measures it at 49.9 g, which it is a good accuracy for this scale. The manual even says not to bother with calibrating it unless it is more than 0.2 off. This is a pretty great digital scale considering the price. I'm giving it a 4/5 because of the no return policy. So make sure this is what you want before purchasing.Here's a pdf of the manual: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81CxeBLYORS.pdfI myself am now looking into a more precise scale, and if that's what your looking for as well, consider the "Portable 300g 0.01g Electronic Balance" by Luckystone. It has the two decimal points in grams and the limit is 300, not just 100. Or "Jewelry scale, TBBSC Weigh High Precision Digital Scale Pocket 500g/0.01g"

I purchased this scale several months ago and overall it works well. it has held its calibration well. it is quick and accurate. the only issue i had, and the reason i gave 4 rather than 5 stars, is that as i add material to the plate regardless if it is just the plate or a boat that is zeroed out, it registers .1 grams, to .9 grams fine. then when there is precisely 1 gram of material on it, it shows 0.0 grams. then when you continue to add material, it shows from 1.1 to whatever. this is not a huge deal, which is why im still happy with my purchase. but it was a bit irritating when it first happened. i didn't know what the problem was. i have solved it easily by adding a standard nickel to the material, which should always weigh up as 5 grams. then i simply subtract 5 from the end weight.

I bought one of these not really knowing what I am going to use it for.I guess if you have some gold jewelry you want to sell it might come in handy.Others might use It to measure food portions or illegal substances.I guess you can weigh small parcel to figure out the cost if shipping it.It is very cute and functions as described.Maybe next time I go out on a blind date with someone that I realize I don't like - I'll pull it out (get your mind our of the gutter, I meant the scale) and weight a small bag of baking soda that I introduce from my pocket....and without saying a word just put it back in my pocket. If my date asks me what that was - I will honestly reply "baking soda"That will take care of that :)

Good weighing scale. A bit too small for baking needs. I wish the buttons would be a bit bigger/easier to press. Putting a bowl on top of the scale hides the damn buttons!

Advertised as with calibration weight. Did not come with calibration weight. I should have ordered the one without the weight for a lower price. I recommend you do too.

Decent scale but it tends to come up with a different weight every time I weigh the same item. It only changes by like .2-.5 grams but it's still very annoying when you are trying to be precise. Also, after putting something on it and zeroing it out, it will change the weight of what I zeroed out. Very frustrating. I thought it might be because it was getting old but I bought a new one and same problems. Oh well, it is pretty cheap and gets the job done.

Ordered this... then it sat on my counter for the better part of a month. When I finally got around to trying it out I couldn't get it to turn on with the included 'God Camel' (TM) brand "Extra Heavy Duty" batteries. Quick check on the voltmeter showed one of the batteries was DOA... nbd I've got tons of nice NiMH AAA batteries... but those don't seem to make it wake up either.So rather than return a doodad barely worth the postage I decided to rip it apart. I expected to see a bunch of scabby solder joints and loose wires but it's actually a pretty nicely put together bit of kit. The main brains of the show is potted so can't really tell what the part is. The scale itself though seems to be a resistive force or strain gauge with a 4 wire connection to the hidden brain box. Solder joints and components all seem to be well connected. So why won't mine turn on?I probably should have guessed before I ripped it apart but... most micro controllers run on a little more than 3V which is just about what two alkaline AAA's in series put out. My NiMH rechargeables only put out about 1.2V each, or 2.4V together, which isn't enough to turn on the doodad. I don't have any landfiller batteries but I do have a 3.3V power supply. Hooked that up and it worked right away. Lesson learned... keep some alkalines around to try before ripping stuff apart.

Seems a little inaccurate. I followed the simple steps to calibrate, using the 500 gram weight I also purchased. That works just as described. Then I turned the scale, then on again, and weighed the 500 gram weight: 499.9 grams. I did this several times, got the same result each time. So either the weight or the scale is inaccurate. As the scale is so inexpensive, I'm guessing it's the culprit.Accuracy to a quarter of a gram, rather than a tenth, is all I need. But if you need accuracy to a tenth of the gram, better shop elsewhere.

i have two of these, one works, one doesn't. At the time I placed the order, the scale didn't have that flip top cover, but they sent me the one with the flip top cover anyhow. It would have been fine, but it didn't seem to weigh accurately. I complained to Amazon, and was sent the actual one I ordered instead & it weighs perfectly. I think they are the very same scale with just a minor upgrade with the flip top screen thingy. The only gripe with the one that works is that you have to weigh immediately after turning it on because otherwise you can sit there & just watch the numbers go down without putting anything on the scale. Strange, but turning it off then back on real quick fixes it, just weigh immediately after turning on. Hey, you get what you pay for & I wasn't expecting miracles so I'm very happy with the working one, and not so much with the defective one. I just wanted something to weigh my herbs on after purchasing from the local MMJ dispensaries (& they are always honest, and usually a tad bit extra...woot!).

I decided to test the accuracy and consistency of this scale. To do this I first calibrated the scale according to the directions. Then I confirmed the scale was on a flat smooth stable surface. I then weighed a penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter in sequence. I recorded the individual numbers on a spreadsheet and then I repeated the experiment until I had a total of 20 results, namely, 5 measurements for each of the 4 coins. I found variations in weights for the same coins ranged from 4% - 14%. To me this is a huge variation so I calibrated the scale again and repeated the experiment. Again I found very similar inconsistencies to the point that I have no confidence in this instrument. The variations were great enough that I wanted to call this scale a toy for children. But, I realized with such inconsistent results, a child would not learn properly, so instead I would call it a piece of .... junk .... I gave the unit 2 stars instead of 1 because for heavier masses, maybe it's workable. But when you need single digit gram with the 0.1 accuracy, it's useless.

The scale had clearly been sitting on a shelf somewhere with an old battery in it for some time. One of the terminals shows some corrosion, and there is a big mark where the battery was leaking, which would be obvious to anyone glancing at it. It seems to work fine so far, though, and I don't really feel like going through the hassle of a return at this point.

Box arrived pristine and undamaged. I opened the packaging and revealed a pristine and undamaged box. Upon opening, I found a visually appealing scale. Usability is easy enough, with the instructions for most major functions being printed on the top of the flip top door. With that said, the scale arrived calibrated incorrectly (a nickel weighed 3.18g) and does not include the required 500g weight to recalibrate. Yet, as stated, the instructions are printed on the door. For convenience. I'll not complain much, as it was my own fault for jumping for the first decent and cheap scale I found. If it included a weight, I'd likely have given it five stars as, from appearance and functionality, it seems to be a useful unit. Without either including the proper weight for convenience calibration....it's a paperweight, unless the proper weight is purchased along with the scale. To be honest, better choices are available.

The scale got the most important aspect wrong. I needed to weigh e-juice but it kept on turning off which made it fustrateing. The darn thing only stayed on for 1 minute at any given time. I would shake my bottle trying to beat the minute turn off and never did so it was a total waste of money. I closing, I'll end up buying another one to that will stay on period, till I shut it off.

I loved it until it stopped working a month or two ago. Literally only had it for two or three months before it crapped out.

NOWHERE does it say that this item cannot be returned!! I would have NEVER bought this thing! Its useless. Arrived broken, and now i cannot return it for a working one. Since when is this Amazon's practice? Screen backlight turns on, but no digits appear. Does not work properly. Do not waste your time, and do not buy this!

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Product did not work out of the box. Even after calibrating scale, I will weigh something let's say, 10grams. I take it off the scale and put it back on to check, usually is anywhere from 1.5grams to 3 grams off. Of course you can't return it anyways. Don't waste your time

This item arrived with a leaky battery and what appears to be a toxic residue. I received a replacement item, which wouldn't even turn on. Completely unusable and defective.

I wasn't surprised when the $9 scale was DOA. So, like anything else from China I planned on having to fix it once it arrived. After locating the screws hidden under the display sticker I finally got the POS open. And as expected, there was the main power wire just hanging out, not connected to the main board. Apparently giving a wire you just soldered a little tug is too much too ask. Although any small wires like this are difficult to solder, this one wasn't the worst I've seen but if you do not have a fine tip soldering iron and some skill not destroying tiny soldering points, you may want to pass. Then, if successful, have some extra AAA batteries on hand cause the ones included and labeled "God camel" surprisingly, don't work. I have not had much time to test the accuracy of the scale, spent too much time getting it to turn on.FYI I did not contact the seller, small dollar items like this are not worth the hassle of returning, just to get another dead unit.