Side by Side Comparison of: American Weigh Scales

It works, what else can I say. I ordered some jewelry, the scale said the same thing the jewelry listing said. So the scale seems to work, and Amazon has pretty accurate listing of gram weight on their jewelry. :)Also it is super tiny, could fit in a pocket. That is an extra bonus. Doesn't take up space, could keep in your jewelry drawer.

Great scale. Based on other reviews I started off removing the batteries right away. One night I left them in, it was cold out (my scale is used in my garage) and they stayed in for three days before I turned it on again. When I did turn it on I didn't have any problems other than a slow screen. It's possible the battery draining was fixed because like I said there was no issue !I really like this scale and other people always ask where I got it!

Unbelievable for such a low cost and inconspicuous case makes it easy to just drop in the bottom of your purse or backpack. Make sure to recalibrate inbetween weighs and after each time you turn it on as with most scales. He sure to remove the batteries between uses or you may find them dead pretty fast. I recommend this set.

Very nice convenient little scale I personally use it to measure out my supplements before my workouts the scale is very accurate

I will be using this for casual weighing of rings etc. At arrival seems to be well calibrated , shows one penny at 2.5 grams and two pennies at 5.0 gram. Good enough for me. And for the price ( a couple of ice coffees at Starbucks ), good enough for me to get 5 stars.

This scale seems to be well made and accurate. This is the second one I've purchased, after giving away the first when I no longer needed it. I've been using it to measure up to maybe 5x per day for the last month and a half, and it's holding up excellently. It does frequently lag between incremental weight additions, which is obnoxious but not a dealbreaker at all.

I misread the description and thought it offered 2 decimal places for grams. It is very useful for other measurements and I am glad to have it.

Would love if the scale portion were just slightly wider for better coverage, but overall the unit works fine.

Accurate and precise. What more could I ask for.

I use it to weigh my mail i send to my family in the UK, helps me avoid the worry i haven't used enough postage. I stuff letters to the max everytime and its worked like a charm.

Does a good job out to 0.1g, kind of wish I had gotten the version that weighed out to .01g which would be more accurate for mixing my hydroponic fertilizer, but this works well enough. Not for accurate classroom chemlab experiments though.

The shipping on this item was very fast less than a week, It seems to work great I gave it 4 stars because before you can use it, you need to calibrate it, and it requires a 500g weight to calibrate it, so unless you have exactly 500g laying around to calibrate it you'll need to buy a weight which will cost you another 9 bucks. I would have been nice to know this before i purchased it because there are other scales out there that either come calibrated or do not require such large amounts. but once it was calibrated it worked perfectly..Also The image shows a black scale mine was silver, not a big deal but kinda wanted the black one..

This scale does exactly what it's built to do. Gets the job done and makes life easier when weighing things on the smaller side. Would of gave it 4 stars but the calibration is faulty at times, weighing things in the negative instead of calibrating back to "0".

Doesn't register the mass unless it's like at least a gram and a half. So this is not useful for small measurements.

Not consistent measurements. I use it on a flat, stable surface and it either weighs differently each time (by tenths) or flickers between different weights. Luckily, it's ok if my stuff is off by a tenth or two. I like the size for the convenience of taking it with me when I need to. Easy to use and read.

After I finished assembling it i had to find 2 aaa batteries for it but I did get it working. I think the batteries it shipped with were bad. It's within .1g accuracy. These all seem to be clones with different names (aws usn smartweigh)

This scale is not as accurate as I would have liked, tends to be off by +/- 0.1 g and if left with weight on will often climb 0.2g. Not a big deal for basic uses such as hops or teas but i wouldn't depend on it for finer measurements. Very inexpensive and works well enough for me but slightly disappointed.

I've had this for a little bit now and the reviews about batteries dying is very accurate. There is however a "workaround". I'm not one to read the instructions on items like this (one's I know how to use) so what I say might actually be in there somewhere. First, they do give you some pretty cheap batteries however when you open the battery compartment you'll notice two sets of battery holders. One is to actually power the scale and one is to just plastic cutouts to hold them. I didn't think much of it because with other scales I've never had to do this, but I didn't use it for about a week and went to turn it on only to see "Lo" display on the screen right before it shut off. I was baffled the batteries could be drained so I put some new ones in and same thing happened about a week later. I put another set of two in but after use I put them in the "plastic holders" I mentioned earlier. The batteries work after a couple weeks now so the best advice I can give you is take the batteries out and put them in the "holder" when not in use. Other than that little annoyance, it's a decent product.

You can't leave the batteries in, and it is off, but you can't see what it's off by, because it only has a tenths place display. I hate that...

This scale didn't even last a year before it stopped giving me accurate measurements. I'd place a food item on the measuring plate (like a handful of nuts, for example) and the scale would never "settle," i.e., it'd continue to give me measurements and kept fluctuating between them. I tried recalibrating, using a new battery, and resetting—to no avail. I used coins (read: items with a stable weight) and that didn't make a difference. I'd barely used this scale; I took it with me on a few trips but other than that, it was largely just for travel. It turned out to be a waste of money because I didn't even get the use out of it that I paid for it. There are plenty of scales out there; try your hand at another brand.

The thing is not accurate and I am looking for a new scale. The grams do not work right, I've tried calibrating since the beginning, it's just off.

I am not sure if it could work to measure under 1g. I tested it with 1/16 teaspoon. The scale is not very responsive. Adding or taking off few 1/16 teaspoons made no difference.

When I received this and opened it I tested it out on a small object that I knew the weight of and it was totally uncalibrated and the only way to calibrate it is to buy this 500g weight which costs as much as the scale. So it's worthless till I get the weight and calibrate it.

Using this to try and measure small quantities to see how small I can bake, it won't measure anything less than a gram unless you're subtractive. Not really useful for cooking, maybe for jewelry or something.

Absolutely terrible. First of all, it flashes between weights endlessly, never settling on one. Does this to the air - it can't seem to decide if nothing weights .4 or .7 grams. Needs calibration right out of the box but guess what - I don't have an equally priced 500 gram weight laying around. Ridiculous waste of time and money, returning right after receiving. You should feel bad wasting peoples' time like this.

Very poorly made. I wish I could return it.

The scale was off. It did not weigh correctly. Other then that it was a nice scale. But it's main function was a disappointment.

Was broken!! Put battiers in and it wouldnt turn on at all! The packaging was all smooshed in too. Wish i could get my money back

This scale was dead on arrival. It turned on, but would not give any reading whatsoever. I tried to calibrate it, tried taring it, but nothing would make it register any weight.

The scale itself is obviously crooked and the numbers are wrong eveytime >:(