Here's Why 12,000+ People Swear By This Super-Handy $11 Food Scale

This cute little kitchen helper can weigh up to 11.24 pounds (5,100 grams) with precise graduations of 0.05 ounces, or 1 gram. There's a button that instantly converts between five units of measurements, so, for instance, you can quickly convert 539 grams to 1.188 pounds to 1 pound 3 ounces to 19.01 ounces to 539 millileters.

Oh, and the best part? This thing is so smart that it can automatically calculate the net weight of your ingredients by subtracting the weight of any bowl or container with the press of a button!

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"I bought this scale a while back because I had a more expensive $45 glass scale from Target that seemed like it was not really consistent with weight results; to the point I purchased a carbon steel 100g OIML class M1: 5 mg calibration weight. After testing my glass scale with the certified calibration weight, I quickly learned that the glass scale was definitely not consistent in providing weigh results. After receiving the Ozeri scale, I tested with my calibration weigh and the scale provided consistent results; $45 scale is out, and the $14 scale is in." —TK

"I conducted a simple test at four test points: 1,000, 2,500, 4,000, and 5,000 grams, and the readings were 1,000, 2,500, 4,001, and 5,004 grams respectively. I would put this scale's accuracy at +/- 0.1% of reading + 1 gram. Which for this price is pretty incredible." —Amazon Customer

"Trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle — I've been more invested in meal prep and portion control. Using apps such as My Fitness Pal, most calorie calculations are based on ounces. What does 3 oz of chicken breast really look like? I was looking for an affordable food scale and this one is perfect! Its sleek design and compact footprint compliment my kitchen countertop flawlessly. The scale is incredible user-friendly and easy to navigate. When one is prepping food, ease of appliances is paramount and this one delivers accurate and easy weighing for guess-free portion control." —Hanna Sims

"I calorie count and do meal prepping once a week for both my husband and I. We work out and are trying to put on as much lean muscle as we can, so having a kitchen scale is super important. I LOVE this Ozeri Pronto digital multifunction scale. Why? Because it is super user-friendly. I can switch between grams, ounces, pounds, kg, or ml by just pushing the button on the left. There is a reason why Cooks Illustrated gave this scale their 'best buy' designation. For $10 you can't beat it! Seriously, you won't regret this. I use a lightweight bowl and place it on top of the scale and then I can zero out the weight of the bowl before I add food to the scale." —B Smith

"Bought this to weigh ingredients for meal prep. It's super simple to set up and use and very accurate. The Tare feature lets you exclude the weight of your container so you get the specific food measurement. Highly recommended." —molaro

"Perfect for figuring out how much to feed!" —Amazon Customer

"Perfect for what we needed (daily weighing of our pet hedgehogs). We put a flat bottomed bowl on top and turn it on, it automatically zeroes/tares out then we place the hedgehog in the bowl and write down the weight. I know this isn't typical usage. Hedgehogs need to be weighed in grams and shifts of 10 grams can be indicative of issues so we wanted something precise and reliable. We also have used it traditionally." —Christine Radice

"I bake bread at least once every two weeks, sometimes a little more frequently based on consumption, and always got at least a little bit frustrated with the difference in the size of the loaves and boules. We have limited space in our kitchen, due to the size of it as a whole, so we put off buying a kitchen scale. After baking bread the last time around I decided that it was time to look to see if a scale could be found that would be small enough for storage, while still offering functionality to measure the weights as precise as possible.

I looked at a few of the different scales available on Amazon and was definitely not interested in getting one that relies on a watch battery and also wanted one that didn't round the numbers up. This Ozeri Pronto has a small profile, uses two AAA batteries (which were included with the scale) and is precise within +/- 0.1%, based on the testing that another review for this product was able to determine. It works well and I look forward to using it for years to come. If you're in the market for a food scale to use while baking, then this is a good scale to purchase." —J. Walton