I have two digital scales. One I bought several years ago at a Weight Watcher's meeting. It was about $30, I believe. At the time, that was the average price for a digital scale.
My WW scale still works, but I broke or lost the battery compartment door, so I used the universal fix - duct tape. To change the battery, I have to change the duct tape. So in January (resolution season) when I saw that Aldi (a discount grocery chain) advertised a digital food scale in their flyer for $15, I bought it. I don't remember the brand - and I checked and it's not written on the scale (and I don't have the box anymore).
I haven't thrown out my Weight Watcher's scale, and having two scales can come in handy, so until one actually dies, I will use both. I tested the new scale against the old one, and found that they're both very reliable (I never get one reading on one scale, and a different, even slightly different reading on another).
I actually prefer the newest scale, because while both scales have a function to weigh in kilograms/grams or pounds/ounces, the switch is on the underside of the Weight Watcher's scale, and on the newer scale it's on the front/top. This means that I can easily weigh a food and just press a button to check both ounces and grams without having to turn the scale over and reweighing.
The zero function is great to have (both have it), and comes in handy. For example, at meals, you can put your plate on the scale and zero it out, then add a food, and weight it, then zero out again and add the next food.
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