I've owned one of these scales for several years. The 7000 gram range (over 15 pounds!) allows all sorts of direct measurements without using a collection of containers to measure piece-meal. I recently bought a second scale for our winter home. I use the scale exclusively in the kitchen, for making our daily coffee, making bread, and various tasks. I made up an ingredients spreadsheet listing weights of ingredients that are difficult or messy to measure, such as molasses, mustard, flour, peanut butter, oil, etc. With this list and this scale, baking or creating technical things with lots of ingredients such as sauces or sausage spices is very repeatable. Things comes out the same every time, and the scale allows for making minor ingredient changes: "a little to sweet?" use 20 grams less sweetener next time, etc. Over time, you can develop recipes that are constant and reliable. If the folks at Old Will Knott Scales sold used cars and washing machines, I would not hesitate to buy from them. They have a very personal approach to selling. Even though it is a '.com' store, it just feels right!

I bought this scale in 2012 and it is now 2018! I have not had one issue with the 7000. The calibration is still spot on.

Great service, superb quality and amazing prices

We are very happy with this scale. It's used mostly for weighing our parrot; the pedestal is big enough that his feet fit entirely, so we haven't needed to add a separate perch. The high max weight means it's also great for weighing kitchen ingredients, and the button shield is perfect for messy tasks.



Works well on battery or AC power, and arrived correctly calibrated.

I previously owned a KD8000 scale which unfortunately disappeared during a move from Illinois to Ohio. I was looking to replace it and saw this scale (KD7000) which was identical to the KD8000 except it didn't do Baker's Math (a method to scale baking recipes). Even though I use it primarily for baking bread, I didn't use the Baker's math feature enough to justify the $10.00 price difference. The scale is extremely easy to use and very accurate. I switch between grams and ounces a lot and it just takes a push of a button even with items on the scale. I also use the tare feature (again just a push of a button) when adding flour, water, yeast and add-ins to make a dough. The platen is large enough and with no lips allows the use of almost any flat bottomed bowl for measuring ingredients. Recently, I have begun using the scale for measuring portioning items for meals. Here the switching between ounces and grams is really convenient. Also having ounces accurate to two decimal places helps with portioning. All in all, a great scale at a great price.