Scales are important instruments for use on a daily basis in many ways. Some of these include as a measurement unit for the kitchen or to keep count of calories in specific foods, in laboratories to measure reagents and in jewelry shops for calculating the exact price for a certain amount of jewelry. Scales nowadays also come in a handy pocket size. Though to some these pocket-size scales may seem redundant, there are quite a few nifty benefits to having them around. Let us walk you through some of these benefits so you get convinced to get one for yourself!
Portable
The most obvious feature of a small digital scale is the size. The size is what makes it portable which means you can carry it wherever you want. There may be many reasons why you would want to carry around a scale with you such as for some practical work in a lab or in a field. If you are going away on a holiday and want to watch what you eat, the scale will help you measure your snack portions as well.
Accurate and Precise
Since we are talking about digital scales, it goes without saying that they will be very accurate and precise. You can also avoid human error, parallax error and any other such errors but only if you make sure the scale is placed on balanced ground.
The accuracy and precision will help in measuring lab reagents to the most correct figure and so we can prevent experiments from failing and getting wrong results. Other than that, if you go to buy or sell some jewelry and you don’t trust the vendor with his scales completely then you can always tally with your own. This is a great way to prevent fraud and not have to pay more or receive less than what you are entitled to.
Another great way to use a small digital scale is for baking purposes in the kitchen. Baking is an art which requires very precise measurement of ingredients. Even an extra pinch of an ingredient can ruin your entire pastry. For this purpose, having a small scale which does not take up a lot of space in the kitchen can be of great use. If not in baking, the scale can be used as an invaluable instrument in measuring calories in food portions and scaling ingredients up or down for any dish you might want to cook up.
Can be Multipurpose
Many small digital scales have adjustable features which make them a multipurpose instrument. For example, you may increase or decrease the maximum weight that can be measured or adjust how precise you want the measurement to be depending on why you are using the scale. Other than that, for laboratory purposes or kitchen purposes you may also place a dish on the scale and negate its mass so you can measure whatever you put inside. This is especially handy when measuring powders or liquids.
