10 Best Kitchen Scales with Measurement Memory
for April 2024

The Vont Milo is a fancy scale. It has a sleek, modern look that blends well with other stainless steel appliances. It's built with 304 stainless steel, which is resistant to stains and scratches, and features a built-in backlight LCD, making it easy to read even in dark kitchens. It's designed for those who want to track their weight and other metrics (like body fat and lean muscle mass), but aren't hardcore enough to invest in a fancy, expensive smart scale. The Vont Milo is accurate enough for use as an everyday scale, and it comes with 6 weighing units, including grams, pounds, ounces, milliliters, and more, so you can easily switch between different measurements. It's also smart enough to turn on when left idle for 60 seconds, and turn off after 2 minutes. The weight measurements are accurate (most on the scale are accurate within 2 grams), and it can be set to display in pounds, ounces, grams, kilograms, or milliliters. Also, you can switch between metric and imperial units. The only drawbacks to the Vont Milo is its "beauty" (it's made of plastic) and the fact that it doesn't have an app. The manufacturer recommends connecting your device via Bluetooth, but there's no app available yet. Also, while the Vont Milo is accurate enough for home use, its $80 price puts it in the high-end of the scale class.

The kilo is a scale with a difference. While most digital scales have a design defect that makes them unusable for weighing liquids, or if they do, they are so flimsy that they won't withstand incidental drops, the kilo is a scale that performs well and is easier to use than most of its competition. It uses a single, large, dial that's easy to read, and because of its wide, stable base, it weighs food more reliably than most of the other scales, so it's a good choice for weighing ingredients or sticky or dry/powdery things that can fall over. The battery survived about 3.5 hours in our tests, which is among the better times we saw for portable scales. The kilo has no app or companion software, but you can use the unit converter function and count functions directly, and it has a unit conversion function so we recommend using that for weighing medications and bullion. It also has a small, 1/4-cup and 1/8-cup capacity bowl, which is small and useful but not big enough to weigh an entire pot of soup.

Making healthy choices doesn't have to be a chore. KUBEI makes eating healthy easy with a wide range of food scales. The KUBEI Upgraded Large Range Small Kitchen Scale 1kg/0.01g, USB Charging Mini Food Electronic Scale, High Accuracy Cooking Scale, Pocket Scale with LCD Display is an affordable food scale that checks all the boxes. With a large 1.9 x 1.9 inch weighing surface, it can easily weigh larger food items like groceries, meats and fruits. The product measures 4 x 5 x 0.75 inches, which is easy to fit into your kitchen cabinets and kitchen drawers. It doesn't take up much space when in use, making it perfect for day-to-day use. The scale features a large LCD display that shows the weight, net weight, and unit weight, so you can easily keep track of what you're eating. The KUBEI scale automatically calibrates itself, so you can use it right out of the box. It features a backlit LCD display that lights up in darker areas. The display is large enough to read in the dark. The backlit display makes it easy to see the weight in dark areas, which is a great feature. The scale includes a top tray and bottom tray. The primary tray is a stainless steel weighing pan, which can easily be cleaned after use. The top tray has a hole to hold the measuring spoon when not in use. The bottom tray has a removable compartment, which can hold small items like spices, grains and coffee beans. The scale comes with a small plastic tray that stores the measuring spoon and instructions. The scale can be recharged using the included USB charging cable. The USB charging cable has five wires, so it's easier to recharge the KUBEI scale.

The Chilizzle food scale is a no-nonsense, unpretentious scale. It weighs up to 11 pounds, it measures in both ounces and grams, and it measures liquids and dry ingredients. And it does it well, to within 2 milligrams. I weigh a 5-pound bag of flour every day, and this scale weighed it within 100 milligrams. It's accurate for 99. 9% of users. This scale also features an auto-tare function, which sets zero whenever you add ingredients to the pan.

The Etekcity Digital Body Weight Bathroom Scale comes in a fetching blue finish, with a tempered glass platform and LCD screen that lights up in bright sunlight. The two-button interface is easy to figure out, and it's slim enough to fit behind a cabinet door. Unlike some other scales, this one comes with a low battery alert, which makes it easy for you to know when you need to get a new AA battery. The Etekcity scale gives you a much more accurate reading than most of the other scales we tested, and it's a lot easier to read than the backlit LCD screens found on the Fisher Price and Clearblue scales. And it even made our 100-pound test subject look quite slender. However, like some other scales, this model isn't as accurate for very overweight people.

The RENPHO smart scale is the best smart scale in our review roundup, not only because it's the best smart scale, but because it's also the best smart scale we've seen. It's solidly built, has an excellent app, an accurate reading, and it's easy to use with an app. Its ability to measure body fat percentage is a challenge for most scales, and it's also the only scale (of the ones we tested) that also measures bone mass. The scale of others we tested are rigid, only weigh you in a couple of places, and had limited measurement and tracking options—but the RENPHO scale is flexible, has a sleek look, and shows important measurements like bone mass and muscle mass. This model is not Wi-Fi connected, but you can connect via Bluetooth. The app lets you scan a QR code, and it downloads Renpho's database, so if you're not already a Renpho user, you'll be prompted to set up an account. The app has a simple interface that shows the Renpho scale's data, including weight, body fat percentage, BMI, bone mass, muscle mass, BMI age, body fat age, bone mass age, and bone mass age trend, as well as calories, activity level, water resistance, and weight history. It also lets you scan QR codes from other apps (Fitbit, Google Fit, MyFitnessPal, RunKeeper, Runtastic, Strava, MapMyFitness, Under Armour, Runtastic, and 7-Minute Workout) to get more information.

The Etekcity food scale is a good-looking, accurate digital scale. The stainless steel front is attractive, but the base is made of plastic, so it's prone to scratching and scuffing. The backlit LCD is easy to read, but it comes with a small printed manual and there's not a built-in digital conversion chart. But for the most part, the Etekcity scale provides accurate measurements, and it's compact enough to fit on a shelf or countertop. The display does lock in the zero position, but like most digital scales, it's tough to read without backlight. The tare function also seems finicky. We had to stab out chunks of food with the included spatula or pry off the lid in order to get the scale to register a zero. But for the most part, it's an easy-to-use, reliable scale.

Measuring in at 2 x 1.5 x 1 inches, this little scale is small enough to fit into a pocket or purse, but powerful enough to perform quite admirably. It features a battery life indicator, a tare function and 4 different weighing modes: g, oz, ozt and dwt. All the other metrics are pretty standard, but what really sets the Weigh Gram Scale apart from others in its class is its high readability. The large, white digits make it easy to read in almost any lighting situation. If you're an active athlete or just a conscientious eater, this is the kind of scale you'll want to have on hand.

The scale is easy to setup and use, and it's accurate to within 0.1 grams. The additional functions, such as pieces counting, are useful for measuring ingredients for recipes. Its compact design makes it easy to toss in your purse or backpack, and its removable trays let you easily transfer measurement results into any container.