Pelouze General Purpose Digital Scales 5lb. Capacity Review

I bought my first Pelouze SP5 Digital Scale a few years ago when I needed a scale for weighing items being sold on Ebay.  Selling a number of relatively light-weight items each day I realized that getting my shipping costs both accurate and as low as possible would put more money in my pocket.  And that's a good thing.

As time went on I found several other uses for it.  It finds its way into my kitchen and my lab.

When I first bought this scale it was sold under the Sunbeam brand.

Pelouze SP5 Digital Scale

Powered by a 9V battery the  Pelouze SP5 Digital Scale is light-weight and takes up little room.  When turned on, the scale calibrates itself and defaults to displaying weight in ounces.  Press the oz/gr button and the scale displays the weight in grams.  A very nice feature of this scale is the Tare function.

When you're weighing ingredients that have to be poured into a container you don't want the scale to include the weight of the container.  By placing the container on the scale and pressing the Tare button, the scale is set back to "0" so the weight of the container is not considered.

The capacity of the Pelouze SP5 Digital Scaleis 5lb. or 2.2 kilos.  For smaller packages it is an ideal scale that can be purchased on-line for as little as $28.  In fact, I think I paid that for my last one in OfficeDepot.

Other Uses

Over the years my Ebay activity has wained, but my use of this scale hasn't.  As many of you know I enjoy making natural soaps and other skin-care preparations.  To get the best and safest results, precise measurements of ingredients such as sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide is very important.  This scale is ideal for this application.  Since my soap batches are generally 64 ozs., I'm safely within the capacity of the scale.

I use the scale in my kitchen as well.  While I'm usually not very precise with my measurements here ( I subscribe to the Rachael Ray school of eye-balling it), sometimes I want to add precisely a half pound of something I can't seem to estimate.  That's when the scale comes in handy.

Careful!

The scale has little rubber pads on the bottom that generally stop it from sliding, but I have broken a couple of these over the years when they slipped out of my wet or oily hands.  Trust me when I tell you that when your Pelouze SP5 Digital Scalemakes the sudden introduction to your ceramic tile floor, it is crying time.  They seldom survive the fall.  Outwardly they appear fine but the weight sensor seems to go berserk.  Avoid dropping.

My Viewpoint

I like this scale for several chores around the house and in my work.  If you need a small easy to read, accurate scale, this is the one that gets my recommendation.

Rudi