Kitchen Scale recommendations?

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I really want to get a scale for the kitchen. Anyone have any recommendations?

I have Alton Brown's baking book and he had suggested 2 or 3, but when I looked those up on Amazon, they had rather mixed reviews so then I got gun-shy and confused.

I would like one that does English/metric, has a tare, easy to clean, not a bajillion dollars, and weighs to 0.05 gm. (although I've been told that makes it a bajillion dollars, so I guess I'd settle for 0.5 grams)

[niq]

The one I have at home is nice, and easy to clean, but it only measures to the nearest gram . I'd check the ATK website or maybe consumer reports if you already have a subscription.

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www.amazon.com/Salter-Stainless-Steel-Aquatronic-22-Pound/dp/B002E1AVU2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337710114&sr=8-2

My mom's been using this one for years and she loves it

[emyinpink]

we have 2. this one we use for day-to-day stuff. www.amazon.com/OXO-Grips-Stainless-Pull-Out-Display/dp/B000WJMTNA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1337712365&sr=8-7 which is awesome with one flaw, that it auto shuts off for battery purposes, and if it stays in the off state long enough it forgets what the reading was before. I also love how easy it is to clean.

the precise one we have is .1 to 1000, but DH said he if could do it again, he'd get this one instead.
www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Signature-AWS-100-Digital/dp/B0012LOQUQ/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1337712475&sr=1-2-spell

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I generally follow ATK as well, but don't have a subscription so can't search their website for their review.

[picksthemusic]

I have a teeny-tiny one and it works like a charm. It does grams and ounces, and I think it was around $30. It's this on in midnight black. I don't think it goes to 0.5gm, but I'm not sure anything you're cooking will need to be weighed with that much accuracy. It's worked well for me and my baking needs! It is kinda small, though, so as long as you can balance a bowl on it and tare it out, you're good.

www.amazon.com/Escali-N115CR-Digital-Scale-Cherry/dp/B003U4NWDA/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1337715312&sr=8-13