[access-uk] Re: cobolt scales
- From: Mark Faben <mark.faben@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:41:22 +0000
I also have a pair of the cobalt kitchen scales, fairly old now, but
with the round metal section the bowl sits on and a switch on the side
with three positions, for metric, imperial and off, plus the reset
button on the front. I also don't find them particularly accurate, I
mainly use them for weighing ingrediants for bread or cake baking.
Also, I have a very recent set of personal scales for weighing myself,
from cobalt, and these don't seem very accurate at all, unless my
weight really is four or more pounds differnt from one day to the
next... But when there is so little choice with where we can purchase
such goods from the companys concerned really don't seem overly
concerned with making decent stuff as we'll be forced to buy whatever
they offer even if it isn't particularly good; For kitchen scales I'm
seriously thinking about going back to an old fashioned style balance
set, where you just place the weights on one side and balance it on
the other with the ingrediants being measured; I was guessing I could
buy a set of these off of the high street, and then braille up the
individual weights myself (with sighted assistance to identify the
weight of each weight).
Mark
On 13/11/2010, william lomas <lomaswilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i got them last year. i have the switch but no volume control on mine
>
> On Nov 13, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Janet Tuggey wrote:
>
>> Hi, I've got an old pair of kitchen scales, can't remember if they're from
>> RNIB or Cobolt (I think Cobolt) and they seem to work OK, they sometimes
>> go
>> up a couple of grams but certainly nowhere near as much as a whole ounce
>> (or
>> around 28g), which is a huge difference. I think these are about 9 or 10
>> years old, they have the rectangular base that you just rest the bowl on.
>> I've seen the newer version which I think has a round surface that fits
>> the
>> bowl, don't like it so much. How old are your kitchen scales?
>>
>> Lucky dog, they think they're getting more food. Must admit I've never
>> weighed out my dog's food, just used the tin that I've had for about 22
>> years.
>>
>> Sorry I can't be of more help, I've been very happy with my talking
>> kitchen
>> scales.
>>
>>
>> Janet & Wheat, the silly Shepherd cross
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of
>> william lomas
>> Sent: 13 November 2010 07:19
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] cobolt scales
>>
>> hi all
>>
>>
>> Has anyone noticed problems with the cobolt kitchen scales?
>> When I weigh my dogs food out it says one measurement when tip the dry
>> food
>> in to the bowl then 3 seconds later it goes up an ounce or a half ounce.
>> It
>> rediculous I am paying for accuracy not 2 different readings
>>
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