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Pajamas | Home » » » Escali V136 Pana, Volume Measuring Scale | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Escali introduces the Pana Scale -- the first home kitchen scale to provide accurate volume measurements in cups and tablespoons. This patent-pending scale also offers a user-friendly display option incorporating fractions. | | | Features: | |
• Volume measurements in cups and tablespoons as well as ounces, pounds, and grams
• 13-pound capacity; 1/8-cup, ½-tablespoon, 0.1-ounce or 1-gram increments
• Preprogrammed with more than 500 ingredients measured in cups and tablespoons
• Tare feature; automatic shut-off; removable stainless-steel plate
• 9 by 8 by 2 inches; 1 9V battery included; laminated ingredient code list included
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great Everyday ScaleJun 02, 2010
I have used a scale for measuring baking ingredients for years and this scale simplifies the process. It comes with a very good list of basic ingredients. Just enter the code and it calculates the weight per measure. I like that the buttons are not recessed so liquids can't seep in and short out the electronics as has happened to me in the past. And I also like that it uses a "D" battery instead of the expensive watch/hearing aid batteries that my previous scale used. Haven't had it for very long, but I'm pleased so far.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Love this Scale, great for flour/sugar measuringFeb 12, 2010
This scale replaces my expensive Soehnle scale which a cheap piece of plastic broke inside and made the scale unusable. I've been looking for a scale that would measure volume since so many recipes don't give weight measurements for common things like flour sugar, etc. Using weight means you get consistent results and don't have to dirty up a measuring cup. Measuring flour, honey or brown sugar can be up to interpretation as to how you measure: sifted, packed? With liquids you have to eye the cup to see if you've met the level. Scales like this eliminate the problem. You do have to look up the food being measure and then enter the code. They give you a nicely plastic-coated card, I was afraid I'd loose it, but I haven't yet after a year.
It works great and has been very accurate. It seems to be well built and fairly easy to clean. I like the battery life and the easy way to enter way to tare and change units. It's great because it has lb./oz as well as just oz and metric. I only use grams to measure, but it's nice to be able to easily switch for postage.
Overall it's a great scale for the price and would highly recommend it.
8 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Obsolete user interfaceFeb 08, 2010
To those who own this scale and are happy with it, I mean no offense. I hope you will understand that this is intended as constructive criticism of a product which has potential, but badly needs to be updated and improved.
To those who have not yet jumped off of that cliff, think twice about the dubious return on investment that this poorly implemented device represents. The lack of a user friendly interface, and the failure to provide a text labeled ingredient database, make this product an unwieldy anachronism. Here is what I mean:
What is simpler, remembering what a cup of flour weighs, or remembering a cryptic numeric code you have to punch into the scale to measure flour?
What is easier, looking up the weight of an ingredient, or looking up an abstract numeric code ?
If you remember the numeric code for an ingredient, you can only measure the volume on this expensive special scale.
If you remember the unit weight of an ingredient, you can measure the volume on ANY scale, even the $24 model, or your next door neighbor's scale, or mom's old mechanical scale.
If you have an inexpensive scale you can determine the volume of an ingredient just by weighing it.
If you have this expensive scale you can determine the volume of an ingredient by looking around to find your special laminated card, looking up the secret code (if it is on the list of approved ingredients), entering the code into the scale, and THEN weighing it.
Unless the manufacturer updates this scale to allow predictive entry of ingredient names, user defined ingredients, conversion table updates, and a generally more modern user interface, I would suggest you save some money and buy the cheap scale. You can easily find a weight to volume conversion chart on the Internet, print it out, laminate it, and save yourself from spending three times as much money as you should have, to get a convenience feature which really isn't all that convenient. (You can use that chart you made with ANY scale !)
I really hope that the manufacturer will get a clue and update this scale to current levels of user interface technology. This would have been a great product in the mid-1980's, but given the current state of the art, it is a sad failure.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Another fan here!Nov 16, 2009
I have owned several scales in my day and this is by far the best one. I really appreciate that it can be set to stay in straight ounces verses converting to lbs. plus ounces after reaching 1 lb (16 oz) like my old scale did. This scale is very user friendly. I like the looks of it too!
We use this scale daily. I'm surprised at how much I'm finding myself using the laminated list.
Love it~!
I would highly recommend!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great scaleNov 10, 2009
Very nice design. I'm impressed that although this scale has some fairly sophisticated features, it is still simple to use. You press just one button to get a basic weight measurement. Just another press and you can use the tare feature. Changing units is just a press of a very obvious button. The volume function (a very handy feature) doesn't get in the way of the simpler functions. As a designer myself, I can appreciate the thought that went into this product. I get annoyed when I see a product that is overly complicated and requires a user's manual to do the simplest thing. This produce was designed properly for easy use in the kitchen.
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