This unit is tiny and made of lightweight cheap plastic. It is very rickety and as soon as you try to put more than 2-3 lbs on it, the unit comes crashing down. The tray is lightweight plastic and balances precariously as there is no way to hold it in place. It, too, causes the unit to collapse. Don't be fooled by the nice looking photograph. This unit is a lightweight piece of junk. and certainly not worth the price. I threw mine away, as it caused more problems than it solved. It also doesn't weigh consistently.--- a real downside if you are working with a recipe that is unforgiving. Look for something else!!

I needed a manual scale to weigh out dogfood. This is horrible, the weight differs every time I pick up a bowl and try to reposition it to test accuracy. It isn't off by an ounce or two, it is off by as much as a pound. The tray isn't securely fastened either, so is also useless for my purposes. Find another scale to buy.

This is not a scale for use in trade. It is plastic and can not be used in a store. It is not adjustable and does not allow you t zero out using the tray

We all rely to some degree on product reviews by purchasers who share their opinion on the product performance. But when some purchasers are naive and don't really know how to use a product and fail to read the directions, posting a negative review that give false and misleading information about the product, the rest of us are left thinking the product is deficient in some way.

I have used Taylor scales for over 40 years and find them to be reliable instruments. I purchased this Taylor Kitchen Scale (22-Pound/10-Kilogram) to use in weighing dressed chicken after they've been butchered and processed. I've now ordered a second for use with vegetables and other items inside my home. Out of the box, I zeroed out the scale, then placed the stainless steel tray and brought it to tare - zero. I then proceeded to weigh a two pound pkgs of butter and three one pound pkg of butter. Each time the scale read perfectly, 2# and 3#. As for those who seem to think the scale is flimsy...they fail to understand the weighing mechanism is spring loaded and is designed to recoil until the spring tension settles at which point you take a weight reading. Some people have even complained the tray falls off. Well the tray has an imprint of the scale platform that actually makes it quite steady. You cannot "plop" some thing into the tray while on the scale platform and expect nothing would happen. Depending on the force of the "Plopped" item you could actually cause enough recoil in the spring to bounce the item off. These are all user issues and not quality issues with the scale. I find it to be precise enough for a non-trade scale, made by Taylor I would expect it to last for years to come but I'll need to be careful with how I handle it. It's a great scale, I like the large print dial and also the KG multiple reading. See my pics below...Don't hesitate to buy.

Pictures can be deceiving when it comes to size. I bought and returned the scale. It was not accurate and would not return to 0 when you take off what ever your trying to weigh. There is a adjustment to calibrate the scale to the zero starting point but it wouldn't return to where you set it at. It is small and very lite weight and printed on the dial it says not to use it for commercial use. Its more like a product you might find in the dollar stores on sale for 2.99 Yeah its cheap and made that way. I wanted to use it for weighting produce. No problem, Amazon carry's the hanging basket types like you see at produce markets for around 30 dollars and thats probably what I'll go with. Amazon is pretty good about picking up defective products that ship out. Taylor Precision Products? Not this one.