Easy To Read Scale Suggestions?

submitted over 6 years ago by smoke-j

I'm just about to get into some DIY juice making. I'm blind/very low vision and am wondering if anyone has a scale that works good for DIY but also has a screen on it that is easy to read? By easy to read I mean something that has a black background with lighted numbers, like an old school alarm clock by chance? I'm perfectly okay with putting my eyeball on the screen to read it, just as long as it is high contrast. Getting a talking scale is out of the picture 'cause they only measure down to .1 grams.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

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6 points

by EdibleMalfunctionover 6 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

As long as you are looking directly at it, the scale we normally use should do for you. That's the AWS-lb501

3 points

by smoke-jover 6 years ago

Thanks very much. I've seen it mentioned a lot but didn't know if the display would be usable for low vision folks. I'll go ahead and get it and update the post when I get it in case anyone down the road has the same issue.

3 points

by EdibleMalfunctionover 6 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

It's lit up brightly.

1 points

by 0bbsover 6 years ago

It does have a backlight, if you see the image I posted.

2 points

by Dadspeakingwhodisover 6 years ago

OP is low vision, black text on a white background wouldn't help much. Needs a black background the numbers to be back-lit to stand out.

3 points

by 0bbsover 6 years ago

https://m.imgur.com/a/tZcOLdl

2 points

by smoke-jover 6 years ago

Dang, I might have to try and pick out another. I'm too damn blind to do anything on a white background, would need that blue lettering on black or something equal. Thanks for that pic though. I'll have to keep looking around.

1 points

by youwanttoknowmeover 6 years ago

When i was a kid who liked to destroy things i used to dismantle calculators and theres a film over the top of the numbers and if you take it off it should turn to a black background and white numbering, it could be the same on these? Expensive experiment but it might work

1 points

by Don_Bilover 6 years ago

If you're looking for a black lettering on blue background these are similar to the ones I have and are quite clear to use. https://www.amazon.com/Esky-Digital-Pocket-Jewelry-Scale/dp/B00N9SSUWK

2 points

by cheetofootover 6 years ago

+1, it's got decent sized readout.

5 points

by lupanimeover 6 years ago

Maybe one of these?

One

Two

Three

3 points

by smoke-jover 6 years ago

Thank you very much lupanime

2 and 3 are exactly what I was talking about. I'm going to get both of them since they are so cheap. Those have the exact type of display I was talking about. You saved me so much time and probably money buying the wrong scales.