CYBERGIANT 13lb/0.1g Precision Digital Food Scale - Meal Prep Kitchen Baking & Espresso Coffee - Gram Scale with Stainless Steel Platform & LCD Display Review (2026)

Who this scale fits

This scale is aimed at bakers who weigh ingredients by percentage, a common approach in sourdough recipes where flour, water, salt and starter are all measured against each other rather than by volume. Its 0.1 gram precision matters most for small quantity ingredients like salt, instant yeast or a small starter feeding, where a measuring spoon can be inaccurate by a meaningful percentage of the total. At the same time, its 13 pound maximum capacity is generous enough to weigh a full mixing bowl of dough or a large batch of flour without maxing out, which is not always true of scales built primarily for espresso or pour over coffee. That combination of fine precision and a reasonably high capacity ceiling suits bakers who want one scale for both delicate and bulk measuring.

What the display and platform offer

The scale has a backlit LCD display that shows the current weight clearly, along with a tare function that zeroes out the weight of a bowl or container so you can add ingredients directly and read only their weight. It switches between grams, ounces, pounds and milliliters, which covers most baking recipes as well as liquid measurements like water or milk. The weighing surface is a stainless steel platform, chosen for being easy to wipe clean of flour or dough residue and more resistant to staining than a plastic platform would be over repeated use. The scale runs on batteries, which are included, so it does not need to stay near an outlet while in use.

Using it day to day

For baker's percentage recipes, the tare function is the feature you will use most: place a mixing bowl on the platform, zero it out, then add flour, water, starter and salt one at a time, taring or noting the running total between each. Because the scale reads to 0.1 gram, it is sensitive enough that setting it on an uneven or vibrating surface, such as near a running mixer or on a wobbly counter, can introduce small errors, so a stable, flat spot on the counter gives the most consistent readings. The stainless platform wipes clean easily after flour or wet dough contact, and the compact footprint means it can be stored in a drawer rather than needing dedicated counter space.

Trade-offs and how it compares with other baking scales

Against the Bonvoisin baking scale, which also reads to 0.1 gram and adds a built in baker's percentage function, this CYBERGIANT scale offers a similar level of precision without that dedicated percentage mode, so bakers have to calculate percentages themselves or use a separate app. Compared with simpler scales like the 3000 gram or 3 kilogram models from other brands, this scale's 13 pound capacity gives more headroom for large batches, a real advantage for bakers scaling up recipes for multiple loaves. Very precise scales in this class can all show some drift from vibration or drafts, which is a limitation of the format rather than something specific to this model.

Verdict: who should buy it

This scale suits sourdough and bread bakers who weigh most ingredients, including small ones like salt and yeast, and who want one scale that also handles larger batches without switching tools. The tare function and clear backlit display make it easy to use for baker's percentage workflows, and the stainless platform holds up well to the flour and wet dough that come with regular bread baking. Bakers who specifically want a built in percentage calculator on the scale itself may prefer a model designed around that feature, and anyone weighing very large batches consistently over 13 pounds will need a higher capacity kitchen scale instead.

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