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Salter Aquaweigh mechanical scale
C5 · Level 0 · No electricity Dumb as a rock

Salter Aquaweigh mechanical scale

Salter Aquaweigh mechanical kitchen scale with a 2.6-litre bowl.

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A spring and a needle, read at a glance. It weighs up to 4 kg, measures liquids by volume on the dial and never needs a battery.

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Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
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ThisSalter Aquaweigh mechanical scale
What it replacesSmart oneEtekcity Smart Nutrition Scale
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Power cut
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Wi-Fi goes down
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TRUE
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The company switches off its servers
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Someone tries to hack it
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A firmware update goes wrong
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FALSE
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Twenty years from now
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6 of 66/6
1 of 61/6and three maybes

The smart one is the Etekcity Smart Nutrition Scale.

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A spring, a dial and a bowl. Salter has made scales since 1760.

Salter Aquaweigh mechanical scale

$50
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Electric scales without a brain went out with the valve radio.

Salter Aquaweigh mechanical scale$50
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