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Kitchen Scales

The Escali Primo is a non-expensive item for everyday kitchen work out of the category of cheap kitchen scales. When you have to decide about a new kitchen scale and do not want to spend too much money the Escali Primo Digital Multifunctional Scale P115C could be a good choice.

Design

The food scale is a nice small unit and can be placed and stored easily due to the small dimension and little weight.

The best thing is the wide selection of funny and interesting colors. Totally are 12 eyes-catching colors available. What you like is purely a matter of your taste. You can order it from a plain white or a technical chrome design to very colorful optics in pink, red, blue, yellow, green, and further colors. You can explore all colors here to find out which color goes with your kitchen design or your inventory.

Technical stuff

The scale is a compact unit of 8 x 6 x 1.25 inches and is equipped with a large and good readable display. You can use it to weigh food or other goods up to a maximum weight of 11 lb or 5 kg in 0.1 ounce or 1-gram increments. It is easy to use with a two-button operation. The left button is for on and off and the tare function. The right button to switch from grams to ounces. It has an automatic shut-off for a long battery life and you will get it including two AA batteries.

Pros and Cons

The display does not have a backlight but the measurements are still good readable. This will become complicated if you place a small bowl or a plate on the scale, which blocks the display and makes it more difficult to read the weight. However, this problem is mainly with all small and cheap kitchen scales.

The accuracy is higher than normally need in a kitchen so that you can also use it for carbon counting (but better alternatives for dieting and diabetes are special nutrition scales). For baking and cooking, it is not necessary to weigh the main ingredients exactly. In most cases, it will also work well and taste if the flour or butter is 0.1 or 0.2 oz more or less.

The last chosen measure (gram/ounces) before switching off stays after switching on again, so you do not have to take care of this. Only if you would like to change the measurement you must press the right button again.

The automatic shut-off to extend the battery life is after 4 minutes not using the scale. This gives you enough time to prepare and weigh your food and ingredients in comparison to scales with a shorter switch-off time.

Summary

The Escali Primo is an economically priced electronic kitchen scale in a compact design with 12 attention-getting colors adaptable to your kitchen interior. Further easy to use with a two-button operation. If you look for a cheap and good quality scale for everyday use, please click here for the best prices and further information.

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FACTORS DECIDING THE KITCHEN REMODELING COST

Whenever you think of remodeling your kitchen, the first thing that flashes in your mind is the budget. You think about this for months and still you cannot get the exact figure for remodeling. The fact is that no one can give you the exact figure. Instead, a rough remodeling estimate can be given by a remodeling contractor. The initial step is to hire a reliable remodeling contractor in your area. He or she can give you the estimate only after looking at your kitchen. Below are some of the factors that will help them decide the estimate for kitchen remodeling.

Materials:

The biggest percentage of the estimate comes from the materials you choose to remodel your kitchen. If you own a kitchen which is designed with a century old pattern, you must buy everything from scratch and obviously this is going to cost you more. At the same time, if you own a decent kitchen and you think refacing is just enough for your kitchen, then the remodeling estimate will be less. You have to compare the cost of different brands available in the stores to make your purchase a cost effective one.

Labor:

This is the budget that is allotted for the contractor and his or her sub-contractors (if any) for planning and remodeling the kitchen by installing the materials selected. Again you can allot the budget for this by hiring a contractor who places the lowest bid.

Cabinets and Countertops:

If the existing kitchen cabinets are made out of wood, you can sand and stain them with new colors matching your kitchen surface. Doing so reduces the cost on the purchase of new kitchen cabinets. But if your kitchen cabinets are very worn out, then you have no other choice other than to buy new cabinets. Different brands of kitchen cabinets are available in the market. Go for the best brand with the best price.

 If you are not satisfied with your existing countertops, getting a new countertop will increase your budget. Another major factor affecting the remodeling cost is the size of the kitchen. The larger the kitchen is, the greater the cost will be to remodel. Some of the other factors contributing to the remodeling estimate are flooring, kitchen appliances, faucets, sinks, plumbing materials, windows, lighting, wall coverings, and other fittings.

Apart from these, you should consider some of the prospective costs like the ceiling, insurance, roofing, tiles, and other repairs. So make sure that your estimate is covering all these costs. You can allot 5 to 20% of your remodeling budget for this purpose. Once you have planned to remodel your kitchen, give your budget to the contractor. Make him or her complete the renovation project within that budget. As renovating your kitchen will increase the value of your house, you tend to spend more for kitchen remodeling. See to it that your remodeling estimate is not less than 5% and not more than 15% of the current value of your house.