SF-400A Digital Scale 10 kg with Backlight for Kitchen and Shop

The SF-400A is a 10 kg digital scale for home kitchens, bakers and small shops. It weighs anything from 1 g up to 10 kg, and its green backlit screen stays easy to read under a dim kitchen bulb or on a busy shop counter.

The square platform is wide enough for a mixing bowl, a tray of meat or a small parcel, and five buttons on the front do everything: power, backlight, units, tare and piece counting. Put a bowl on the plate, press Tare, and the screen goes back to zero, so you only see what you add.

Why you’ll like it

• Reads to the gramIt reads in 1 g steps all the way to 10 kg, so a spoon of baking powder and a bag of rice are both easy to weigh.
• Backlit displayThe green backlight keeps the numbers clear at night, or during load-shedding when only an emergency light is on.
• Tare for any containerWeigh in your own bowl, patila or box; Tare takes its weight off the reading.
• Counts piecesThe counting (PCS) button works out how many identical items are on the plate once you set a sample, which helps when packing sweets, buttons or small hardware.
• Battery saverIt switches itself off when left idle and warns you when the batteries are low or the plate is overloaded.

How to use it

1. 1Fit 2 × AA batteries underneath and stand the scale on a flat, hard surface.
2. 2Switch it on with nothing on the plate and wait for 0.
3. 3Put your bowl on, press Tare, then add the food.
4. 4Press Mode to change the unit, and switch off when you’re done.

Who it’s for

Home bakers who follow recipes in grams, families who like to check the weight of meat and sabzi brought home, and small sellers who weigh spices, dry fruit or parcels before booking a courier. It isn’t made for gold or medicines: 1 g steps are too coarse for those, so use a 0.01 g pocket scale instead.

Tip: if the reading starts to jump or the screen looks faint, change both batteries together. Weak cells are a common cause of wrong readings on any digital scale.