Best weight weenie scale for bikepacking?

[ScottM]

I'm chuckling as I write that, but it's somewhat serious.  I've never owned a scale other than cheapo bathroom, which is probably good enough for weighing entire bike + kit.

Does anyone have a favorite (preferably cheap) weight weenie scale?  Something that can register tiny things but also larger items up to ~4 or so pounds (e.g. a tent)...

I'm a total noob.

[AmyL]

I use my kitchen scale from the brand "My Weigh".    It weighs in 0.1 oz increments up to 10 or 15 pounds.  My model is the KD600 (I believed now called KD700), other models have different resolution and max limits.  It's worked well for 5 or 6 years now. 
I don't know anything about reputation of different brands, but if you google "kitchen scale" or "postal scale" you'll find a bunch of sites that have many models. 
If you aren't planning to use it daily in your kitchen, you don't need the robustness and high price of the My Weigh scale.  But if you want a good scale that you use every day and will last for the long haul, I think My Weigh has a good reputation.
Amy

[Pivvay]

I use a cheapie kitchen scale. Does ~1g accuracy which is more than enough and goes up to 15lbs too.

[12wheels]

I also use a kitchen scale, non-digital, that cost all of $2.00 at the local Savers.  It measures to the half oz or 10th gram and goes up to 5 3/4 pounds, odd, which covers all the components on my bike and all the individual pieces of gear I carry.   It is quite accurate and was a real bargain at that price.

[ScottM]

Thanks for the responses guys.  A super cheap kitchen scale (non-digital) seems like the way to go.

[rocky rode]

A kitchen scale, if accurate, would be great.  I used one for awhile till I found out it was off over 10%.  I found a digital scale on ebay that was affordable and have been using that for a couple of years.  Maybe you could take something you know the weight of and try it on a dial type kitchen scale before you buy it to be sure of it's accuracy.

I highly recommend having a scale, they're fun, and it surprises me what different items weigh.  It changes what I choose to carry sometimes.  You don't need to be a weight weenie to have one, it helps to choose item A over item B based on weight vs. performance/comfort.

Gary   

[ScottM]

Good point, Gary.  Probably worth a few bucks for some accuracy.

[Slim]

If you are looking at kitchen scales, take a close look at the max. weight. I wanted something that could weigh heavy items like winter bags and such or a package of multiple items(eg food in a stuffsack). I had a hard time finding one that went up more than 3 kilos. I finally found an expensive Salter that goes to 5kg.