Overall rating: 4.5333333 / 5 from 120 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
The Gravitas Precision Kitchen Scale is highly regarded for its exceptional accuracy, suitable for serious baking and precision cooking. Its removable and backlit display is a significant advantage, especially for tasks like sourdough. However, some users find the top plate non-removable and the bowls bulky, which can obstruct the display.
Summary topics
- Measurement Accuracy (22%): Many customers appreciated the accuracy of the product, finding it to be the best they have used.
- Display Usability (44%): A substantial number of customers stated that the removable display is a game changer for sourdough.
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Review highlights
- "When I’m making multiple loaves, I often use large mixing bowls that completely cover the display on my other scales." —
- "Love the precision and the ability to disconnect the control panel so I can read the weight when yding large bowls." —
- "Fit and finish are remarkable and far superior to all of the cheap crap out there." —
Reviews
gravitas is great.
"The Gravitas works fabulous. My wife started making sourdough and needed a precise scale. There was only one option to me and that is the Gravitas. Features that stand out are the removable control panel and the stainless plate that can be washed easily."
Great new kitchen tool
"I bake a lot and my preferred way to measure ingredients is using a scale for accuracy. My older scale had huge difficulty measuring small amounts of grams, say 3 grams of yeast for a pizza dough. This scale solves that issue and more. I love that you can remove the wireless display so that you can place a large bowl on the scale and view the weight increments as you add ingredients. The scale is sturdy and feels high quality. I like the large display that you can read in a bright kitchen. I like that you can flip between metric and imperial measurements say if you have some odd amount of ingredient in a recipe. It's a somewhat spendy appliance but it's well worth the value in my kitchen."
Slow read outs
"The quoted refresh rate of 1/2 of a second is not accurate. Sometimes it may be a 1/2 of a second, but often it’s as long as 2 seconds. I have tons of ThermoWorks products and was really looking forward to this scale for pizza and baking, but it is noticeably slower than much cheaper scales. Fingers crossed that those of us who bought early on brand loyalty can get a new unit or new brains for it."
Awesome!
"The Gravitas is an awesome scale. I love the rugged construction, the accuracy, the bright, removable, easy-to-read display, and being able to remove the measuring plate for cleaning. The only very minor criticism is the slight lag time for the display to register a reading, but I'm getting used to it and really don't notice it anymore."
Outstanding
"This is the scale you’ve been looking for! Fantastic and exactly what is needed when you need precision baking measurements. Love, the fact that I could move the display out of the way for larger bins. Definitely helping me up my sourdough game. Thank you for making such an outstanding scale! A great investment for anyone serious in the kitchen and especially cottage bakers like me!"
Just what I’d expect!
"What a great scale. All my measuring equipment is from this great company! Upgraded all my prices to Rfx and now added Gravitas. A wonderful product with a great name. It’s heavier than I was expecting and clearly well made. I’d buy it again in a moment."
Best Scale I ever owned
"Oh, this is a great scale. Most of the scales I have owned in the past drift while using them. The Gravitas does not. Theist scale I had would not read consistently—if I would press gently and release, it would often not settle on the same reading. The gravitas has been rock solid. Getting to the proper weight quickly and staying fixes on that value. It is easy to use and I love the removable display."
Keep away from the heat!
"Ill start by saying this is a great scale, you can tell that it is accurate straight from the box and the wireless removable display is great. My only concern is the response time, this scale is quite slow to respond but not unusable, I've had no issues other than my own impatience. NOW FOR A HUGE DISCLAIMER: keep it away from heat, I left this scale in the same spot that I left my tried and true OXO scale next to an oven vent and it melted completely, so now im out of a good scale and $120 :("
Excellent Tool!
"I've been using the Gravitas twice daily for the past couple weeks and it is a great tool. The accuracy is top notch (I checked it with a validation weight on all parts of the scales plate). The response rate is superior to my prior scale with is very useful for measuring poured liquid. The removal display is also makes the scale usable for large containers. It's a winner!"
Amazing scale
"I’ve been a baker for many years, using whatever scale I had at the time. When my last scale broke I splurged on the Gravitas and it’s more than Is hoped for. The tare is on the left side which I love; the scale measures micrograms, and the measurements are so easy to read. I can’t imagine going back to a standard scale; this one has me spoiled."
Q&A
- Can the tare weight be customized to account for the the weight of an empty container without food/liquid/etc. before use or do you have to place your empty container first?
- You have to place your empty bowl on Gravitas before taring.
- The kitchen scale that I use now also has a timeout that turns off the display after 5 minutes of inactivity. When this happens, if I press the power button it will bring back the previous measurement (just like Gravitas). HOWEVER, there is a flaw in their design, in that if the weight on the scale changes in any way after the screen times out, then the scale will discard the current weight and reset itself to zero (auto-tare) when it's turned on again. I want to make sure this does NOT happen with the Gravitas. If the 5-minute screen timeout happens and weight is added or removed before pressing the power button to resume, does it show the correct weight based on the original tare amount before the timeout happened or does the tare reset?
- Yes, Gravitas will show the correct weight.
- IF YOU PUT A BOWL ON THE SCALE DOES THE SCALE ADJUST BACK TO ZERO SO THAT YOU GET AN ACCURATE WEGHT READING OF YOUR INGREDIENT?
- Yes. You simply press the TARE button to tare (zero out) the bowl's weight.
- What is the backlight behavior for the display and is it configurable? The demo video shows the backlight turning on when the display is removed from the base. What are the timouts? What actions turn the backlight on/off?
- The backlight automatically turns on when Gravitas is powered on and when any change in weight is detected on the scale. The backlight turns off after 15 seconds of inactivity. The display remains on for 5 minutes after inactivity. The backlight timing is not configurable.
- Does the display have magnets to mount on a refrigerator for viewing?
- Yes! The display has magnets on both the bottom and the back of the display.