Kitchen scale experiment

In order to take advantage of the wonderful recipes in this forum, I just ran to Target and bought a $29 chefmate kitchen scale (supposed to measure up to 4.4 lb) and found it to be very inaccurate/inconsistent. I wonder if anyone had the same experience. Could anyone who liked their kitench scales do some similar experiment and let me know if yours work right?

My first experiment: pouring 500ml water (a new measuring cup) into a mixing bowl, the scale showed less than 400 grams. I was not sure at the moment whether the scale or the measuring cup was wrong although I knew deep down it's probably the scale.

In order to trust this adorable little scale I did a series of really dorky experiments: measuring 30 ml of water from an old little measuring cup and it was accurate; measuring a unopened package of food (1lb) and it was about right; and putting 500ml water bottles onto the scale one by one and it starts to break after two bottles.

The final experiment was lethal. I put one 500 ml bottle of water to north, west, south, east of the measuring disc and the results ranged from 330g - 540g. In order to exclude the factor of unevenness of table, I turned the scale and the results repeated.

I am kind of sad it didn't work out. I also wonder if I didn't do everything ahead and just used it assuming it's accurate, maybe I will still make all the great dishes.

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