BrewistaSmart Scale II

Feature that starts the timer when 1st drop hits the cup really helps me dial in

Lots of different functions. Great accuracy & size is good...fits perfectly under the group of my Rocket R58

I was actually using a Casio stop watch and a weighing scale I bought for a tenner from Morisons. When this thing came through the post, I was eager to get on Amazon and write a 1 star review - I thought it was just an unnecessary addition to my espresso setup.I am glad I held off writing the review until I actually used this in action. It does give a similar result to the old method of stop watch and scale but it's much easier. I think over the course of 1-2 years, I'll easily get the value out of this product.If you work in a coffee shop, this is a tool which will help a lot.If you are learning the ropes and want a guaranteed way to dial in your shots, it's worth its weight in gold.

This is great. It does everything you need for weighing beans/ground & timing the brew. Haven’t needed to charge yet after nearly 12 months of admittedly light use I.e three coffees a day.

Initially looks impressive. The size is perfect to fit on my coffee tray, and I like the feature that it has a rechargeable battery.However I’m sure if I have defective unit or not but the one sent to me could not give me consistent measurement. Sometime I would a cup on the scales and tare it. The scales would then reset to zero as expected, 5 seconds later it would then read out a random measurement up to 4kg when the weight hasn’t changed. I’ve had inconsistent results with measuring ground beans, and my espresso shot. It isn’t reliable, and as a item that is supposed to add more control to my coffee making, it doesn’t stack up as adequate for the simplist weighing tasks. The auto tare and auto timer function are also unreliable. Sometimes the timer would start until half way through a shot.As this was at the top of my list for scales, and is definitely the priciest set of scales I was looking at. I simply cannot recommend.

Works perfectly and neat and easy to use

This scale worked perfectly for about a year with light use, but when I finally needed to charge it, it would not charge at all. I tried multiple cables and adapters, but nothing worked. A reset initially made it appear as if the battery was full, but after a few days, the scale became completely unresponsive.For the price, I expected better reliability. If you’re considering this, be aware that battery and charging issues seem to be a common problem.

Difficult to write a review as this scale falls between a ridiculously-priced Acaia Lunar and a cheap Chinese jewelry pocket scale. As a scale for espresso machine it fits well the drip tray of my ECM and has the same software functions found in the Acaia, what I don't like is the annoying removable rubber tray protector and the traditional open design of the weighing tray which invites water and shock damage. Essentially here one is paying a big premium for water resistance and espresso-oriented software neither of which justify the £90 for a Chinese-made-cheaply-packaged scale in my opinion. I'm returning this to go back to my £10 pocket scale until Lunar scales go down in price!