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Gadling gear review- EatSmart Digital Luggage Scale
EatSmart's Precision Voyager Luggage Scale is a lightweight travel accessory designed for anyone from the casual vacationer (cruise passenger) to the road warrior (Gadling reader). After easily clipping onto the handle of your suitcase or bag, EatSmart's proprietary (I guess it's a big deal others wish to emulate) two handed SmartGrip design allows for easier lifting of even the heaviest bags. The manufacturer tells us:
This is a big improvement over my old-school hand-held luggage scale that required gymnastic skills and the arm of a weight-lifter (or so I thought), neither of which I have, to get a reading.
To use that one, I had to mount the bag on a hook attached to the scale then, with one hand, hold the bag up off the ground while simultaneously bending over sideways to see the reading, rendering my other hand/arm useless in helping hold the bag up high enough to see. Later I learned (I read the directions) that I could attach that old scale to some stationary object, mount the bag, stand back and read.
Using the Precision Voyager Luggage Scale is much easier even without reading the directions. A durable strap and easy-clip buckle fit around the bag handle for taking a reading, making that cool clicking sound those things make. A quick lift off the floor gets a beep, signaling the user to look down at the device which has lit up with a pretty blue digital display. Who doesn't like more pretty blue digital displays?
This new one from EatSmart, features a compact, lightweight design that allows travelers to bring it along and not have to worry about paying unexpected baggage fees. I envision bringing this device along when traveling to allow others to marvel (be jealous of me) at it's easy-to-use yet cutting-edge-technology level cool look.
At a maximum weight load of 110 pounds, this new scale should handle just about any bag you want to weigh and a whole lot of other things as well. My foot, for example, weights 16.3 pounds. My coffee cup did not register. I wonder if I just forgot the luggage and packed everything in coffee cups if that would be a problem with the airlines. TSA should be OK with it.
You can find the EatSmart Precision Voyager Luggage Scale on their web site for $19.95.
"When your scale registers the weight, the scale will beep and your luggage weight will appear on the screen instantly."Sounds simple enough.
This is a big improvement over my old-school hand-held luggage scale that required gymnastic skills and the arm of a weight-lifter (or so I thought), neither of which I have, to get a reading.
To use that one, I had to mount the bag on a hook attached to the scale then, with one hand, hold the bag up off the ground while simultaneously bending over sideways to see the reading, rendering my other hand/arm useless in helping hold the bag up high enough to see. Later I learned (I read the directions) that I could attach that old scale to some stationary object, mount the bag, stand back and read.
Using the Precision Voyager Luggage Scale is much easier even without reading the directions. A durable strap and easy-clip buckle fit around the bag handle for taking a reading, making that cool clicking sound those things make. A quick lift off the floor gets a beep, signaling the user to look down at the device which has lit up with a pretty blue digital display. Who doesn't like more pretty blue digital displays?
This new one from EatSmart, features a compact, lightweight design that allows travelers to bring it along and not have to worry about paying unexpected baggage fees. I envision bringing this device along when traveling to allow others to marvel (be jealous of me) at it's easy-to-use yet cutting-edge-technology level cool look.
At a maximum weight load of 110 pounds, this new scale should handle just about any bag you want to weigh and a whole lot of other things as well. My foot, for example, weights 16.3 pounds. My coffee cup did not register. I wonder if I just forgot the luggage and packed everything in coffee cups if that would be a problem with the airlines. TSA should be OK with it.
You can find the EatSmart Precision Voyager Luggage Scale on their web site for $19.95.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kaisatsu Mar 18th 2011 1:30PM
But how accurate is it? Does your foot normally weight 16.3 pounds when weighed on an airport luggage scale?
I recently bought a similarly designed luggage scale and and was quite pleased with it until it showed my suitcase weighing 45 lbs, compared to the 49 lbs it registered at the airport and on my bathroom scale. (And before you jump to the wrong conclusion, I'll answer those age-old airline security questions: "My bag was with me from the time I packed it until I reached the airport," and "No one asked me to carry any additional items for them.")
I've since tried the scale with bags of varying weight, and it frequently registers around 10% light. While this isn't too big of a deal for a 20-lb RyanAir carry-on, I often like to buy books and wine. This means that my homeward-bound luggage frequently weighs in dangerously close to the 50-lb cut-off. Assuming a 10% margin of error, that's a lot of things to try to shove into my carry-on bag at the check-in counter (and wine isn't really a carry-on option anymore).
While I appreciate the ease of use of the handle-and-strap design, at the end of the day, it's the accuracy that's most important.
Vi Mar 19th 2011 6:30AM
I also interested in accuracy of this device. Would be interesting to hear reviews from people used it.
raja May 3rd 2011 12:46PM
I'm so glad you posted a picture of this luggage scale! I've seen so many pictures of it online, and like the design, but didn't know where the screen was!