I have been using this digital scale even more than I thought I would. I originally purchased it to put up for when I found recipes that use the metric system rather then standard cooking measurements. So far I have used it for recipes, mailing out small packages, and my kid's even used it out of curiosity. This is a basic kitchen scale that does grams, ounces, pounds, and kilograms. I have found that it is pretty accurate for my uses. Some measurements were just a little over but, in the case of postage a tiny bit over is better then under. I would recommend every household to simply have one of these around for when it is needed.