Good Design - Page 61

€uroMeinke · 03-17-2012, 08:34 PM

Godzilla

Gn2Dlnd · 03-17-2012, 11:29 PM

"Stay close to the candles, the staircase can be...treacherous."

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-19-2012, 08:31 AM

Interesting... it turns out "Blücher" is not the German word for "glue".

JWBear · 03-19-2012, 09:04 AM

Well... Frau Leim just doesn't sound as funny.

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-22-2012, 12:48 PM

Combination Mixing Bowl and Scale

Capt Jack · 03-22-2012, 01:49 PM

huh. neat idea. almost a 'why didnt I think of that?'

Alex · 03-22-2012, 01:55 PM

I'm having trouble deciding if that is good design or just surface clever?

As I think about it, I believe I rarely want to measure all ingredients into a single bowl. With this either you are just constantly adding new stuff to the mix, or you have to weight, empty and clean to weigh another ingredient.

So even if I had this I would probably still want a standalone scale, in which case I don't need this as I accomplish the exact same thing by putting the mixing bowl on my scale.

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-22-2012, 02:02 PM

I see your point Alex, but since it has a tare function, I can see myself adapting to adding ingredients in succession.

Alex · 03-22-2012, 02:06 PM

Yes, it would be useful for that. But I also frequently (when I cook, which isn't frequently) start by measuring out all of the ingredients for something even if they don't all get mixed together immediately.

I don't think it would be possible for more convert entirely to things that can be mixed together at the start.

Plus, I probably wouldn't have been able to weigh my luggage for our Rome trip in that like I was able to do with our food scale (a two week trip with 14 pounds of luggage involved a lot of weighing and trading). And obviously failure of imagination that it doesn't take into account luggage weighing.

katiesue · 03-22-2012, 02:15 PM

It's a clever idea but I don't see it as being very practical. We use a kitchen scale a lot, easier to figure out carbs if you measure. That said my fairly cheap kitchen scale has a tare function as well. So we usually measure in whatever she's going to eat it out of. Using this would mean I'd have to wash it and whatever she ate out of.

Plus it says it's European so no ounces - then I'd have to do mental math and that just wouldn't be good.

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03-22-2012, 01:55 PM	#607
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I'm having trouble deciding if that is good design or just surface clever? As I think about it, I believe I rarely want to measure all ingredients into a single bowl. With this either you are just constantly adding new stuff to the mix, or you have to weight, empty and clean to weigh another ingredient. So even if I had this I would probably still want a standalone scale, in which case I don't need this as I accomplish the exact same thing by putting the mixing bowl on my scale.
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	I see your point Alex, but since it has a tare function, I can see myself adapting to adding ingredients in succession. __________________
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03-22-2012, 02:06 PM	#609
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yes, it would be useful for that. But I also frequently (when I cook, which isn't frequently) start by measuring out all of the ingredients for something even if they don't all get mixed together immediately. I don't think it would be possible for more convert entirely to things that can be mixed together at the start. Plus, I probably wouldn't have been able to weigh my luggage for our Rome trip in that like I was able to do with our food scale (a two week trip with 14 pounds of luggage involved a lot of weighing and trading). And obviously failure of imagination that it doesn't take into account luggage weighing.
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katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	It's a clever idea but I don't see it as being very practical. We use a kitchen scale a lot, easier to figure out carbs if you measure. That said my fairly cheap kitchen scale has a tare function as well. So we usually measure in whatever she's going to eat it out of. Using this would mean I'd have to wash it and whatever she ate out of. Plus it says it's European so no ounces - then I'd have to do mental math and that just wouldn't be good. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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