Digital Luggage Scale

A digital luggage scale is a travel essential these days. There was a time when airlines were fairly generous with the passengers luggage allowance. If you had exceeded your allowance by a little, you would usually have been let through without penalties. Those days are gone. Now many airlines enforce weight limits strictly and overweight surcharges have become another way to boost airlines profit margins.

Worry not. The Taylor #8120 digital luggage scale can help you avoid those hefty penalties that airlines would love to levy on you. This travel gadget looks just like a simple handle with a strap. The only distinguishing feature is that it has got an LCD display and a button on the handle.

Taylor #8120 Digital Luggage Scale

Taylor #8120 Digital Luggage Scale

How to use it:

This luggage scale is very easy to use. All you need to do is to attach the strap to your suitcase handle, press the button on the handle and wait for the LCD to show 00. You then hold the handle, lift the suitcase, and wait for a beep. Once it beeps, you can put the suitcase down and read the weight on the LCD display. The LCD keeps showing the measured weight of the suitcase even after you have put it down. You don't have to keep lifting the suitcase, while trying to read the LCD! So it is really convenient to use.

Other features:

Why not just use a good old bathroom scale?

First a piece of suitcase is not likely to fit on the scale and remain balanced without one end touching the floor. Second, a suitcase or a travel bag is likely to obscure the readings on the bathroom scale, making it unreadable. Third, you can try to weigh the suitcase by standing on the bathroom scale first with and then without the suitcase to obtain two readings. You can then do a subtraction to find the difference (which is the weight of the suitcase). However, this is tricky and the result is likely to be inaccurate. Furthermore, you don't want to bring a bathroom scale with you when you travel!

Taylor #8120 Digital Luggage Scale

Customers opinions:

Most customers have been impressed by the accuracy of the scale, commenting that it is usually very accurate, and on ocassions off by at most half a pound. One customers recommends setting an upper limit of 48 lbs just to be on the safe side of the usual 50 lbs weight limit. Another customer has noted that it is much lighter and smaller than the Balanzza scale, and very comfortable to use. Here are more customer reviews.

Other tips on using the luggage scale:

If you plan to do some shopping on your trip, you frankly need the Taylor #8120 Digital Luggage Scale. It is easy to go on a spending spree and forget about the usual weight limit of 50 lbs. Many airlines charge an exorbitant amount for excess weight. For example, the excess baggage weight fees stand at $90 for domestic travel and $150 for international travel with Delta Air Lines (as of mid 2009). So it really is a sound travel investment to make. It will easily pay for itself after the first use!

Other similar products:

The Balanzza and Balanzza Ergo are also quite popular digital scales for weighing luggage. They work similar to the Taylor scale. However, their shapes and the way you grip them are quite different. They are also bulkier and heavier.



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