Open Thread: Ambiano Kitchen Scale
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated for 2024.
It’s fall, which means cooler temperatures and baking season are upon us. Also, the holidays are around the corner, which mean even more baking and cooking. Starting in October each year, Aldi rotates a limited-time supply of cooking and baking supplies and gadgets through its middle aisle. It’s common to see pressure cookers, buffet servers, pastry mats, rolling pins, and meat thermometers at Aldi this time of year.
One item Aldi rolls out most years is a digital kitchen scale. A food scale can help you measure more accurately, especially in fussier recipes such as soufflés or macarons. It can also help you measure portion sizes and correctly determine how many calories you’re eating.
What We Know:
The Ambiano Kitchen Scale (Product Code: 836990 in 2024; product code 802450 in 2020) cost $7.99 in October of 2024. That’s $1 less than what Aldi sold kitchen scales for in 2020 when we first wrote about this topic.
This scale used to be sold under the Crofton brand. Both Ambiano and Crofton are Aldi private labels. There are no companies by those names. Instead, Aldi puts those names on various home goods and kitchen products it sells to give them a uniform look.
You have a choice of a black or silver scale in 2024.
Here’s more information, according to Aldi:
- Features an LCD display
- Includes anti-slip feet
- Offers low battery indication
- 13 lb. weight capacity
- Includes 1 CR2032 battery
This is an Aldi Find (Special Buy), which means it’s only in stores for a short time. Once it’s gone, you’ll have to wait until next year to get it again. Aldi does not offer online ordering for products that are sold out at your local store.
The 2018 kitchen scale had a three-year warranty serviced by Protel, a German-based after sales service company that provides service for a variety of Aldi products, including bathroom scales and backpacks. We don’t yet know if the current scale comes with a warranty.
What We Don’t Know:
We write open thread posts about products we have not yet tried, so we don’t know how well the digital kitchen scale works. We also don’t know who manufactures it.
Have you used the Ambiano Kitchen Scale or Crofton Digital Kitchen Scale? Share your thoughts in the comments.
I got mine on Thursday 🙂 It comes with a 3 year warranty and it’s pretty big, about as tall as a standard dinner plate and as wide as a notebook (not school-sized, but the kind you use in the office)
Thanks for the info!
mine did not last long at all, broke after a month but worked somewhat, then quit working at all.
Depletes the CR2032 battery because the “äutomatic”scale is ALWAYS on, due to no power switch. Just add weight to suck more juice, for the LCD to activate.
Dumbest design ever. With minimal use, battery guaranteed to show “Lo” in a year (and at “Lo,” the scale refuses to work).
Don’t waste your money.
Aldi is selling rectangular kitchen scales again the week of October 30th, 2024, while supplies last. They’re $7.99.