I was highly disappointed with this scale. You are unable to read the readout while there is a larger bowl on the platform(necessary when weighing 7 or more lbs at a time). Also, the ounce readout is only in ounces, when you have over 7lbs it becomes impossible to quickly calculate how many pounds and ounces you have, as your reading will be something like 135 ounces. My scale also did not weigh all the way up to 11 lbs, instead stopping somewhere around 8 lbs.