I bought this scale about 9 months ago to weigh my backpacks for hiking / backpacking trips, it is a big help for trip planning.  Also gets used for a lot of other small tasks - the fact you can hang it and hang a bag with stuff in it from the hook makes this a very useful scale.

This scale has been a welcome surprise for accuracy.  I did not have high expectations going in, and would have been happy if this were a tad outside of the tolerances for lighter objects under 2lbs and heavier ones over, say, 90lbs... but as usual with American Weigh scales, this one exceeded my expectations.

I own many scales, and have a myriad of different calibration weights.  Even with as litlle as 1-2 lbs, this scale reads right where it should.  The error is small enough, and definitely withing the .05 tolerance it is sold at, that I typically feel confident in what I am reading whether it is 2 lbs or 40 lbs on the hook.

For the price paid, I would recommend this scale to anyone looking for a versatile, cheap and durable scale for their needs.  As always, those seeking accuracy to the gram level would need to look elsewhere.  This is my fifth AWS scale, and I have been happy with every one of them.  Plus, AWS has a ten year warranty, and if you ever call the company, you get a person (I got Kevin twice) who is friendly, knowledgeable and will take whatever time you need.

Would buy this again.