talking measuring jug

Category: Daily Living

Post 1 by suzy (Veteran Zoner) on Tuesday, 09-Feb-2010 16:38:19

hi all. I was wondering if anyone can help ive brought the talking measuring jug from the r n i b but i cant get it to talk has anyone got any ideas? Or had the same problem?

Post 2 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Wednesday, 10-Feb-2010 13:12:05

O wow. I didn't know there was such a thing. Do you know if they sell them in North America?

Post 3 by moonspun (This site is so "educational") on Friday, 12-Feb-2010 3:51:47

Try changing the battery. Sometimes they come without one, sometimes they have a little plastic tag in between. The button on the top of the jug should be pushed before you pour anything in there.
As for selling them in North America, I honestly wouldn't bother with them. They're expensive and not terribly accurate.

Post 4 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Friday, 12-Feb-2010 12:46:36

They sound cool.

Post 5 by Starcannon20 (the Zone BBS remains forever my home page) on Friday, 12-Feb-2010 23:53:47

yeah they do sound cool...but don't have money to waste on a product that isn't worth buying

Post 6 by moonspun (This site is so "educational") on Sunday, 14-Feb-2010 4:24:33

They're cool in theory. In practice, they're a waste of money. Just mark your own jug with something like tactimark and measure that way. Much, much cheaper.

Post 7 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Sunday, 14-Feb-2010 23:21:05

Way to burst a person's bubble. Lol.

Post 8 by suzy (Veteran Zoner) on Monday, 15-Feb-2010 4:35:35

lol tell me about it. Suppose i should have looked in to it more before buying it. But o well suppose iall have to try and make what use of it i can.

Post 9 by turricane (happiness and change are choices ) on Monday, 15-Feb-2010 16:20:47

i am assuming that it tells the user how full it is? how can it be accurate when each liquid has a different viscosity and therefore is heavier?

Post 10 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Tuesday, 16-Feb-2010 5:54:58

I've seen one of those. I agree with the last poster. sounds like a waste of money, but if you've already got one, then yes, try to make the best of it ...

Post 11 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Tuesday, 16-Feb-2010 11:37:31

Sounds like a real rip off. I bet it measures volume of container.

Post 12 by moonspun (This site is so "educational") on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2010 4:28:22

It works on weight. It comes with some presets like water, milk and oil. For anything else, you push a certain button, then are forced to initially pour about half a litre of the new, unknown liquid in there so that it can get a weight. Then you put that back in its original container, push the button to set that as the unknown, then do your measuring. It'll hold that preset until the next time you have a different unknown liquid. Thing is though, you don't always have half a litre or so of what you want to measure, and it's a pain having to pour it in, remove it then re-pour before you get what you want, not to mention all the fiddling with button pushing you have to do.

FM

Post 13 by suzy (Veteran Zoner) on Wednesday, 17-Feb-2010 7:52:29

that sounds like alot of hassel think iall just use it for the basics like measuring milk or water for certain recipes.

Post 14 by OceanDream (An Ocean of Thoughts) on Thursday, 18-Feb-2010 13:23:11

I usually use the individual measuring cups and spoons. If you have something tactile that won't come off when it gets wet, I would use that if the use of a measuring jug becomes necessary. But yes. I would definitely make use of it if you already have one.

Post 15 by margorp (I've got the gold prolific poster award, now is there a gold cup for me?) on Thursday, 18-Feb-2010 15:27:35

I'd use that jug for milk for sure.

Post 16 by kinky blinky :) (telling it like it is) on Sunday, 21-Feb-2010 9:50:03

its an awquard product, you can't really measure without the jug being attached to its electronics, plus its rather bloody expensive for what it is