Measure Master Digital Scale 5000g w/ Bowl

The Measure Master Digital Scale 5000g w/ Bowl is a benchtop precision scale built for growers who need repeatable, accurate measurements of dry nutrients, fertilizers, and amendments. 5000 g / 11 lb capacity, 0.5 g graduation, a stainless steel base, and a removable 1.6 L stainless bowl that lifts out for easy cleanup. Backlit display reads in grams, ounces, and milliliters — with a tare, a built-in thermometer, and an integrated timer included.

Measure Master 5000g Digital Scale Specifications

A large-capacity benchtop scale aimed at hydroponic growers and serious DIYers. The 1.6 L stainless bowl seats on a stainless steel base, the backlit screen reads cleanly even under HID or LED grow-room light, and the multi-mode display covers the three units most nutrient recipes ever call for.

Why Choose the Measure Master 5000g Digital Scale

Measure Master positions itself as the “Trusted Partner for Precision Measuring Equipment” — built around accuracy, reliability, and the kind of repeatability you need when a recipe calls for the same grams every feed. Reasons this scale earns its spot on the bench:

• 5000 g headroom in a benchtop footprint. Most kitchen-style scales top out at 2–3 kg. The 5 kg capacity covers a full Cal-Mag jug, a heavy bag of dry amendments, or a brimming bowl of granular fertilizer in one weigh.
• 0.5 g graduation that you can actually trust. Half-a-gram is fine enough for the vast majority of nutrient and amendment recipes — bloom boosters, root supplements, beneficials, dry kelp meal, mycorrhizae — without the drift and instability that ultra-fine 0.001 g scales suffer when used outside a draft-free lab bench.
• Stainless bowl that lifts out and washes. Salt build-up from cal-mag and bloom boosters is the silent killer of plastic-trayed scales. A stainless bowl rinses clean, will not stain, and dries between weigh-ins without holding moisture against the load cell.
• Three unit modes covering every label. Grams, ounces, and millilitres — one button switch. Whether the bottle is labelled metric or imperial, the math is on the display already.
• Tare, timer, thermometer, auto-off. The tare zeros out the bowl so the displayed weight is just the nutrient. The timer is useful for measuring brew or steep times for compost teas and beneficials. The thermometer tells you ambient grow-room temperature in °C or °F. Auto-off saves the batteries when you walk away mid-mix.
• Backlit display that reads in low light. The veg room is bright; the dry-storage closet is not. Backlight keeps the digits readable wherever the scale lives.

Best Uses for the Measure Master 5000g Scale

This is a workhorse scale for any indoor or outdoor grow that mixes its own nutrient solution. The most common day-to-day jobs:

• Weighing out dry granular fertilizers and amendments. Bone meal, kelp meal, blood meal, gypsum, dry rock dust, langbeinite, and similar inputs are sold by the pound or kilo and dosed by the gram per pot — the 1.6 L bowl handles a feed’s worth of dry mix in one weigh.
• Pre-portioning bloom boosters, root supplements, and beneficial inoculants. Many of these are dosed at 1–5 g per gallon. Tare the empty bowl, scoop, read, dump into the reservoir.
• Mixing compost teas and brews. Weigh out the kelp, the molasses, the worm castings, and the microbe pack on the same scale, then use the integrated timer to clock the brew.
• Portioning bulk seed, beans, grains, or salt for fermenting. Useful well beyond the grow tent — the 5 kg capacity covers a sizeable bag of dry goods in one go.
• Measuring liquid concentrates by weight. Many manufacturers publish density data so growers can swap volume for weight when accuracy matters — the scale’s mL mode estimates volume for water-density liquids on the fly.
• Documenting harvest yields. The 5 kg / 11 lb cap is plenty for trimmed flower from a small tent, dried hops, or a tray of dried herbs. The flat bowl makes it easy to slide product on and off.

Measure Master 5000g 1.6 L vs XL 4 L and 3000g Precision Models

Measure Master makes three benchtop scales aimed at growers. Honest trade-offs between them:

How to choose between the 1.6 L and the 4 L bowl: if you mix one or two reservoirs at a time and want a scale that lives on a normal bench, the 1.6 L is the right size and washes faster. If you batch-mix for a whole flower room or weigh out a full 5 kg of amendments in a single scoop, the 4 L XL is worth the bigger footprint.

Compatibility & What It Pairs With

A scale is only as useful as the system around it. The Measure Master 5000g fits naturally into a few common grow-room kits:

• Reservoir nutrient mixing: works with any liquid or dry nutrient program — General Hydroponics, Athena, Advanced Nutrients, FoxFarm, House & Garden, Heavy 16, Cutting Edge, etc. Weigh the dry, pour the liquid, stir into the reservoir.
• Cleaning supplies for the bowl: a quick wipe with 99.9% isopropyl alcohol between weigh-ins prevents cross-contamination when switching from one nutrient to another — especially when alternating between pungent kelp and a pH-sensitive bloom booster.
• Bench setup: sits flat on any solid level surface. If the bench is inside a grow tent like the Gorilla Grow Tent 8 x 8, choose a corner away from oscillating fans — draft will introduce small readings drift on any scale, including this one.
• Storage: keep the scale and bowl together in a sealed bin between feeds. Stainless does not rust, but humid grow rooms accelerate salt corrosion on the contact points.
• Battery type: uses standard AA-size cells (included). Keep a spare set in the bin — nothing more annoying than a dead scale on the morning of a mix day.
• NOT compatible / cautions: not waterproof — do not rinse the scale base under running water. Wipe only. Do not exceed 5000 g — overload damages the load cell. Do not use as a hot-surface platform; the thermometer is for ambient air, not for measuring hot fluids in the bowl.

Usage & Operating Steps

The scale is designed for fast, one-handed operation. The full sequence for a routine weigh-in:

1. Place the scale on a flat, stable surface away from fans, vibrating equipment, and direct sunlight. A wobbly or breezy spot will cause the display to drift.
2. Seat the stainless bowl on the base centered over the platform. Press the power button to wake the display.
3. Press TARE to zero out the bowl weight. The display should settle on 0 g (or your chosen unit).
4. Add the nutrient or amendment a scoop at a time. Read the live weight as you pour; stop when you hit the target.
5. Switch units if needed using the unit button — grams to ounces, or millilitres for water-density liquids. The display updates instantly.
6. Empty the bowl into the reservoir by lifting it off the base. Tip and pour cleanly; the smooth stainless interior releases without sticking.
7. Wipe the bowl between materials. A dry paper towel is enough for most dry amendments; alcohol or warm water for sticky residues. Dry before the next weigh.
8. Power down or let it auto-off. Walking away is fine — the auto power-off triggers after a few minutes of inactivity to save the batteries.

How to Calibrate and Care for the Scale

Scales drift over time — load cells age, salt accumulates, the platform takes a bump from a dropped bottle. A few habits keep readings tight for years:

1. Always weigh on a hard, level surface. A spirit-level app on a phone takes ten seconds to verify the bench is flat. Tilted readings are wrong readings.
2. Check the zero before every session. Power on, place the bowl, press TARE. If the reading drifts off 0 g after settling, the scale is sensing motion or air movement — relocate it.
3. Verify accuracy monthly with a known weight. A sealed 1 lb bag of brown sugar (453 g) or a 100 g calibration weight from any lab supply works. Place, read, compare. Anything within ±1 g is fine for this graduation; bigger drift means the unit needs service or replacement.
4. Rinse and dry the bowl after every sticky weigh. Molasses, kelp extract, and humic acid harden into a film if left overnight — that film changes the tare weight on the next use.
5. Never weigh above 5000 g. The display will read “OL” (overload) past capacity. Repeated overloads permanently damage the load cell and there is no field repair — replace the unit if it has been crushed.
6. Pull the batteries for long storage. If the scale sits unused for months, remove the AAs. Battery leakage destroys the contacts and is not covered as a defect.
7. Store the bowl upside down on the base. Inverted, the bowl protects the display and platform from dust and accidental knocks. It also keeps the inside dry.
8. Treat the thermometer as a relative reading. The built-in sensor is ambient grow-room temperature, useful for catching trends. For nutrient solution temperature, use a dedicated thermometer probe in the reservoir.

Sources & Further Reading

1. DS Urban Farm — Measure Master 5000g Digital Scale w/ Bowl product page (dsurbanfarm.com)
2. DS Urban Farm — supplier home (dsurbanfarm.com)