Travel Smart Luggage Scale

We got this scale for a trip to Europe where we were taking an inter-European flight that had more stringent requirements than US airlines. My husband wasn't sure we needed it, but it proved SO USEFUL! We've traveled tons back and forth to Europe and we stay with friends who have a regular person scale, so we've always used that when packing (pack the bag, close it, get on the scale, balance the bag behind our back so we can read the scale, get off the scale, put the bag down, get back on the scale, do the math...). But having this scale along was so great! It doesn't weigh very much and it allowed us to weight our luggage much easier. And when we found a suitcase was too heavy, we were able to take out a few items, put them in a plastic bag, and weight the plastic bag to see if we'd removed enough! Also, our carry-ons were limited to 6 kg in Europe, and so this scale came in VERY handy for weighing those ahead of time. This DEFINITELY made the trip easier! The scale also beeps when it's registered the weight and then holds that info on the display, so you can then put the bag down and read the display. Very nice feature. The display also does lbs and kg, which was also quite handy since we needed the kg info in Europe. It also has a tape measure built in. I did actually use it once to see if we used the expandable zipper on our suitcase if it would still meet the size limits. The tape measure seemed to only be about 24" long, which meant I had to measure half way across the suitcase and then measure the other half way across. Kind of annoying, but at the same time, a whole lot easier than not having a tape measure at all! Because of the short length of the tape measure I only gave it 4 stars in "features."