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RENPHO Coffee Scale R-MSK02 review

A 0.1-gram scale to three kilograms that settles in 0.2 seconds, shows live flow rate and remembers the portafilter weight.

Where we land on it It remembers your portafilter. Calibrate once and it tares itself every time you set it down — nothing else on this shelf does that, and it also publishes a 0.2-second settle time and a live flow-rate readout.

What the maker puts in writing

  • 0.1 g (0.004 oz) division · 3 kg (6.6 lb) capacity
  • Locks the weight within 0.2 seconds
  • 3 modes: Basic, Pour-Over, Espresso with auto timer
  • Real-time flow-rate indicator
  • Portafilter memory tare · 1,000 mAh USB-C

One feature nobody else on this shelf has

calibrate your portafilter weight once, the scale will save it permanently.

Every other scale here makes you tare. This one does it for you, for the one object you put on it every single day.

That is not a specification, it is a workflow change, and it is the clearest reason on this shelf to pick one scale over another.

Two numbers that only exist here

A settling time of 0.2 seconds, and a flow rate shown live while you pour. One other scale on this shelf has a flow-rate mode; none publishes how fast the reading stabilizes.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $25 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

What it gets right, and wrong

Strengths

  • The only scale on this shelf that stores a portafilter weight permanently and tares to it automatically
  • The only one to publish a settling time — 0.2 seconds — which is what separates a usable espresso scale from a laggy one
  • A live flow-rate indicator and a dedicated pour-over mode, on a 1,000 mAh USB-C battery

Compromises

  • Three units only, where two scales on this shelf offer six
  • No warranty published, where two scales here give two and five years
  • The listing warns you to measure your machine first, which means the fit under a drip tray is not guaranteed

Where this one stands among its neighbors

At $25, it is the 5 cheapest of the 7 models in this category published here.

  • Least costly of the neighbors$16
  • Median$21
  • Most costly of the neighbors$50

Specifications

Precision0.1 g (0.004 oz) division
Capacity3 kg (6.6 lb)
Settling timeLocks in the weight within 0.2 seconds
Modes3: Basic, Pour-Over, and Espresso with auto timer
Flow rateBuilt-in real-time indicator
Portafilter memoryCalibrate once; the scale saves it and auto-tares thereafter
Size5.12 × 5.91 × 0.79 in
Power1,000 mAh lithium, USB-C
Unitsg, oz, lb:oz
Amazon referenceB0FDKL13QV
EAN0840191400889

What people want to know

What does portafilter memory actually save?

A step every shot. Normally you set the portafilter down, press tare, then dose. This stores the portafilter weight once and zeroes to it whenever you put it on. Nothing else on this shelf offers it, and on a daily espresso routine it is the most practical feature here.

Is 0.2 seconds fast?

There is nothing on this shelf to compare it with — no other listing publishes a settling time at all. What it means in use is that the number stops moving before the shot does, which is the complaint that makes people replace cheap scales.

Will it fit under my machine?

The maker asks you to measure first, which is honest. It is 5.12 by 5.91 by 0.79 inches. Two other scales on this shelf publish smaller footprints — one at 4.1 inches square and one at 5.7 by 3 inches — specifically for drip trays.

Compared with the neighboring coffee machines

These coffee machines share the category and the price bracket. Only what each one states is shown; an incomplete column would mislead.

Model Price PrecisionCapacity
RENPHO Coffee Scale R-MSK02 $25 0.1 g (0.004 oz) division3 kg (6.6 lb)
ERAVSOW Coffee Scale K112 $21 0.1 g (0.004 oz) / 0.01 oz0.3 g (0.01 oz) to 2,000 g (70.5 oz)
Greater Goods Coffee Scale 0460 $30 0.1 g (0.004 oz), with a rapid refresh rateNot stated by the maker
K KitchenTour Coffee Scale KT-CS6002 $20 To a tenth of a gram, as stated by the maker0.3 g (0.01 oz) to 3,000 g (105.8 oz)

The difference between the models, in coffee machines

  • If price decides: K KitchenTour Coffee Scale KT-CS6002, at $20.

Today’s price and availability, for coffee machines

Details checked on October 30, 2026.

This one and its buyer, among coffee machines

Espresso at home, pulled daily, where the portafilter goes on and off the scale every morning

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 600.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for coffee equipment and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

The way we judge these coffee machines