Very good balance (the comment Christelle says everything about its use). I am very happy. 20g margin of error, so for very accurate weighing I own a small precision balance next, electronic one. The bowl ranks with bowls if you want and the rest is flat, so not even bulky despite its large volume. The bowl itself weighs about 200g. To tare just turn the dial above graduations, but if we add adds added ingredients must be still careful to avoid exceeding 3kg in total, at least we risk losing precision.