A mechanical hanging dial scale earns its place where there is no power and no bench: home visits, community clinics, remote outreach and anywhere a midwife works out of a car boot. There is nothing to charge, nothing to calibrate on site and nothing to fail when the battery runs flat.
You hang it from a hook or a tripod, settle the baby in the sling, reset to zero and read the dial. Infant and toddler weights are the whole job it is designed for, and it does that job the same way in a lounge room as it does in a clinic.
The dial face is large and easy to read at arm’s length, which helps when one hand is steadying the child.






