There are some scales which are used for both household and commercial purpose. These are used to measure food service operations, industrial applications, chemical industry, food, drug, hardware retail establishments. They are legal for trade meaning they can be used for commercial weighing. These scales have certain features like tough construction, push button tare, and brilliant LED weigh display or overload protection. A&D weighing company produces different types of all purpose scales like HL-100, HL-200, HL-400, HL-2000, and HL-4000. Advantages of these scales include high resolution, detachable weighing pan, and stability indicator, and low battery indicator, auto power off, standard carrying case, AC Adapter and portable. A&D also produces scales used for sanitary applications. It has small pan and large pan. Its features like stainless steel construction, small footprint, stability indicator, Tare function, auto power off, Ac adapter. A&D SK Series scale are used for general applications like shipping, check weighing, filling, mixing, lab and industrial use. The features of this scale are it is portable, solid & reliable design, temperature compensated, easy to read LCD Display, upto 5000 resolution, Auto power off, accurate strain gauge technology etc. All purpose scales can be used for various purposes.