The first thing I noticed and LOVED was the modest cardboard packaging. It's in a small, thin, right plastic sleeve marked with its recycling number (7) and packed in a small, thin, right-sized cardboard box. WOW!!! Someone is actually thinking about packaging. THANK YOU!
The scale seems great. It's big enough that you can put a full-sized mixing bowl on it and still read the numbers. The two buttons which control the read-out are pretty intuitive, I figured it out quickly without struggling. There are no instructions included, just a little itty bitty brochure with a website for more info. It's very easy to use the buttons, turn on/off, zero it out, etc.
It came with a battery installed (and protected by one of those plastic thingies you pull out) and with a backup battery too!
It's super thin, easy to store. Very minimalist in appearance.