Digital Scales

[jacknife 2,005]

Just been looking at the digital scales

 

Hornady about £60

MTM about £40

 

Or you can get a jewellery set for £10 that look pretty much the same

 

Are these just as good

[Tremo 138]

I'd go for Hornady over MTM. I have a set of RCBS 505s and these are good. The 510s are supposed to be even better.

 

One thing I can say, if you are buying a set of scales then don't buy cheap. Get some quality ones. You need to be able to rely on them.

[kimgary 4]

Having worked for Avery Berkel in the past I would like to say that modern digital scales are very accurate, \i use a small one from e-bay about £ 10.00 for measuring curing chemicals for home curing etc, mine reads to 2 decimal places.

 

A handy scale checker is as follows:-

 

1p = 3.56 grams

2p = 7.12 grams

5p = 3.25 grams

10p = 6.5 grams

20p = 5.00 grams

50p =8.00 grams

£1 = 9.5 grams

£2 = 12.00 grams

 

always check the calibration for your lowest weight to your highest weight that you are using to ensure the scale is linear.

 

1 gram = 15.432 grains so with a calculator you should be able to see how accurate they are.

 

Kind Regards

Gary.

Edited April 18, 2015 by kimgary

[BlackStreak 498]

I've noticed that having a cell phone in close proximity to you digital scales will cause it to loose calibration and give you squirting readings. Sometimes the numbers won't ever stop and settle too

[jacknife 2,005]

Cheers for the sake of a few quid just ordered the Hornaby

[Tremo 138]

Cheers for the sake of a few quid just ordered the Hornaby

 

. A wise investment.