I just received a new Ohaus scale today and I'm thinking about sending it back. In the past, I thought these were quality scales but I'm really not impressed with this. It's a YJ501 gold scale. Supposed to weigh up to 500 grams and be accurate to 1/10th of a gram. Which is 1.5 grains. I wanted to use it for reloading too but it's just not accurate enough. 1.5 grains is a lot. I couldn't even get it to weigh a 5 grain calibration weight. It read the 10 and the 20 one time and now something is screwed up with it. I hit tare and it zeros but then a number bounces back on the display and stays there. You tare it again and the number just comes back again. There's a plastic cover that comes down over it so there is no interference. I got to calibration mode and it wants a 200 g. calibration weight set on it. Of course it didn't come with one so I can't do that. My 100 g, $20 pocket scale was easier to use and more accurate than this $80 scale. The controls are clumsy and confusing. You'd think the "Light" button would turn the back light on and off. It does everything BUT do that. Made in China.
Unless you have $1000 to spend, you won't be able to find a 500 g capacity scale indicating .01 or .001 grams You can find this one that goes to 500 grams for those big nuggets, with a .1 gram resolution which isn't bad unless you are exploding something, or a reloader scale which can maybe weigh 50 grams with a .01 resolution. My lab quality ( surplused) can only weigh 160 grams but with a resolution of .0001 gram which is sufficient to do specific gravity for gems and coins, but new it is now close to 4 grand.
I did. It doesnt matter. Im going to try pulling the batteries but Ive got a feeling this is going back. I can get a Lyman reloading scale thats accurate to 1/10th of a grain for $140.
Hmmm.. strange... it sounds like there might be a problem with that one. The one I have works perfectly and I really like it.
