I'm in the market for a new scale. A quick search of the bay is enough to daunt the task at hand. I would like one to at least go to 2 decimal places (rather have it go to miligrams), and be able to weigh up to 500 grams. Nearly everyone I've found ships from China and I won't do that. I want a dependable, accurate desktop version, that will last for years. Any suggestions? What do you use?
I'm sure everybody has their preference. This is battery operated, 500 G, and 2 decimal places. My wife weighs fibre on this and it works really good/acurate http://www.ebay.com/itm/Skallo-0-01...908137?hash=item235b7f0be9:g:X04AAOSwl9BWKhkS
Here's a desktop model that I have found to be accurate and reliable, with a 2000 gram capacity and about a 4x5 inch footprint -- https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/professional-digital-table-top-scale-2000-x-.1-g.html
Here's mine. 12 bucks is good enough for the coins I weigh. Not sure where it ships from but guaranteed it's made in China. http://www.amazon.com/Digiweigh-DW-BX-Digital-Pocket-Scales/dp/B0009NNMJO
This scale has insufficient resolution to weigh a coin, it's only rated to 0.1g. That's greater than the allowed weight tolerance for a Morgan Dollar, much less smaller coins. It's also double the price of a decent 0.01g scale. There is - I think - one overseas company making a ton of digital scales which are resold by a number of middleman companies. My particular iteration is a Digiweigh DW100AS, but variations on that model number can be found from many similar resellers. Don't pay more than $20 for one. Scales of higher than 100g capacity and 0.01g resolution are becoming more common at affordable prices, and 100g, milligram-resolution electronic scales are just over $100 these days.
Dave, you're right I linked the wrong scale from Wizard. Here's the one I meant to link. https://www.wizardcoinsupply.com/professional-digital-table-top-scale-500-x-.01-g.html
Right you are. Now that's money well spent. It's also a competitive price, and well worth buying if your needs go to coins/tokens/medals exceeding 100g.
It's best to go ahead and spend the extra money to buy a better scale. You might get lucky with a low end one but they don't hold up well. That one from wizard looks nice. Great folks to deal with. Even with a nice scale, I still test it all the time.
This is more in line with what I was looking for, and almost placed an order for it or one very similar on Amazon lastnite.
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/ You may pay a few $ more, but there are real people who know their products available to assist you. Plus the website is organized by need and that is a huge help too.
I also bought this calibration weight kit to verify the accuracy of the scale. http://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Scales-Calibration-WGHTKIT/dp/B003STEJAC
I have a 2 or 3 of these in the shop and use them most every day. I also have one that I take to shows.
I got this one: http://www.amazon.com/Jewelry-TBBSC-Precision-Milligram-Reloading/dp/B012IJCI1Y It's a 50g x .001g scale and came with the two 20g calibration weights it needs for its calibration sequence. I was a little annoyed that it didn't come with tweezers for handling the weights, but then I realized with 1mg resolution, it doesn't matter much. I'm considering buying an inexpensive calibration weight set to test it further, but it seems to give very repeatable weights so far. Probably made in China, but doesn't ship from China, if that matters to anyone.
