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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2007707, member: 27832"]Higher capacity is useless for weighing (single) coins, and higher precision is useless for weighing packages. You need two scales. You'll also save a lot of money that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've actually got three: a scale that goes by 0.001 g to 30 g, one that goes by 0.01 g to 300 g, and one that goes by 1 g to something like 5 kg. I use the first one only very rarely, the second one mostly for coins, and the third mostly in the kitchen. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: make that four -- there's also a bathroom scale that goes by 0.1 lb to, well, I'm not sure how high, but probably at least 200 lb. When I was shipping test equipment via eBay (weighing 20-30 lb or more), I'd weigh it by stepping on a bath scale without it, then with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit again: there's also still a baby scale in the corner, that goes up to 20 kg by about 10 g increments (it's actually got an analog slider). Clearly, I need to get rid of some stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2007707, member: 27832"]Higher capacity is useless for weighing (single) coins, and higher precision is useless for weighing packages. You need two scales. You'll also save a lot of money that way. I've actually got three: a scale that goes by 0.001 g to 30 g, one that goes by 0.01 g to 300 g, and one that goes by 1 g to something like 5 kg. I use the first one only very rarely, the second one mostly for coins, and the third mostly in the kitchen. :) Edit: make that four -- there's also a bathroom scale that goes by 0.1 lb to, well, I'm not sure how high, but probably at least 200 lb. When I was shipping test equipment via eBay (weighing 20-30 lb or more), I'd weigh it by stepping on a bath scale without it, then with it. Edit again: there's also still a baby scale in the corner, that goes up to 20 kg by about 10 g increments (it's actually got an analog slider). Clearly, I need to get rid of some stuff.[/QUOTE]
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