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Hi

More I read more confused I get. Looking for electronic scale for reloading, accurate to at least 0,05gr and wont cost arm and leg. I got some cheap one now but after it gets warm(20-25 min) starts drifting even 0.2 -0.3gr I've spent some time looking and found this one https://www.uttings.co.uk/p134451-frank ... 05-125464/ it got good feedbacks but looks like cheap and cheerful Chinese no name, exactly the same at ebay cost 7 pounds :)

I thought one of them will be better buy ?
https://digital-scales-company.co.uk/pr ... 0g-x-0001g

https://www.oneweigh.co.uk/ohaus-naviga ... eMQAvD_BwE

Wonder if anybody got one, or now anything about them?

Cheers

XC

Buy a beam scale.

Wouldn't touch a digital with a barge pole, been there in various guises and regretted it every time.

Digital scales don't work with my Target Master.

Get a beam balance scale and don't look back.

Just saw the Ohaus scale, I don't like to follow links.

I have the RCBS branded version of this scale, Ohaus are a well respected scale manufacturer and their balance beam scales are excellent being branded and sold by the likes of RCBS and Lyman, the scale suffers the usual digital drifting off zero sufficient for me to have no confidence in it. The casing is robust and goes some way to help mitigate its delicay but I have never found a digital scale, at a reasonable price that was reliable enough for me to trust my reloads to.

A good beam scale is the way to go.
Avoid electronic scales, as many suffer from a `wandering zero`.
I would also recommend a set of check weights to verify the charge weight setting.
ukrifleman

Digital scales require zero draft and vibration which is difficult to get in a home setting. Normal workbenches tend to have too many vibrations and flex to keep them spot on. I had about a dozen Ohaus balances at a previous workplace (Pioneer range, 120g max with 0.001g readout).

We had them on granite tables, with a smaller granite plinth which was vibration damped. The draft shield on the balance, plus an additional draft shield around the larger table to keep them right. And this was in a temp/humidity controlled environment. Using them on a regular desk/work bench in a home/office environment I wouldn't even contemplate it.

I would (and do for my reloading), stick with a beam balance from the likes of RCBS/Lyman etc. I have an old RCBS 505 and it does everything I need, and given my experience with Ohaus and Sartorius electronic balances, I dare say I'm almost as fast with my beam scale and trickler than I would be with an electronic balance.

Digitals have their place - I have Ohaus lab grade digitals that are great for weighing cases, bullets, pellets but all my powder weighing is done with beam scales.

I use one of these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234673579050 ... 4a2e46999f

From this guy: www.balancetechnology.co.uk He sells all types of mostly ex-lab analytical balances at good prices. It weighs to 3 decimal places, and max weight is 160gms.

Pete

Pete wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 2:49 pm I use one of these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234673579050 ... 4a2e46999f

From this guy: www.balancetechnology.co.uk He sells all types of mostly ex-lab analytical balances at good prices. It weighs to 3 decimal places, and max weight is 160gms.

Pete

The Mettler is a nice balance - The £172 shipping is a bit steep :)

I paid £110 for mine a few years ago, but I had to collect it myself.
I know they're nice, very quick and accurate...I spent many hours using one in my first job as a lab assistant.

Pete