[pct-l] Digital Scale

[g l]

Tortoise,
Thanks for the "heads up" on the battery issue.  I'll be sure and leave it out when not in use.  And glad to hear you've been satisfied with the scale.  I originally picked up a manual scale, never thinking there was a digital scale available in my price range.  But I decided to make a second sweep and found it by luck.  Yes, I like the fact that it can be zeroed at any given point, as well.......very handy!

Wheeew

Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote: I have one also which I got several years ago. It seems accurate enough. 
I've weighed purchased items on it just to compare it to the commercial 
weights.

I like using grams instead of pounds and ounces since the math is so much 
easier.
Also I found that the battery goes dead quickly if you leave the battery 
connected even though the scale is "off".
so I leave the battery connection outside the case and just connect up my 
battery when needed.

another nice feature is that you can put an empty container on the scale 
then by pushing on/tare reset the scale to zero so you can read how much 
just the contents weigh.

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>


g l wrote:
> Just a "heads up".  I just bought a "Good Cook" digital scale at WalMart 
> yesterday and tried it out today.  It seems to work really well.  It 
> measures in either grams or lbs/ oz......whichever you want.  It also 
> seems to have a user friendly tray that sits on top (removable).  The 
> scale can be zero'd after you put the tray on and the tray is big enough 
> to hold many small backpack items.  I found it in the kitchen section of 
> the store, by the pots/ pans, manual (small) kitchen scales, etc.  It 
> cost $28.33 and runs on a 9V battery.  (Included).  It measures in less 
> than 1 oz increments, e.g. my photon light with cord weighs 3/8 oz while 
> my Petzl E+LITE weighs between 7/8 oz and 1oz.  Close enough.  Maybe 
> someone has already mentioned this scale.  I know there are probably 
> better ones out there, but they might be cost- prohibitive.  This is a 
> good compromise.  It doesn't say anywhere on the scale what the weight 
> restrictions are, but it seems to read "error" code just above 5 
> lbs........plenty high enough for any small items.
> 
> Enjoy, all you gram wienies!  (Guess I'm one too!  :-))
> 
> Wheeew
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