Tortoise,<br>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!<br><br>Wheeew<br><br><b><i>Tortoise <Tortoise73@charter.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I have one also which I got several years ago. It seems accurate enough. <br>I've weighed purchased items on it just to compare it to the commercial <br>weights.<br><br>I like using grams instead of pounds and ounces since the math is so much <br>easier.<br>Also I found that the battery goes dead quickly if you leave the battery
<br>connected even though the scale is "off".<br>so I leave the battery connection outside the case and just connect up my <br>battery when needed.<br><br>another nice feature is that you can put an empty container on the scale <br>then by pushing on/tare reset the scale to zero so you can read how much <br>just the contents weigh.<br><br>Tortoise<br><br><> He who finishes last, wins! <><br><br><br>g l wrote:<br>> Just a "heads up". I just bought a "Good Cook" digital scale at WalMart <br>> yesterday and tried it out today. It seems to work really well. It <br>> measures in either grams or lbs/ oz......whichever you want. It also <br>> seems to have a user friendly tray that sits on top (removable). The <br>> scale can be zero'd after you put the tray on and the tray is big enough <br>> to hold many small backpack items. I found it in the kitchen section of <br>> the store, by the pots/ pans, manual (small) kitchen scales, etc. It
<br>> cost $28.33 and runs on a 9V battery. (Included). It measures in less <br>> than 1 oz increments, e.g. my photon light with cord weighs 3/8 oz while <br>> my Petzl E+LITE weighs between 7/8 oz and 1oz. Close enough. Maybe <br>> someone has already mentioned this scale. I know there are probably <br>> better ones out there, but they might be cost- prohibitive. This is a <br>> good compromise. It doesn't say anywhere on the scale what the weight <br>> restrictions are, but it seems to read "error" code just above 5 <br>> lbs........plenty high enough for any small items.<br>> <br>> Enjoy, all you gram wienies! (Guess I'm one too! :-))<br>> <br>> Wheeew<br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! <br>> Search. <br>> <http: us.rd.yahoo.com=""
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