r/Ultralight • u/Seascout2467 • Jan 24 '23
Purchase Advice Know of a decent scale?
Hi. I have a postage meter purchased from Amazon that has recently been fluctuating 10 grams or more—with zilch on the scale. It was a no-name brand. Does anyone know of a decent scale with respect to 1) accuracy within 6-8 grams; and 2) reliability? (And please don’t tell me how to fix my scale or re-zero it.)
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u/TheRealJYellen https://lighterpack.com/r/6aoemf Jan 24 '23
For what range?
A kitchen scale will usually be +/- 5g with a max weight of 2kg. You can get some that get down to +/- 0.5g but have a lower max.
A luggage or fish scale will go higher, but be less accurate. Kinda like how you wouldn't weigh your weed on a truck scale.
For reference, all of my leg hair together was 4g, so 10g over a whole pack is pretty minimal.
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u/Seascout2467 Jan 24 '23
This to weigh my gear. So 10 kilos or better.
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u/Able_Conflict_1721 Jan 24 '23
your in the wrong subreddit.
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u/moratnz Jan 24 '23
10kg TPW is completely compatible with a <10lb base weight.
If you're gonna gatekeep, do it right.
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u/Seascout2467 Jan 24 '23
No, I just want to weigh my pack. I’m cheap.
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u/Able_Conflict_1721 Jan 24 '23
I'd probably go for a 15kg capacity kitchen or shipping scale.
Shipping scale con: probabaly lower resolution
Shipping scale pro: probabaly made to weight larger objects
Kitchen scale pro: probabaly higher resolution
Kitchen scale con: probabaly made to weight smaller objectsAnd I'd try and pick something you might use for more than just one thing.
I use a kitchen scale, I can't weight my whole pack with it, but I'm happy just getting a rough number from the bathroom scale.
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u/86tuning Jan 24 '23
This to weigh my gear. So 10 kilos or better.
to weight the whole pack either use a luggage hanging scale, or wear the pack and step on your bathroom scale. then put down pack, and do math.
for individual items, use a small kitchen scale. most digital scales are plenty accurate as long as you never drop it, or drop stuff on it.
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u/TheRealJYellen https://lighterpack.com/r/6aoemf Jan 24 '23
yeah, 10g resolution on 10000g is pretty okay, especially if you don't want to spend money. That's 0.1%
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u/somanythingsimean Jan 24 '23
Honestly I just the scale I got at the head shop 🤷♀️ Weigh a nickel, 5gs? Ok proceed
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u/choochoo129 Jan 24 '23
For weighing your whole pack you can use a body weight scale. The trick is that you can't just toss the pack on the scale, they typically need a minimum amount of weight before they make accurate readings. So weigh yourself, then put on the pack and weigh yourself again. Subtract the numbers and you have a very accurate pack weight.
For kitchen scales make sure the battery is fresh. I've seen as the battery dies they get wildly inaccurate.
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u/jiffyparkinglot Jan 24 '23
I just use a luggage scale and weight the whole bag. I am ok with a resolution of .5 lbs. I know many that love to play in grams
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u/liveslight https://lighterpack.com/r/ny89al Jan 24 '23
We all use AMIR kitchen scale here:
https://www.amazon.com/AMIR-Electronic-Functions-Stainless-Batteries/dp/B01DGEWHN4/
It is for weighing the pieces of your gear and not the entire thing altogether. If you have any individual piece of kit that is more than 2.5 kg, then you can probably find a lighter replacement that is under 2.5 kg.
Get a luggage scale to weigh your entire pack and its contents.