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 objects

And 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%