I'm reviewing a number of scales this evening, because in trying to discern the best to buy, based on customer reviews, I found a lot of conflicting stories. So, I carefully studied all the scales on Amazon based on their features and dimensions, and I bought seven of them. Of those seven, this did not turn out to be my favorite, but it's a very good scale, nonetheless, and it has one very important feature that cannot be found on any of the others that I bought: this scale has a capacity of 500 grams. My other scales have capacities of 100g, 200g, and 20g. Of course, you can get scales of any capacity that you want, but I wanted certain features, and that seemed to limit the playing field somewhat.
One of the features that attracted me to this scale is its ability to weigh in many units. Here are those units, along with the maximum weight you can expect to measure in each:
* Grams, up to 504.97 g
* Ounces, up to 17.813 oz. (just over one lb.)
* Troy Ounces, up to 16.236 ozt
* Pennyweight, up to 324.7 dwt.
* Carats, up to 2524.9 ct.
* Grains, up to 7792.8 gn.
Note the maximum capacity in each unit is slightly above the rated maximum. I can't guarantee its accuracy beyond 500 grams or the equivalent in other units. If your needs go beyond 500 grams (17.635 oz), you should look at another scale.
The backlit LCD display is easy to read with clear, tall lettering. A button on the front panel cycles between the 6 units (called "Modes" on this scale). It also has a "Pieces" button. This enables you to sample, say, 25 items equal to each other in weight, such as beads, then to fill the tray up with them (up to 500 grams), and it will tell you how many pieces are in the tray. It comes with TWO trays, so it will hold a good many pieces. If you use a tray, you push the "Tare" button, which zeros the display once the tray is on it. No math required!
The dimensions of this scale, with the cover on it, are 5.125" x 4.25" x 0.84" (roughly 5 ⅛ x 4 ¼ x ⅞), or in metric: 13.0175 x 10.795 x 2.1336 cm.
If you leave a weight on the scale for a while, it tends to "sink in" and the measured weight begins to go down. Apparently the mass conversion cell fatigues over time. But take the weight off and it gets back to normal quickly.
To calibrate the scale, you will need a 200 gram weight and a 500 gram weight. It requires both to complete the calibration.
I cannot find any reference to the company that made this device, not at Amazon nor in the documentation that came with it. It's probably the same Chinese company that makes most of the others, but I'd like to know who made it.
Now, as to accuracy: this was one of the scales that always seemed to give a contrarian measurement. If the other scales agree on 10 grams, this one would say 9.99 grams, and if you leave the weight on it, chances are that it will fluctuate a little. It's not an expensive scale; moreover it feels cheaply made. But I do like the large metal tray and the even larger plastic ones that come with it. But if precision and accuracy are important, this is probably not the scale for your physics or chemistry projects. I keep it for one reason; it's the only scale I have that goes up to 500 grams, the others topping out at 200. When I find the PERFECT scale, I'll probably dump this one and a couple others, but until then, I'll keep this in the back of the drawer for those slightly heavier measurements. So what can this measure? The paperback "Guidebook for United States Coins," but not the hardback. A pound of coffee; even a pound and one ounce, but not a pound and 2 ounces. It will weigh a half kilo of fossil rocks, but not a pound and a half of downy feathers.
This scale is too big to be a pocket scale. As a desktop scale it seems a little puny both in terms of capacity and in construction. Its plastic trays do protect it from harm, though they add nothing to its aesthetics. It looks like a scale, it works pretty well, but there are better ones to be bought. I'd probably give it 3.5 stars, but I'll be generous since we don't have half-stars and round it up to 4 stars.
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