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looking for a good scale

Post by tickle » Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:28 pm

I'm looking for a good scales
what make have you got .is it a good one

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by Sadfield » Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:43 pm

What weight range? Increments?

Is it for weighing out grain, hops or water treatment chemicals?

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by tickle » Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:45 pm

weighing out grain and hops

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by MTW » Sat Nov 05, 2016 4:48 pm

I use one of >these< for hops and water treatment. They're very accurate indeed (I check with coins). I got the 200g version so there's enough allowance to zero a plastic cup or bowl, and still have enough left for the hops/pellets.

For grain, I use a Morrisons £8 digital scale, which resolves to 2g and is also accurate; certainly good enough for that.
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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by vacant » Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:35 am

McMullen - don't get me started ... too late

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by McMullan » Sun Nov 06, 2016 3:19 pm

vacant wrote:McMullen - don't get me started ... too late

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by irv » Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:56 pm

I quite like the Kelvin scale, but generally for day to day things stick with Celsius

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by themadhippy » Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:11 pm

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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by Fil » Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:35 am

Ha, I have a spare ex grocers enameled cast iron potato balance with a nice big galvanised scoop for the grain. I never used it as i never sourced any weights to use with it.

if considering electronic kitchen scales ensure you can see the readout with your grain container sat on it before buying,
The same goes for any drug dealer/jewelers scales you buy, otherwise you may find yourself having to weigh out in smaller increments not because of the scales mass limits, but simply as you cant sit a big enough container on its platform and still see the readout ;)


some folk use postal scales as they can have a larger platform and can accommodate larger grain bowls..

i use large 500mm x500mm platform scales and use them to weigh strike and sparge volumes too ;)
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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by MTW » Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:06 pm

Fil wrote:if considering electronic kitchen scales ensure you can see the readout with your grain container sat on it before buying
I'm OK with my Morrisons ones, as long as I leave the supplied plastic bowl thing on, and put the container with the grain in on top of that. That way, I can still read the display.
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Re: looking for a good scale

Post by Troutman47 » Fri Nov 11, 2016 7:31 am

Bought these from Amazon, arrived yesterday not used yet but a nice clear display with the pan on.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

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