G'Day All, I'm interested to hear what other stackers out there use for weighting their silver and gold. Is there a favored brand or type of digital scale? I see prices from $10 to over $300 for scales on Ebay. Any tips or pointers to good places to buy most welcome Cheers
Hey SilverPOD, Being in WA I would try Jaycar. They have some nice scales from $30 to $200. To be honest I have used my wife's cooking scales in the past and they have never let me down, thought they do look a bit ugly. Cheers
Many electronic scale, their range between 300 to 500 grams but need at least can do 1 kilo. You will need at least 6 different functions. Troy oz, grams, oz, etc These sorts of scales are not tested, nor approved but does come in handy. I always check my weight measuring with an approve scales every now and then. The tested scales are very expensive, due to the calibration Hope this help
OHAUS make a good range of scales they are accurate for cheap scales i use and recommend them they are ok
I am using this. 1000g x 0.1g Digital Pocket Scale Jewelry Weight Scale Accuracy to 0.1 gram Accuracy for Oz to 0.005oz Maximum capacity of 1000 grams Tare function 3 minutes of auto power off Operation temperature:10-30C LCD Display: 5bit LCD Display Backlight: Blue backlight Power: 2 x AAA battery ( Not include ) Size: 114 x 76 x 19.5mm Weight: 116g http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1000...2280708193.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.81.jfPOCB It's a pretty handy and cheap from China
Cheap and Chinese from Ebay or whatever. They're cheap enough that you can get 2 (or more) for different applications (0-500g @ 0.01g, 0-2000g @ 0.1g, etc). For the amount I will ever use them they're perfect. Make sure it does ozt. ~$10-25 delivered.
Depends on what you're weighing. For gold you may only need 100g scales, but for silver you may want 5kg scales for the bigger bars. My scales were only about $15 from eBay. I also have some calibration weights
First ask yourself what you want the scales for - then get a set or sets to fit your needs. Working out postage - then scales that go to at least 5 kg with accuracy to a gram or so (kitchen scales are good for this). Checking to see if your 1 oz coins are really one oz, then a scale that is much more accurate but only needs to go to 100 grams. Just make sure you also buy yourself a calibration weight so you can reset the scales every now and again. Oh and please don't get all excited if the $30 scales that you have not calibrated say that your 1 oz coin is lightly below weight. This does not mean you have been sold a fake as your scales could well be giving you a reading within their tolerances or may need calibration from when you left your coffee mug on them and put them out.
it's one of those items where you feel the need to spend a lot of money, but the reality is cheap ones work just fine.
Small weights I use my digital reloading scale by Hornady GS 1500 does grams, carat, grain, oz but not troy, troy is an easy division anyway, measures up to 100g comes with a small tray/scoop and 100g reference weight, measures 3 decimal places on the gram scale, about $65 from your local gunshop. I am sure they do a larger version which does troy for convenience, but does not have the accuracy eg decimal places. For large weight, eg nuggets, specimens bead/shot and specific gravity test etc I use OHAUS centogram balance 4 bar scale which will accurately measure down to hundredths of a gram, I have never needed a larger scale yet at home, anything bigger has been done at my goldbuyers shop. Used to use a lab scale when I did gemology, fully enclosed and wow, it was thrown out by your breath of someone leaning on the counter 5 metres away, not really what you want and they are plus multi grand items, the more decimal places the more expensive it will be, only a few brands are actually qualified/approved to be used officially by weights and measures and are very exxy.
I use a Tanita kitchen scale. I don't buy the ones that can't use AA or AAA since I hate throwaway silver batteries (I'd rather use my AA / AAA eneloops). I also have 2 ebay cheapies (compacts) plus some calibration weights that cost more than the ebay scales (!). All have been good. But I can't remember the last time I used them for precious metals...
