Digital scale deal

by **Randy G.** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:26 pm

DIGITAL POCKET SCALE 2LB/1KG
- 1KG (2LB) capacity
- 0.1g / 0.01oz Precision
- Fast response rate (updates every 200ms)
- Comes with protective pouch
Price: $10.90 free shipping
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1165

No affiliation....

by HB on Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:39 pm

Also see Recommended inexpensive scale for weighing coffee.

by **JohnB.** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:11 pm

After flipping over my Proscale 600 while trying to turn it on for the umpteenth time I bought one of these:
http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=...gital+Pocket+Scale

Dan talked about this one in another thread & I have to say the touchscreen "buttons" are a big improvement over what comes on most of these small scales. Be advised that the calibration weight shown sitting on the scale in the auction photo is not included with the scale. You can however change the 500g calibration setting once in that mode & use a different size(lighter) weight you might have on hand.

by **GC7** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:25 pm

I just got that same touch screen scale too and its been fine. The ebay dealer forgot to include the batteries in mine so he refunded me the $1.99 and I put rechargable ones in it. The touch screen replaced a scale that used those coin shaped batteries that ran out after a few weeks. The batteries at $7 a pair were costing more then the scale so my only suggestion is to make sure about the batteries a scale uses before purchase.

by HB on Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:34 pm

perfectdeal_USA wrote:Scale power by 3 x AAA Battery
Auto shutoff if not use in one minute

These batteries should last a lot longer and cost less than the two CR2032 lithium batteries mine uses. For what it's worth, shop around for batteries. Our local Wolf Camera's regular price is $4/pair.

Search on touch screen 500 gram scale

by **JohnB.** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:43 pm

GC7 wrote:I just got that same touch screen scale too and its been fine. The ebay dealer forgot to include the batteries in mine so he refunded me the $1.99 and I put rechargable ones in it. The touch screen replaced a scale that used those coin shaped batteries that ran out after a few weeks. The batteries at $7 a pair were costing more then the scale so my only suggestion is to make sure about the batteries a scale uses before purchase.

Mine didn't come with the batteries either & I hadn't noticed it was supposed to. I'll have to see about that $1.99 refund! Also mentions 3 batteries but the scale only uses 2.

by **jasonmolinari** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:32 pm

All i can say is "Costco Kirkland batteries, BABY".

by **GC7** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:42 pm

JohnB. wrote:Mine didn't come with the batteries either & I hadn't noticed it was supposed to. I'll have to see about that $1.99 refund! Also mentions 3 batteries but the scale only uses 2.

He was very nice about the refund and I already had the rechargables in the house. I also noticed the mistake with 3 vs. 2 batteries.

Those CR 2032 or 2025 coin batteries are expensive even at $4 a pair but mostly they did not last very long.

by **JohnB.** on Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:16 pm

JohnB. wrote:After flipping over my Proscale 600 while trying to turn it on for the umpteenth time I bought one of these:
http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=...gital+Pocket+Scale

Dan talked about this one in another thread & I have to say the touchscreen "buttons" are a big improvement over what comes on most of these small scales. Be advised that the calibration weight shown sitting on the scale in the auction photo is not included with the scale. You can however change the 500g calibration setting once in that mode & use a different size(lighter) weight you might have on hand.

After only a couple months of use the scale has suffered a complete meltdown so I can't really recommend this one to anybody. It survived the 30 day warranty so its dumpster food now. I think I'll move upmarket for the next one.

by **another_jim** on Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:48 pm

Randy G. wrote:DIGITAL POCKET SCALE 2LB/1KG
- 1KG (2LB) capacity
- 0.1g / 0.01oz Precision
...

I got one of these off Ebay at roughly this price, and like it a lot more than the cheap 500 gram one with the touchscreen buttons. It weighs higher, it doesn't shut off, and brushing against it doesn't switch it to some bizarre smuggler's measurement (do you prefer 32.3 carat doses or 28.9 grain ones?)

The only drawback is that it takes two AAA batteries which don't last as long as the three AAA batteries in the other unit.

by **GC7** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:26 pm

JohnB. wrote:After only a couple months of use the scale has suffered a complete meltdown so I can't really recommend this one to anybody. It survived the 30 day warranty so its dumpster food now. I think I'll move upmarket for the next one.

Ditto with mine. I posted this on another scale discussion thread but its worth mentioning again if there is a bad batch of these out on the market.

by **JohnB.** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:47 pm

GC7 wrote:DItto with mine. I posted this on another scale discussion thread but its worth mentioning again if there is a bad batch of these out on the market.

Saw that. I replaced mine with the Deal Extreme scale in Randy's link. Imagine what these scales must cost to produce if they can sell them for only $10 AND include shipping from Hong Kong in the price??

by **shadowfax** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:18 pm

... But I am sure they are sweatshop-free.

I like the "Digital Pocket Scale," but I ultimately got irritated by its auto-off and ponied up a little extra for a larger scale that has an AC-DC adapter and won't turn off when plugged in. Another upshot of the more expensive scales is that they tare and stabilize a bit faster than the pocket scales.

by **howard seth** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:36 pm

I Got the Deal Extreme Scale last year; it has worked great for 9 months. It's extremely sensitive - I can hardly believe a scale this precise can cost so little.

Howard

by **da gino** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:57 pm

okay, okay, you win. I ordered the scale. I've resisted since I have a good 1g scale, but between the price, the size and the .1g readout I could hold out no longer. Hugh

by **JohnB.** on Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:02 pm

shadowfax wrote:... But I am sure they are sweatshop-free.

I like the "Digital Pocket Scale," but I ultimately got irritated by its auto-off and ponied up a little extra for a larger scale that has an AC-DC adapter and won't turn off when plugged in. Another upshot of the more expensive scales is that they tare and stabilize a bit faster than the pocket scales.

Yea, I'd hate to think what the hourly(daily??) pay rate is at that factory. I checked my scale & it turns off after 2 minutes 45 seconds which is fine for what I'm using it for. My Proscale shuts down every 30 seconds! Now that's irritating.

by **da gino** on Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:09 pm

By the way, I bought this scale and it worked well, but I eventually got it quite wet and killed it. I went on ebay and they had them for $7 including shipping from Hong Kong, so I picked up another one and it seems to be the exact same scale (although it may cut off a little faster than the old one - perhaps after a minute?) at an even more absurd price. I'm guessing it is even the same vendor - there were a few vendors on ebay, but all out of Hong Kong, so I think they were probably just different names for the same people.

Edit to note: I just went on ebay for the first time since I made the purchase a couple months ago and I have a message from ebay saying the listing was removed and my purchase did not go through because the seller didn't follow their guidelines. The scale showed up just fine so I don't know what ebay's message was about, but perhaps I was lucky and shouldn't send others to look for them there.

by **JohnB.** on Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:03 am

Mine got some water in it but a few hours up on the cup warmer & it worked fine once again. I did have an issue with the switches a couple months ago so I opened it up & soaked the switches with DeOxit. No problems since.


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