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Sep 17, 2006 at 7:19 am #1219612
What do you guys use to weigh your gear? Kitchen scales such as: http://www.lnt.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1362345&cp&origkw=kitchen+scale&kw=kitchen+scale&parentPage=search
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Sep 17, 2006 at 7:35 am #1363129This is what I use. It is an Ohaus Triple Beam Scale and comes with extra weights. You can buy them used sort of cheap if you look hard enough. They will measure to a tenth of a gram.
Sep 17, 2006 at 8:15 am #1363130I bought mine on Ebay… there are always tons of them on sale.
Some scales only go to 5 lbs. I prefer the ones that go up to 30 lbs — in 1/10th of an ounce increments. Anything above 30 lbs, (say the entire backpack plus contents), I weigh it using my digital bathroom scale.
Sep 17, 2006 at 10:52 am #1363135I use a pelouze postal scale from my local Staples store. Cheap… digital… an accurate to the gram. For weighing my full pack… I use my digital bathroom scale… but a better option would be a digital fish scale (with a hook).
Sep 17, 2006 at 5:35 pm #1363152I use the Pelouze SP5, which I believe is the same one David mentions above. Up to 5lbs in tenths of ounces, and in grams. Definitely shop around, E-Bay is a good suggestion.
-Mark
Sep 18, 2006 at 1:28 pm #1363195Pelouze, 5# capacity in 0.1oz or 1gram
It has about a 6″ diameter plate. For uncooperative items, I weight a small cardboard box, set the tare weight to zero, add my item and it displays only the item’s weight (without the box). For $34 bucks from Staples Office Supply, I been very happy. (Has auto shutoff to save batteries).
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