What kind of scale do you use for weighing gear

I use a Salter digital kitchen scale which is accurate to within a gram. Sometimes I need to zero it out with a lightweight tray on top to hold larger items.

If you have a tare on your kitchen scale, just tare an empty coffee can on it. Then you can balance larger items easily on the can without doing any math (and save the $$$ for gear you can hike with).

Its not very convenient but I just go to the post office and use the scale in the lobby.

Yes, can anyone recommend a hanging hook scale? The first one I bought (for fisherman), was wildly innacurate (indicated value almost twice actual), the second one had a hook failure.
Thanks.

I've gotten a really nice hanging scale from feedbacksports.com called the alpine digital scale, it was about $59.00 usd but is extremely accurate.

John,
Yeah I have been using a salter kitchen scale, must be a cheap one though as it is only accurate to 1/2 an once. I have used a tray and zeroed it out but the problem is that the digital screen is unreadable with a larger tray. Thanks for the suggestion, what model is it that you use?

Larry,
That looks like a promising option. Do you use a hanging basket to hold small items?

Thanks for the help!

I just use a ti pot and hang that from the hook, you can zero the scale.

I use a Pelouze 5 lb digital postal scale I got from Office Max or Office Depot or one of those type places for $25 a few years ago. It measures down to 1 gram. Like others here I just use something on the smallish sized plate and tare it out. The best thing I have found to use for this is the cover for a spindle of 50 CDs. If I need more room then I will sometimes take a small box and put it on top of the spindle before taring everything out.