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Title: Digital pocket scales
Post by: mikdew1 on December 12, 2002, 03:19:00 PM
Anybee know if the Triton 100 digitals are any good? I ordered a set, because they looked like they would be good one's. Someone told me they thought they had heard bad things about them. I would appreciate anyone's input.
Title: no
Post by: handsfull2 on December 13, 2002, 09:19:00 PM
I have a palm scale and it does the job ' most small digital scales are ok '' just clean them after each use and store in a dry area.

don't try using them to weigh things over the max weight and they should last a looooong time..

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Title: tritons lose accuracy after 6 mos.
Post by: goiterjoe on December 14, 2002, 02:09:00 AM
I've also heard people talk about they lose accuracy after being used a lot.  Tanita scales are really durable; I've carried around a set daily for over three years now and they are still accurate to 0.1g

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Title: Pocket Scales.
Post by: ScuzZ on December 14, 2002, 04:40:00 AM
Pocket scales are great due to their size, although after travelling and bumping around with them they will become inaccurate.
Swim isn't sure whether tritons have a calibrator function, only really high end digi scales have these just to make sure that say 1gram is actually reading 1gram.
They use those old brass weights to calibrate. Swim has a set and wouldn't buy another set of pocket scales.

Buy yourself a set of stand alone digital scales that will do 0.0001 of a gram. They have these great little covers that will almost diminish the factor of air pressure errors.
Not a bad thing, but pretty pricy.
Title: pic
Post by: handsfull2 on December 14, 2002, 05:32:00 AM
here's what I got same color and all ' it's on special for $59.00 was $149.00


(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_docs/000388766-file_j25k.jpg)

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Title: Don't spill any GBL on scales in this price ...
Post by: Buster_Hymen on December 14, 2002, 05:52:00 AM
Don't spill any GBL on scales in this price range, or they'll start melting before you can say "Oh Shit!".

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Title: MoDe
Post by: ScuzZ on December 14, 2002, 06:11:00 AM
I notice that the scales have a mode setting, does the website actually state what different modes the scales have?

Or does it real like imperial and metric?

Sweet ass discount though :)
Title: as will most other things
Post by: goiterjoe on December 14, 2002, 06:18:00 AM
ketones will melt right through those scale tops before you have a chance to wipe it up.

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Title: Good digital scales cost over 500$,more accurate ...
Post by: raffike on December 14, 2002, 09:04:00 AM
Good digital scales cost over 500$,more accurate ones over 1000$.

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Title: watch for deals
Post by: RoundBottom on December 14, 2002, 11:55:00 PM
SWIM got a $1300USD 1300g x0.01g digital scale for $200USD.  everything seemed good until SWIM realized 1g measured 1.03g on the scale.  that works out to 3% off.

any scale that has been mailed or couriered will require checking to determine if it needs calibration.  the greater the accuracy, the greater the need for calibration.

Now with 12% more Bottom!
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Title: I have this scale -> http://www.
Post by: Bwiti on December 15, 2002, 11:59:00 AM
I have this scale ->

http://www.scientificsonline.com/EC/Products/Display.cfm?categoryid=222397 (http://www.scientificsonline.com/EC/Products/Display.cfm?categoryid=222397)

, which I use mostly for consumables. As long as you don't spill hydrocarbons on it, it'll work fine. Haven't had to change the batteries for a few years.

  For weighing-out chems, I use scales that look out-dated, and non-digital, kind of like this one:
(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_docs/000388766-file_exeo.jpg) 8)

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Title: Digital Scales non-pockets
Post by: ScuzZ on December 15, 2002, 01:46:00 PM
These are swims scales, they were a little more expensive when he bought them. Not a bad company though.

http://www.discountscales.com/specs/ohaus/voyager2.htm (http://www.discountscales.com/specs/ohaus/voyager2.htm)

Title: Question?
Post by: Coitus on December 15, 2002, 05:14:00 PM
question for someone with a scale that goes to .001
How much does a us nickel weigh??
I know it's going to be lighter if it's old and worn out.
Try a new one if you can.

Is it exactly 5 grams?
I've always kinda used this as a base for checking a cheap scale and was wondering how close it actually is.



COITUS
Title: I,for example,have complete set of weights ...
Post by: raffike on December 15, 2002, 05:21:00 PM
I,for example,have complete set of weights including 500,200,100,50,20,10,5,2,1 gram.A friend's set includes also 500,200,100,50 and 20 mg weights.Very good to check if scale shows right numbers.They are quite cheap.

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Title: Thanks for all the input
Post by: mikdew1 on December 15, 2002, 09:14:00 PM
I went ahead and bought the Tritons. They have a calibration function if it's needed. They seem to be preety good. They go up to 100g. I'll let everyone know if they tyurn out to be junk.
Title: RC dosing
Post by: PoohBearium on December 15, 2002, 09:45:00 PM
How do people determine what dose to use with the RCs going around (especially 5-MeO-AMT)?  Must be mostly students using scales from the chem lab, huh?

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Title: nickel weight
Post by: Bwiti on December 16, 2002, 01:32:00 AM
"How much does a us nickel weigh??"

  After calibration of my acculab pocket pro, a 2002 nickel weighed in at 5g.


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Title: COITUS
Post by: ScuzZ on December 16, 2002, 04:04:00 AM
The latest nickel that I can find it a 2001.. It weighs in at 4.973 grams..

I guess that's close enough ey.
Title: nice for the buck
Post by: handsfull2 on December 16, 2002, 05:11:00 AM
small digital scales serves a purpose for those who need a good scale for a small amount of money .

sure I would agree there are better scales on the market but for personal use the small digitals work just fine.

hell these are great compared to the ones i had before ,
you held it with two fingers , had a aligator clip
that I clipped to a cornor cut off a baggie, I put i2/rp /e  and it would weigh up to 20 grams i beleive nice huh.
I calibrated useing a nickle as a matter of fact hell it worked.
head-shop special $4.95
  
so yes these digitals are the cats meow IMHO besides I like the camo design,  no one can see it .    ;)  ;)

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Title: my scale...best accuracy for lowest price
Post by: blaaky on December 17, 2002, 12:01:00 AM

http://balance.balances.com/scales/9 (http://balance.balances.com/scales/9)



I have one of those. I think it is the highest accuracy for the price.  It has 0.002 (2mg) accuracy and has a max capacity of 10 grams.  It also includes a 10 gram calibration weight. The Tanita seems to be built nice and solid... and you get a little dinner-plate shaped tray and a little crucible shaped one with a spout for pouring, both plastic.

-blaaky

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Title: Most accurate
Post by: ScuzZ on December 18, 2002, 03:52:00 PM
Swim remembers working in a chem lab a few years ago when there was this hugely accurate. It was mounted on this concrete pilon through 3 stories.. It had a hole drilled in each floor so that neither of them rested on that pilon and made the scale uneven.

It had this 5" x 5" x 3" block of concrete sunk into the ground to make it strong.. Was accurate to 0.000001 grams.. Was a great scale to work with, although hanging your head above the scale when measuring would change the reading.

Now I want a personal version of these scales, but not for the price they want. lol
Title: US nickles will vary
Post by: BenWiFFen on December 19, 2002, 01:42:00 PM
A nickel will vary from 4.9 to 5.1 give or tak a few 0001. 5g is a good average or close enough for US gov work.

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