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So I just ordered this scale http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... RKKS-12001, comes out to 10.98 shipped. Deal good through 12 December.

No more eyeballing my hop additions.

Looks like a pretty good scale for the $$.

We got a MYWEIGH Triton T3 for just under $10 shipped a while back and love it.

In addition to hops we weigh small specialty grain additions, spices, priming sugar etc. with much more confidence than when using our grain/shipping scale.

FWIW: For anyone who is thinking of getting a sale make sure there is a Tare/Zero feature.

Sparrow wrote:So I just ordered this scale http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... RKKS-12001, comes out to 10.98 shipped. Deal good through 12 December.

No more eyeballing my hop additions.

I just checked and that seems like a great price but some of the reviews have me wondering if it can be sensitive enough to weigh small, light weights......anyone know have one of these already and can offer any advice?

thx

I was a little worried about that at first, but then I realized that the reviewers were talking about accuracy in the 1 gram range, which comes out to 0.0352736oz, so I figured for 10 bucks it was close enough for my needs.

Since I don't have anything I can verify as 1 gram, it may be a while before I can determine exactly how accurate this thing is.

I had always heard a paper clip was about a gram, hmmmm

Given I started weighing my hops by putting a known quantity in a saucer and dividing it up with a table knife while eyeballing it, I don't know that absolute pinpoint accuracy is all that essential.

Now that more health concious people are all about weighing out their portions a good kitchen store will likely have very affordable digital scales.

RedBEERd wrote:I just checked and that seems like a great price but some of the reviews have me wondering if it can be sensitive enough to weigh small, light weights......anyone know have one of these already and can offer any advice?

thx

Here is a quick and dirty trick. A penny will weigh 2.5g (post 1982) and a nickle 5g. So first, see how close it matches up. Then second, see how repeatable it is.

If it is a little off no biggie. Remember, this is not rocket science. Otherwise you would be adding 2.14587oz bittering, 1.982213 flavor, and 3.141592654 aroma.

Thanks DY, I'll report back on my findings once the scale gets here.