Scale recommendations?

[pssh]

Hello all! I've decided to buy a scale and was wondering what you guys recommend. I did a search but the results didn't hold a whole lot of info. I want it to go down to either .1 g or .01 g and be big enough to fit an 11-13 inch guinea pig on it (so it also needs to be able to weight about pound of fluffy rodent, I have no idea what that is in grams.) I also don't want to be spending like 200 for it so don't suggest one of the really fancy ones. A good working simple scale is all I need.

Thanks!

 

[Syn]

http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/index.php?target=products&product_id=29803

http://www.pangeareptile.com/store/index.php?target=categories&category_id=177

 

[pssh]

Syn: my only concern for the first link is the size. About how big does that look to you? I can use a bowl to hold the guinea pig but it still has to be big enough that they won't tip the bowl too much.

 

[Syn]

Well, in the pic is a 179g leachianus gecko. I've never owned one but my 40g crested geckos are about 6 inches in length.
If you have a way of stabilizing a larger bowl, even a tall tupperware container, I've even seen people tape large bowls onto them and weighing larger things.

 

[pssh]

I'll keep that in mind on my search! Thanks

 

[lucky]

harbor freight has a pretty decent size scale for about 20bucks i think... maybe 30. but it does grams and possibly .x grams. for the price you cant beat it. other than that, i'd see about going to a local 'smoke shop'/'head shop' and looking thru theirs. they always have them.

here ya go. check this.
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=digital+scale

 

[jrtader]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SORVUA/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

I have this one and it works fine. You can sit a bowl on it and set the weight to zero. Super easy to use.

 

[Syn]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SORVUA/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

I have this one and it works fine. You can sit a bowl on it and set the weight to zero. Super easy to use.

That doesn't measure down to the tenth of a gram, unfortunately.

Measuring units: Ounces (down to 0.1 oz.) and Grams down to 1 g

 

[lucky]

but a tenth of a gram is kinda overkill if your weighing guinea pigs, no?

 

[Syn]

Might not be the only thing she is weighing.

 

[lucky]

ah... *sniff... sniff* i see. JK!

yeah i can see them as useful in weighing babies and other smaller lizards. goodluck with the hunt!

 

[pssh]

Exactly! The guinea pigs are the biggest thing I'm weighing. I want to get some smaller lizards in the near future so I figured I'd just go with .1 g just in case.

 

[Syn]

*cough* Cresties! *cough*

 

[ChromaChameleons]

I'm happy with my 1200. it weighs to about 2.5 pounds ( 1.2KG) and resolves to a tenth of a gram.

http://www.myweigh.com/scales/medium-scales/ibalance-500-1200-2600

 

[jake01]

Second the myweigh. I own one (not sure which model). Also if it breaks for whatever reason, you just send it back to them for a replacement/fix. Believe it's lifetime.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I comes down to just how exact you need the measurement to be. No reason to spend a lot of money, imo. I bought a simple inexpensive kitchen scale, at a department store, for well under $30. Measures down to tenths of a gram with good acuracy, and up to a few kg . It reads out in oz g kg lbs, has a tar/zero out button, all the stuff Im likely to need.
Head shops also carry good scales.