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    I picked this up for another reason (no not that reason)

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I invested in the 'Prime' thing so the shipping was free. It might be what you are looking for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
    I picked this up for another reason (no not that reason)

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I invested in the 'Prime' thing so the shipping was free. It might be what you are looking for.
    Hard to believe that is under 10 dollars. Think it would be hard to go wrong there.
    Thanks for the link. I'm going to order one.
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    I can't vouch for the accuracy but at least it should provide a reference point.
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    Interesting. I took a minute to browse the reviews for that scale. Describing your odds of receiving a functional scale as "a roll of the dice" might be generous. I don't know for sure, but Harbor Freight might have better quality control than that company. But at least you should get a nice hardy laugh from the name on the battery shaped objects that come with it .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crawler View Post
    Interesting. I took a minute to browse the reviews for that scale. Describing your odds of receiving a functional scale as "a roll of the dice" might be generous. I don't know for sure, but Harbor Freight might have better quality control than that company. But at least you should get a nice hardy laugh from the name on the battery shaped objects that come with it .
    I read those same reviews. I want those batteries! I showed that scale to my Wife who has a PhD in Chemistry and she gave me the 'that's what you get when you marry for looks' look.
    She is going to get me a scale now.
    Works every time!!
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    I have that scale. It works just fine. I do recommend that you get a 100g calibration weight to ensure that its lined up correctly. But for making bread, you won't find that the very minimal variation to be significant. If you're migrating from volume measurements to weight, you'll find that this scale will have increased your precision by 100x. I'd add one more scale for water, fat, and flour.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulbuck View Post
    I read those same reviews. I want those batteries! I showed that scale to my Wife who has a PhD in Chemistry and she gave me the 'that's what you get when you marry for looks' look.
    She is going to get me a scale now.
    Works every time!!
    Well I'm not building the space shuttle here and no one is going to die because the vaccine I conjured up was off by a few

    The one I bought works fine. It does have a 60 second auto shut off but I put a small piece of wax paper on the scale before I turn it on and that puts a tare automatically in the scale. So if it times out before I'm done, I just dump what ever it was that I was weighing, replace the same piece of wax paper restart the scale and once at zero re-add and finish.

    With that said, if I was going to be doing a lot of this stuff a Professional Scales costing a lot more 'might' be worth it but not for what little use I need.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
    Well I'm not building the space shuttle here and no one is going to die because the vaccine I conjured up was off by a few

    The one I bought works fine. It does have a 60 second auto shut off but I put a small piece of wax paper on the scale before I turn it on and that puts a tare automatically in the scale. So if it times out before I'm done, I just dump what ever it was that I was weighing, replace the same piece of wax paper restart the scale and once at zero re-add and finish.

    With that said, if I was going to be doing a lot of this stuff a Professional Scales costing a lot more 'might' be worth it but not for what little use I need.
    If you were working with volatile compounds that required 100% accuracy this might not be the right scale. But we're making bread here not curing cancer. Its plenty accurate for that purpose.

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    My point Exactly!

    Bake on Brothers!

    Speaking of which I need to bake some sandwich bread today.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OCDshaver View Post
    If you were working with volatile compounds that required 100% accuracy this might not be the right scale. But we're making bread here not curing cancer. Its plenty accurate for that purpose.
    I was building a fence with an elderly neighbor and was obsessing about measurements and he say's to me 'we're building a fence, not a piano'. I liked that.
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