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marc pullum
Member
Username: Brewinales
Post Number: 107
Registered: 06-2006
Posted From: 72.196.31.243
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 06:30 am: | 
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a year or so ago there was a lot of discussion pretty favorably recommending a specific scale on ebay or amazon. i need one for weighing grain from 1 lb to 50 or so accurately. i already have a good 1-1500 grams scale for the small stuff. thanks |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10802
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.141.103.148
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 10:46 am: |
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You can do a search of the archives and find what you are looking for. Here you go: http://hbd.org/discus/messages/43688/43706.html |
Jonathan White
Junior Member
Username: Jonathanwhite
Post Number: 48
Registered: 10-2003
Posted From: 74.182.33.208
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 11:17 am: |
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I bought the Ultraship 55 after reading the thread which Bill has referenced. I've seen it on Ebay and Amazon. It has worked fine, and as Scott said, the batteries seem to last forever. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 10803
Registered: 01-2002
Posted From: 24.141.103.148
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2009 - 02:11 pm: |
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There's a companion thread about turning off the backlight feature (it's in the manual) in order to avoid an odd problem with flickering and erratic readings: http://hbd.org/discus/messages/43688/43786.html
As far as I'm concerned, backlighting is not needed and turning it off greatly extends the battery life. As Jonathan suggests, I'm on the same set of "C" batteries I installed when I bought the scale nearly two years ago. I'd call this product a winner. |
Bill Walton
Member
Username: Vladie
Post Number: 242
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 96.231.134.57
| | Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 02:47 am: |
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Add another happy customer of the Ultraship 55 to the list here. I don't remember what I paid for it, but whatever it was it was money well spent.
BW |
marc pullum
Member
Username: Brewinales
Post Number: 108
Registered: 06-2006
Posted From: 72.196.31.243
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 04:38 am: |
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the herd mentality of the group was hilarious. I guess i'm the slowest member of the herd cause i just ordered mine. unfortunatly you buggers drove up the price of the scale, best deal i could find was $26.93 delivered, seems it was around $10 cheaper a year ago |
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