danielsk
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What if some of my clients left me a negative review but later changed their mind?
Main issue I've had with several quality sets of scales was repeatability as in weighing the same thing several times in a row and have them be off a few tenths to half a gram. Might not make any actual difference with most coffee uses, but it definitely can with espresso dosing. Grew tired of a few sets using AAA batts, some having battery packs built in as when the battery takes a dump some aren't replaceable. Decided to stop messing with the short lived toys and bought a fantastic scale from Ohaus. Has lots of adjustability, powered by an AC adapter as well as AA backup when not plugged in and is extremely well built to be handled, wiped down daily with no ill effects. I use it to weigh what I'm going to grind, each dose as needed for espresso as well as green/roasted weight to calculate exact moisture loss as it's quite important for tracking development along with using what senses I have remaining. Might be a bit overkill, but seeing that it stomps the 4-5 sets I had leading up to it like no tomorrow it's $ well spent for the longevity/end result.Personally I don't think these scales are off as much as you think or as much as people claim, if you calibrate it before using it they should be fine to within a gram, I think most of the problems is user error. Sure some may not last as long, my cheap one I had lasted about 8 years, so I bought another cheap $20 scale from Amazon. A weak battery will cause problems, so you do have to be conscious of that.
I tested the last one and the new one with something that I know how many grams it weighed, and both weighed it exactly the same to within a couple of 10ths of a gram from each other, so they can't be too far off that you would notice any coffee flavor differences. If you want to be exact then you need to buy a very expensive one, but why if all you're doing is weighing coffee? I would understand if you were doing scientific measurements you would need the most accurate one you could find, but not for coffee.