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Discussion => Drug safety => Topic started by: PharmerBob on October 13, 2012, 05:35 am

Title: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: PharmerBob on October 13, 2012, 05:35 am
If I had a maximum budget of 200 dollars after shipping and taxes 200 final price budget what is the best mg scale you would suggest?  The maximum capacity means nothing so if I can step up a quality level by getting a lower maximum weight capacity that would be fine as long as it can weight at least up to 1 gram. Your help is much appreciated.
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: johnwholesome on October 13, 2012, 05:47 am
American Weigh Gemini-20 Portable Milligram Scale, 20 by 0.001 G

23.50 on Amazon.

In your price range, the difference in accuracy won't be much whether you buy a 20 bucks or 200 bucks scale, because the industrial lab stuff starts at 500 and up.
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: TheDuke on October 13, 2012, 06:15 am
I got a couple on ebay recently for like $12 each. The scales work great but the weights the included aren't worth a shit lol. They where like epoxied together. I always weight a penny or other known items to check the cheap ones out.
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: PharmerBob on October 13, 2012, 06:20 am
so what you are saying is if you dont pay minimum 500 for lab grade then all the other ones 500 and below have the same accuracy?
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: johnwholesome on October 13, 2012, 06:27 am
so what you are saying is if you dont pay minimum 500 for lab grade then all the other ones 500 and below have the same accuracy?

Pretty much mate. Even at 500 you are looking at used shit from eBay, not new. If you get one of those jeweler scales in the low range, you can figure out in what ranges they are most inaccurate (usually the very low range) and compensate for example by measuring in another vessel, and then subtract the vessel weight from the total the scale gives you.

It sucks ass for those really low-dose RCs and entheogens, but imho spending 200 on a jewelers scale is blowing money because more than likely it won't be more accurate than the ones for 30 or 40 bucks.
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: PharmerBob on October 13, 2012, 06:44 am
are they atleast accurate to +/- 5mg, like is the true weight within 5mg under or 5mg over what it displays?
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: johnwholesome on October 13, 2012, 08:42 am
are they atleast accurate to +/- 5mg, like is the true weight within 5mg under or 5mg over what it displays?

It would probably be a safer bet to assume up to +/- 10mg.

Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: PharmerBob on October 13, 2012, 09:48 am
Is there any scale with an accuracy +/- .005 of displayed weight @ 200.00 or under. I have a hard time believing the 20 dollar scales have the same accuracy as a 200 dollar scale.
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: johnwholesome on October 13, 2012, 09:53 am
Is there any scale with an accuracy +/- .005 of displayed weight @ 200.00 or under. I have a hard time believing the 20 dollar scales have the same accuracy as a 200 dollar scale.

Why does an Acura cost more than a Honda? After all, its only a Honda with a different label on it.
Title: Re: Best budget to midrange milligram scale .001 accuracy
Post by: Evanescence on October 15, 2012, 02:52 am
Yes, the $23 amazon scale is accurate to +/- .005.  Legit.

Read the comments, you'll see it was independently tested by a scientist using a $10,000 laboratory scale.

Also super important is "technique".   Breathing, air conditioning, sunlight, all make a difference at the 1mg level.


Is there any scale with an accuracy +/- .005 of displayed weight @ 200.00 or under. I have a hard time believing the 20 dollar scales have the same accuracy as a 200 dollar scale.