I was at a local store and they are trying to clear out the 10-10 scale for $99. Is that a good price to grab a backup scale for? I have an 30+ year old Ohaus 10-0-5, but just worried one day it might crap out...
cwall64, while the 10-10 at that price is a great deal. There shouldn't be any reason your other scale would crap out unless you dropped it and damaged it. I have the RCBS 5-10 balance beam as made by Ohaus since 1978 and is as accurate today as it ever was. I trust it more than any digital. :D
I picked up a cheap Frankford Arsenal digital just for finding unknown weights faster. It agrees with my balance beam scale precisely. However the Frankford Arsenal only registers even numbers in the 1/10ths for grain weights...The other thing is it needs to be re zeroed often as it will drift. ???
Great scale, great price. But, no reason you need a back-up IMHO. A mechanical balance is not likely to break unless you drop or throw it.
Thanks for keeping $99 in my pocket! I have been using the old scale all morning, and thinking why did I even ask...
I almost bought a second 10-10 but bought a weight set to validate the 10-10 with instead.
That would be a good investment if you don't have weights for checking the 10-10.