With Black Frog's nagging, er, advice still floating around in my head from months ago, I perused the Cabela's archery catalouge looking at bow scales and such.

Todd had recommended the Hanson scale, which they have but they are pricey on, but another option caught my eye.

It was the hand held scale that you hooked to the string and drew like it was a release. For someone that will probably use a scale infrequently, the portability of this scale appealed to me. It also has an indicator that measures peak draw plus will read what holding weight is.

Any reason why this type of scale shouldn't be considered?

It's this one-