Any powder scales to stay away from?

I' m not too impressed with my Lee beam scale. It seems a bit inconsistant and its range does not go high enough. Its the only one I' ve ever tried though.

most scales today are made by Ohaus, and they' re fine....some of the electronic scales are ok.....some I' d be suspect of!!!

Hornady has a fine scale, and after that I' d be leary!!!

If it says Lee on it.....well...that' s your decision!!!

What ever scale you buy it would be a good idea to get a set of scale weights so you can check to see if they are reading right . The Lee scales work as well as any of the others ,not quite as sensitive and not as well made but they do work within tolerances stated .

I have a Lyman and a RCBS,both work fine! Now I' m into HI-TECH,I have a electronic scale! As for a " junk" scale,good question...[:-]

I like my Lyman 500. Don' t really see the need to dump 150 or better on a digital scale just so I can get a little more lazy.

The one I would stay away from is the Pact BBK II electronic scale. That' s the small one. I' ve got one and I have very little (if any) confidence in it. Here' s one example why:

First, they say to let it warm up about 20 or 30 minutes before using it, so I always did. I say " did" because I don' t use it any more. Anyway, I was loading up some 7.65 Arg. rounds (20 to be exact) one day and weighing each charge. I wanted 47 grains of IMR 4350 in each case. After I finished loading each case I was curious, so I recalibrated and rezeroed the scale then reweighed the charges in random cases. Some weighed 47grs. while some weighed almost 48.5grs. I had to dump every one and reweigh everything using my Redding Master beam scale that I have absolute faith in.

That was not an isolated incident. I have weighed brass with it as well and gone back to recheck the first ones weighed and they would weigh a full grain or so different the second time around.

From what I understand, the more expensive Pact is a much better scale. Right now I weigh all my charges on the Redding beam scale, but I am considering buying another electronic to weigh bullets and brass.

i have not had anyproblems with the lee scale but i have very limited expireiece. i do want a electronic scale thugh. it just seems simpler and easier

Solitary Man , That' s interesting and very and timely I was about to order one of them soon. I saw them on Midway and read the reveiws on there and it sounded reliable though very sensitive to it' s surroundings. You' ve got me rethinking this one.

Did you move the scale after you calibrated it? You need to recalibrate anytime you move a scale whether its a beam or electronic scale.
I use an RCBS (Ohaus) beam scale but would like to move up to an electronic scale to save a bit of time. I have utmost faith in elctronic scales- I use them alot where I work- if they are mounted to a granite table, they pretty much never go out of calibration- even our ultraprecise balances that weigh out to the 100,000th of a gram though these babies cost $15,000 a piece not $150.[8D]