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Digital scales dunce appeal

Anthony Pearson said:
Has anyone ever been caught out by the failure of mechanical scales (except when reversing the car over them or similar!)?
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A while back , and I think I posted about this before , I bought some Reubon Heaton flyweights attracted by their small size . They were wildly inaccurate . I received another set , same problem , the dealer eventually admitted he had received a lot of returns . This said the older flyweights seemed OK . I decided to stick with my ''cumbersome '' RH dial scales and the Avons both of which are superb . I would never bother with digitals , looking back on this thread and recalling previous ones , the chances of unreliability / failure are unacceptably high .A good example of old technology being more reliable :)
 
Mike Hodgkiss said:
A while back , and I think I posted about this before , I bought some Reubon Heaton flyweights attracted by their small size . They were wildly inaccurate . I received another set , same problem , the dealer eventually admitted he had received a lot of returns . This said the older flyweights seemed OK . I decided to stick with my ''cumbersome '' RH dial scales and the Avons both of which are superb . I would never bother with digitals , looking back on this thread and recalling previous ones , the chances of unreliability / failure are unacceptably high .A good example of old technology being more reliable :)
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It's odd though isn't it Mike? Bathroom scales are invariably electronic, and notoriously inaccurate, they really are dreadful. Also, when we take our dog to the vets for issues, check ups etc, we always weigh him on their electronic platform scales (the dog climbs on, sit's/stands still...weight comes up). Again, wildly inaccurate...go back half a dozen times while you are waiting, just for fun, different every time. If you want a completely accurate weight, you have to use one of the old mechanical beam scales...the same ones our grandfathers used.

You have to wonder what exactly it is that makes accurate electronic scales seemingly impossible to make. But, perhaps that's not true, on reflection. It may be that it is the price restrictions we place on them that is the issue? I guess it's possible that if we were prepared to pay several hundred quid or whatever, we could get something spot on.

Cheers, Dave.
 
https://www.pce-instruments.com/eng...s-and-balances/hanging-scales-kat_40137_1.htm

This has to be the site for weighing scale junkies,...:D
Life's to short to plough through them all but I see that many of the digitals have an iso cert. The spring balance scales seem to be guaranteed to +/- 0.3 % which is by my dodgy maths a possible 1oz error for every 20 lbs.
Also the digey scale specs refer to temperature range and humidity ....anyway,.moving on..Zzzzzzzzzzz.;)
 
I wonder if anyone has submitted a record fish claim yet, where digital scales were used? I believe you have to submit your scales for accuracy testing if you make a claim, so that would be interesting.

Cheers, Dave.
 
What did you go for then Steve?
 
David Gauntlett said:
I wonder if anyone has submitted a record fish claim yet, where digital scales were used? I believe you have to submit your scales for accuracy testing if you make a claim, so that would be interesting.

Cheers, Dave.
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Really don't read too much into the weight claims of most fish, you have to plus or minus 10% at least, and those RH Flyweights are a joke, yet very popular. Besides look at all the effort needed to make a claim, witnesses, scrutiny, and then the BFW test which would put anyone one off.
I fish mostly on my own, and for good reasons Dave:rolleyes: So I will just quietly slip my 17lb Severn fish back, without so much as a word.
Yep.:)
 
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