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Carl Hall

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Hi has anybody used the Reuben heaton 9000 digital scales they loook nice and compact I find the original ones to big

Cheers Carl
 
Recommend them highly Carl...backlit, readout locks on stabilisation for easy reading, lb's & oz and grams & kilos ( if you want them !! :()...go get 'em :)
 
I have a set. Originally couldn't decide between these and dial scales. Was sceptical as being digital but they seem fine. Nice and compact.
 
I replaced my old 'avons' with the R/H 7000' a few years ago and have had no problems,..although I was a little peed off that I had to buy a decent T bar as an extra.
They have a low battery drain compared with my mates' Fox digital scales.
The new 9000 model looks nice and compact but the T bar looks a bit small,..at around £35 they look good value though.
 
Carl Hall said:
Hi has anybody used the Reuben heaton 9000 digital scales they loook nice and compact I find the original ones to big

Cheers Carl
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Carl,first set of 9000's I bought the screen packed up but replacement set have been ok so far,hopefully a rare fault?
 
Do these scales have a hold button? some without never seem to settle...
 
They settle and lock (hold) automatically after a second or two John
 
Thank you Bill will i will have a closer look at them...
 
Bill Walford said:
They settle and lock (hold) automatically after a second or two John
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Hi Bill, I don't wish to ruffle any feathers here...but do you not think that if these scales always 'lock automatically after a second or two', then they are doing so because they are timed to do so, rather than because the fish has settled down enough to give an accurate reading?

With dial scales, the needle swings back and forth...or not, depending purely on whether the fish is now still enough to give an accurate reading....or not. It takes as long as it takes...the fish will settle, even if for only a few seconds...but until it does, it is obviously not possible to get an accurate reading.

Unless these scales have some kind of fish calming properties that are not mentioned :D...then surely it is wishful thinking to believe that when they 'automatically lock after a second or two'....that the fish has mysteriously stopped wriggling at precisely that moment, every time...or is it just me that finds that unlikely :p

Not trying to be clever or critical Bill....just scratching my head a bit to see how these things can possibly be accurate if they work as described :eek:

Cheers, Dave.
 
Understand your reservations Dave. I've checked them against another set of scales that I have which do jump around and they are within an ounce. I will stand corrected but I think that as the load cell does not have a spring it measures the dead weight quite quickly enabling it to lock off. I'll have a play round with the RH, my other digi's and will dig out my old Avons and do some comparisons....watch this space.?..unless of course there is a load cell/ weighing equipment technician out there who can explain the technology !! ?
 
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Which scales does Wayne use on the Trent.........they're the ones for me.

Steve
 
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