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What Scales Please?

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Mike Window

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Looking to buy new scales as another of my Reuben Heaton 9000 has packed up.
Still have another three of them but find them a bit of a pain or maybe it's just me.
Not really bothered if digital and they don't need to be big enough for large carp. Just for river fishing.
As long as they are easy to use, give a reasonably accurate reading in pounds and ounces and light enough to carry around that's all I need.
Mike
 
Mike Window said:
Looking to buy new scales as another of my Reuben Heaton 9000 has packed up.
Still have another three of them but find them a bit of a pain or maybe it's just me.
Not really bothered if digital and they don't need to be big enough for large carp. Just for river fishing.
As long as they are easy to use, give a reasonably accurate reading in pounds and ounces and light enough to carry around that's all I need.
Mike
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All I would recommend Mike is stay away from the newer RH Flyweight mechanical scales. My son, my mate and I have all owed them and they all weighed different and were inconsistent. The ORIGINAL flyweights however were very good I believe.
 
I've been using these for 3 seasons now and I'm really happy with them. Accurate, lightweight and simple to use, with excellent battery life using CR2032 batteries, for which spares can easily be fitted into the padded foam lined protective storage case, which is nice and slimline. If I somehow broke them, I would buy the same the again without any hesitation.

One slight niggle is the 'no tear fish clip' which is fiddly, so I've simply replaced with a simple metal hook. And they also pi** me off a bit sometimes, such as on last Thursday afternoon when they weighed in a barbel at 12lb, 15 oz and 7/8ths! (I've not had a 13 this season!).

berkley-fishing.co.uk

Precision Digital Scale - 35 LB

With the Berkley® Precision Scale anglers can get precise measurements and automatic culling in seconds. The Auto Culling System automatically identifies the lightest fish for fast easy culling. Use with the Berkley® Tournament Cull Kit for optimal performance.
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I use these, I do not trust anything digital near water. Very small, light and reliable.

www.anglingdirect.co.uk

Reuben Heaton 3000 Series Flyweight Mk 2

Key Features Precision made rack and pinion assembly Dual revolution easy to read dial Retractable top handle Tare/zero facility Tough polystyrene body Format: Imperial only Slim pocket size - L15cm x W10cm Chart diameter: 8cm Extended length: 30cm Overall length at zero – 25.5cm Weight...
www.anglingdirect.co.uk www.anglingdirect.co.uk
 
Bill Walford said:
All I would recommend Mike is stay away from the newer RH Flyweight mechanical scales. My son, my mate and I have all owed them and they all weighed different and were inconsistent. The ORIGINAL flyweights however were very good I believe.
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That's interesting. I didn't have a pair to compare the read outs. I need to investigate further!
 
Anthony James said:
I use these, I do not trust anything digital near water. Very small, light and reliable.

www.anglingdirect.co.uk

Reuben Heaton 3000 Series Flyweight Mk 2

Key Features Precision made rack and pinion assembly Dual revolution easy to read dial Retractable top handle Tare/zero facility Tough polystyrene body Format: Imperial only Slim pocket size - L15cm x W10cm Chart diameter: 8cm Extended length: 30cm Overall length at zero – 25.5cm Weight...
www.anglingdirect.co.uk www.anglingdirect.co.uk
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Too unreliable and easily broken I've found with the modern flyweights.
 
I've tried most including expensive digital ones and keep going back to Avons
Not that helpful but they do pop up 2nd hand from time to time
 
Anthony James said:
That's interesting. I didn't have a pair to compare the read outs. I need to investigate further!
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Hopefully yours are sound Anthony but as said I don’t trust ‘em from my own experience. The one thing I’ve noted about some people using any mechanical scale is how they zero them and then lay them down while getting the fish ready. From my own experience using Avons I found this “dezeroed” them. Another thing is how some people hold the scale by the side of the case rather than by the handle. Again from my own experience I’ve found that it can “skew” the weight.
 
I wouldn't have RH Flyweights given and I'm not even prepared to give away the set I have.
If I ever have issues with the two sets of RH9000s I currently use (and have for several years), I'd be looking at the rather more expensive Electro Samsons (Formerly Salter Brecknell, but they appear to have dropped the "Salter").
 
For years I have been using Reubens Heaton specimen scales. They are just like the ones carpers use but weigh to 30lb x 1/2ox not the norm at 60lb x 1oz. I have also tried Digitals, but you don't have the reference you get with spring scales. Yes they are bulky, but at least I know they weigh genuine...
 
There were some cheapo electric ones recommended on here a while ago. I bought a pair and decided to check them against my RH Flyweights. I took three bottles of various volume sizes of water down to the local post office and weighed them on their scales, which have to be regularly calibrated. The cheapo electrics proved to be very accurate through the weights as opposed to the flyweights which proved to be quite the opposite.
 
Anything except the Flyweights, terrible quality. I pack some cheap spring scales for lightness, as good as anything else. Have the larger dial scales but very bulky, plenty of cheap luggage digital, but find then scatty and difficult to settle on a number.
 
A set of little Samsons would be better than the modern flyweights, they are truly awful . I would go for Reubon Heaton dial scales or Avons . IMO digital scales are best avoided , they may be accurate but prone to clapping out just when you need them .
 
Hi mike i have a set of avon scales complete with pouch and cert make me decent offer and ill go to post office to get weighed and let you know cost recorded.
 
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