Purchasing a Gram Scale--Few questions

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Originally Posted by MarkS

I love Old Will Knot scales, they've got a great selection. Here is the one I use...
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my-weigh-7001dx.aspx

I've got a few other scales at home that were given to me by a friend. He used to be a polceman and before he retired he cleaned out their evidence room and got rid of all the old stuff they didn't need to hold for court anymore, he had quite a number of gram scales to pass around... :D:D

He never mentioned following anybody home from WalMart, but knowing him you never know... :rofl:

I also got a number of hemostats from him to use for feeding tongs. Funny thing about these was that they were all burnt at the tips... Hmmmm :O:O:O

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Big Gunns just talked to 8Ball Adam. He told BG to tell yah he wants his tongs back.:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Originally Posted by ColinWeaver

Hands-down the best scale I have ever used:
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my...ltrascale.aspx

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I bought my scale from the same place (though, not the same scale).

The big thing to keep in mind is max weight and gradation. If you're weighing ball pythons, you probably want a scale that goes up to at least 3 kg (for the big females). Unfortunately, those are usually only accurate to 1 or 0.5 grams, which may be a problem if you're weighing small stuff like geckos, where you probably want 0.1 g accuracy (though 0.5 g accuracy is fine for BPs since babies are usually ~55 grams or so, which is significantly bigger than 0.5.).

Mine goes up to 4 kg with 0.5 g accuracy, and I use it for both geckos and snakes, though I'd prefer something more accurate.

i bought my scale form a head pipe shop when driving dowtown and they had a sale i ought mine for 15 bucks wieghs to 5000 grams :banana: ,and about the police and scales i am a suspect of being questioned for it lol it was funnny i had ot explian to him wha ti got it for and then onc ei started talking about different morphs the cop was impressed that i knew all my genetics and stuff so he said okay i believe u because u have a wide knwoledge from what i here u saying about reptiles i laughed :Pand he let me go saying to tell me to watch out cause in chicago alot of peopel supposably get busted for scales with residue on it form acutalll drugs man what a day it was :gj:

tall paul

This thread is 3 y/o. If you want some advice on buying a gram scale just start a new thread haree :P
I got mine from walmart for $20. Goes up to like 5,000 grams i think...

Mine's from Target. $30. Super nice. Doesn't come with something to weigh your snakes in, but it's accurate and light.