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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: SelfSovereignty on December 02, 2012, 06:37 pm
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See the bottom of this post for a link to a ~$22 USD digital scale that apparently really does have 1-5mg accuracy with a max of 20g (see Amazon review). I can only assume that if I looked at it sideways, it would fall apart in my hands... but for $22, even if it only lasted a month it's cheap enough to be worth it. I don't really expect to find a decent 1mg accurate scale for less than a few hundred no matter what, but I'm posting because a) I'm surprised you can get a scale that accurate for that price at any quality -- thought somebody might like to know, and b) is it really as suspicious & "attention grabbing" as they say to buy a scale for these measurements from a source that's subject to US enforcement? (yes, we're assholes and enforce things everywhere, but you know what I mean)
Yes, I know I could buy one on SR. I've seen a couple, but none within 1-5mg accuracy, they're more expensive, and honestly I don't know a damn thing about any vendors except the ones who deal in my drug of choice... and I'm too lazy to research sources for anything but said drug. And why pay 1.5x more just to risk losing half of on a no-show... shrug. Ordering from Taiwan or China can't hurt, provided customs don't decide to lose their minds and give me a hassle over it, right?
Oh, and it isn't illegal or something retarded to own a 1mg accurate scale, right? I know, sounds idiotic, but hey -- so's prohibition to begin with, and they're still all about that, right.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Gemini-20-Portable-Milligram/dp/B0012TDNAM
Just in case some poor guy doesn't realize it, that's an Amazon link, and Amazon and eBay supposedly even set up special systems for the law to investigate purchases. Meaning buy it somewhere else if you want it, unless I'm just paranoid & spooked by myths; just an example + reviews either way.
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I have a very similar scale. The display is the exact same and so are the buttons and their order. Mine is black, doesn't have a logo on it and has a slightly different design/shape. The electronics inside might very well be the same or at least very similar.
These cheap scales work but they are virtually useless if you're trying to weigh less than 10mg. They work just fine for quantities over 10mg though.
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I just bought that exact scale (from Amazon UK... oops).
I got it because I only really need 0.01g accuracy... and figured getting a cheap scale that claims it can do 0.001g would probably mean it does 0.01g at least slightly well.
And actually, I tried it out... I'm impressed. It came with a 10g weight for configuration. You hold down the 'On' button to get into configuration mode, it flashes "10g"... then you put the 10g weight on it to tell it how much 10g is exactly. Then I tried it out in normal mode, put the weight on it multiple times, expecting it to read varying outputs like 9.997g, 10.003g etc. - But nope, it was dead on 10.000g each time.
I'd recommend doing the configuration each time you use it (only takes 1 minute), and I can't vouch for the build quality because it's brand new (but for all I know might break after 3 uses...), but for a cheap scale it does the job (for me).
I'm not a dealer, so precise measurements aren't hugely important for me. I just wanted something to tell me I'll be doing roughly 145-150mg MDMA rather then judging it by eye and doing anywhere between 60-200mg, haha.
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Had this scale for about a year, it's great never had problems and the build quality is just fine.
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It's a great scale! I've been using it for a few months, weighing out random items that have known weights. It's been very consistent so far, weighing duplicate items at the same weight with a +- 1-2 mg range. To reference, the tiny dish that comes with it weights 2.700-2.703 on my scale (there's a bit of glue on the dish from the tape it came with).
I've measured out MDMA pretty easily (as +- 10mg is perfectly fine), and I've even used it on RC's like 2CB.