XT1500 Digital Scale opinions

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It would be nice to have a digital scale.
Thing is I can't afford a high end one and I'm a bit leery about the really cheap ones. I owned a Frankfort Arsenal so called reloading scale and the thing could not hold zero for more than 5 weightings.

What I'm interested in is solid zero, good repeatability and sensitive enough for powder trickling.

So, I've seen this Cabela's XT 1500 Digital Scale going for about $100.
Is it any good? For handloading I mean.
 
Trickle this...

I believe that there are two companies, both reputable that make powder trickler scales. The are specifically made to do just that.
PACT, DILLON, and others make general electronic scales that measure powder. If you want to trickle powder one by one, buy the former.
But I suspect you just want to measure powder for general reloading. Electronic scales work just fine for the job they are designed and most will be reliable and have repeatability.
Where the downfall ocurrs is the actual powder measure, not the scale. Most are pretty consistent but will drop a little less, the same, and maybe a little more. So, say, over 100 reloads, 90% will be pretty exact, around 5% will be more, 5% will be less.
Regardless, electronic scales will always be more exact than balance beams.
 
hatman1793 said:
Regardless, electronic scales will always be more exact than balance beams.
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I'm sorry but I gotta disagree with this blanket statement.
Sure the quality high end electronics are good but the market is being flooded with cheap junk. Not all electronic's are created equally.
Plus the balance beam may be slow but they are dead on acurate if you do your part, gravity will always be a constant.
I have some experience with a cheaper electronic scale that boasted accuracy to 1/10 of a grain. Well after changing batteries and playing with it for awhile it was actually accurate to 3/10 of a grain-just the display numbers wouldn't change.
Personally I put these electronic devices in the same catagory as scopes, buy the best you can afford and it'll serve you well. Or go cheap and live with the results...
 
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