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<blockquote data-quote="FAL Shot" data-source="post: 854789" data-attributes="member: 27328"><p>Does the FX1201 still work when you pull the power plug? Do you or anybody around you know how to fix it when it goes haywire?</p><p> </p><p>For the same price you could outfit a lot of people with the Hornady Beam Balance Scale, or you could buy the Hornady scale and also about all the other reloading equipment you really need.</p><p> </p><p>Electronic components drift over time, while properly made balance scales do not. My MTM digital scale is already out of whack and will not properly calibrate, and it has only been lightly used for two years.</p><p> </p><p>The guys who sell the digital scales never seem to offer something like a lifetime warranty against drift, while all properly made beam balance scales have that feature inherent in their design and will not drift unless damaged by improper use.</p><p> </p><p>Digital scales are quick for weighing varying weights like brass and bullets that have a zone they need to be within. This saves you from moving a poise at each weighing. For weighing to the same weight every time, you do not move a poise on a beam balance scale, and they are the best for powder measure where you are weighing to the same weight each time. And you can get a good one from several sources for under $100.</p><p> </p><p>A jeweler must weigh varying gemstones, so I would see why they would want a high quality digital scale. They don't want to shift poises every time they weigh a gemstone. With powder measure, you set the poises and leave them alone until you change powder charge weights. Digital scales have more minuses than pluses for weighing powder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FAL Shot, post: 854789, member: 27328"] Does the FX1201 still work when you pull the power plug? Do you or anybody around you know how to fix it when it goes haywire? For the same price you could outfit a lot of people with the Hornady Beam Balance Scale, or you could buy the Hornady scale and also about all the other reloading equipment you really need. Electronic components drift over time, while properly made balance scales do not. My MTM digital scale is already out of whack and will not properly calibrate, and it has only been lightly used for two years. The guys who sell the digital scales never seem to offer something like a lifetime warranty against drift, while all properly made beam balance scales have that feature inherent in their design and will not drift unless damaged by improper use. Digital scales are quick for weighing varying weights like brass and bullets that have a zone they need to be within. This saves you from moving a poise at each weighing. For weighing to the same weight every time, you do not move a poise on a beam balance scale, and they are the best for powder measure where you are weighing to the same weight each time. And you can get a good one from several sources for under $100. A jeweler must weigh varying gemstones, so I would see why they would want a high quality digital scale. They don't want to shift poises every time they weigh a gemstone. With powder measure, you set the poises and leave them alone until you change powder charge weights. Digital scales have more minuses than pluses for weighing powder. [/QUOTE]
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