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[Cleef]

I'm after some digital scales for weighing my geckos. I bought some kitchen scales form Argos before which are useless. I didn't really think about it, but they weigh up to 3kg so are pretty inaccurate at weighing small animals!

I think scales that weight up to MAX 200/500g would be better?

Can anyone recommend some decent digital scales for weighing geckos that won't break the bank . I had a quick look on ebay but can only find pocket scales
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Steve P

[crouchy]

id be interested in this too.

I know about the ones on ebay but are there any available to buy from shops. I know "specialist smoking" shops used to sell them but i dont know where these shops are nowadays
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[Scott W]

http://www.mjbpackaging.co.uk/scales-c-163.html


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[Cleef]

Cheers Scott they look good, I think the pocket scales would be the only ones of use to me there. 0.1g - 300g is ideal, it's a shame the weighing surface isn't very big, but would probably work alright if the weighing container isn't too bulky.

Either that or I could train my geckos to sit VERY still
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[Cleef]

I ordered the JSV-300, the pocket one from the website Scott linked, it should be fine -

http://www.jscale.com/product/_v_series.html

There's one exactly the same with a larger tray, but about twice the price -

http://www.jscale.com/product/_cj_series.html
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[Jordi J]

I have one that weights between 0 - 100 gram with steps of 0.01 Ideal for eggs etc.
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[DrAdam]

I had some pocket scales and trust me they are useless.... You just want some digital ones, this set weights upto 5kg wich is ideal for the snakes as I can fit a container on the glass plate. (see below)
I got these bad boys from ebay.... but not the gecko lol.. these were 12 quid, there are plenty to choose from. You can chance the scale, kg, g, lb

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[negri]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Glass-Silver-Electronic-Digital-Kitchen-Postal-Scales_W0QQitemZ140186776106QQihZ004QQcategoryZ50419QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

hers a set on ebay , same as the ones above
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[Cleef]

Bah, I'll see how the pocket ones I ordered turn out.

Cheers guys, they look pretty decent. Maybe I just got a sh*t pair from Argos. I would put something that weighed ~10grams on the scales and it would read 2-3grams. I'd zero it again, put the object back on but push the scales down VERY lightly just to see what happened and then the object apprently weighs 18 grams!

Even if I put an object on the scales and then took it off, not once did the reading return to 0g!
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[Cleef]

Got the scales today, very pleased with them. I weighed all of my adult leopard geckos no problems with use of a small plastic dish, thumbs up Perfect for geckos and small reptiles in general IMO




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