American Weigh Signature Series Black AWS-100 Digital Pocket Scale, 100 by 0.01 G
by American Weigh
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of American Weigh Signature Series Black AWS-100 Digital Pocket Scale, 100 by 0.01 G
Customer Review: Great unit!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this unit to measure chemicals used in the process of making wine at home and it's working out great. It came properly calibrated, is accurate, and being able to see "hundredth of grams is useful while not being strictly necessary for my purposes.Customer Review: Great value
Summary: 5 Stars
This scale is a great value for the .01 gram precision it offers. Once calibrated it is quite sensitive and accurate. Mine came quite far from calibrated, but based on the other reviews here it appears this is only a fluke. The scale is lightweight and very portable, being roughly the same size as a Nintendo DS Lite. Build quality is good; it looks like it will last a long time if used properly and carefully. Comes with two AAA batteries and a space for storing a pair of extras. Very nice scale for the price.
One hint about calibration: if you forget to buy the 100g calibration weight, you can simply use 20 U.S. nickels, as each nickel is exactly 5g.
Customer Review: Handy, compact & fairly accurate
Summary: 4 Stars
Purchased this digi scale to accurately weigh spices as well as precious metals and stones. Unit is well constucted and easy to operate. I took it to my jeweler who owns a commercial unit. We calibrated both with a 50g weight and side by side this unit's average readings were nearly identical to his. The snap-locking flip lid is a nice feature which protects the weighing surface as well as providing handy written user intructions. Blue LCD readout is crisp and easy to read in any light. Only drawback is the small weighing surface area, which of course is the tradeoff for having such a compact portable unit. All in all a very good scale for the price.Customer Review: I am happy.
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this device so that I could measure the minerals that I add into 'pure' water. The idea is that my local tap water is toxic to the fish in my 55 gallon aquarium, so I use reverse osmosis water. RO water has no minerals, fish need some, so I enjoy being able to measure out mineral additives to a .01 gram resolution.
I did test this with a hand full of coins (and the US Mint weight chart) and all came in within .04 grams (coins vary).
I did buy the 100g calibration weight. As it turned out, my device was calibrated 99.99% out of the box. Nothing wrong with that.
Ken
Customer Review: If you are buying silver coins, this is a MUST purchase FIRST!
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this scale(silver/gray version) because it seemed like a reasonable price.
I bought this for Silver coins purchases.
See, silver coins tend to wear with heavy circulation. So weighing junk silver coins before making and offer is a MUST. (EG: Silver dimes can lose over 0.1 grams due to circulation.)
A non-circulated silver dime should weigh 2.5 grams, a heavily circulated silver can easily only weigh in at 2.4grams & being 90% silver that leaves only 2.16grams of silver instead of 2.25grams and if you are buying 350 silver dimes that will short you 0.9 grams per silver dime.. translating to over 1+ troy ounces of silver for that purchase of those 350 heavily circulated dimes!
You can weigh 40 dimes at a time safely on this scale.
Best purchase I have made in a while. Easy to determine weight and you can carry it in a pocket.
Remember this is accurate at .01 grams not grains as some reviewers state!