Mixing scales. Can you recommend any.

[mick brown]

Hi there you expert mixers. [emoji3]

I've been mixing for only about 6 weeks now but after reading some replies to newbie questions on mixing it seems you experts use scales more than syringes.
I thought that I'd just stick to syringes as I don't mix that much but actually it's becoming a bit of a pain. Especially when you get to the bottom of a bottle. Even long needles don't help so I've found myself pouring my Base etc into beakers and then using syringes which is a bit daft.

So now I've decided to invest in some scales, but which ones.
I assume you need some with increments of 0.01g to be accurate but there's so much to choose from. I've been looking on ebay and Amazon etc.

So my question is this fellow apes. Can you recommend a make and model to me because I don't want to get a cheap one that isn't accurate enough and that is going to pack up after a month.

I would welcome any advice.
Thank you
Mick

 

[kermitthefog]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smart-Weig...F8&qid=1468413981&sr=8-3&keywords=0.01+scales

I have this set and they work fabulously, still wish I'd got some earlier in my mixing journey

 

[mick brown]

@kermitthefog That may have been one I looked at but wasn't sure because it wasn't a bad price
Would I need to get a calibration weight ?

 

[kermitthefog]

I've been using mine for 6 months with no calibration and no issues, mixes always come out as expected so you can probably hold off getting one for now (I think you might be able to use coins, but you would have to check). as long as the surface is flat then you should be ok though

 

[mick brown]

I've been using mine for 6 months with no calibration and no issues, mixes always come out as expected so you can probably hold off getting one for now (I think you might be able to use coins, but you would have to check). as long as the surface is flat then you should be ok though

Okay thank you.

 

[kermitthefog]

@kermitthefog That may have been one I looked at but wasn't sure because it wasn't a bad price
Would I need to get a calibration weight ?

just been checking and a clean 20p weighs 5g exactly so you could calibrate from that

 

[mick brown]

@kermitthefog
Just to give me an idea. What sort of capacity in ml does 500g equate to , an idea.

 

[kermitthefog]

Well I work to 1 ml = 1g of pg, nic and flavour so I use it to measure those ingredients and top up the vg just to the required mark on my graduated jug. So you can mix approximately one fuckload of juice using this method

 

[mick brown]

Well I work to 1 ml = 1g of pg, nic and flavour so I use it to measure those ingredients and top up the vg just to the required mark on my graduated jug. So you can mix approximately one fuckload of juice using this method

Wow , so upto maybe 500 ml then. That's more than enough.
Thanks again

 

[kermitthefog]

Wow , so upto maybe 500 ml then. That's more than enough.
Thanks again

Well it could be 500 ml without the vg added if you ever needed to make that much so on a 80/20 ratio would be 4 litres