Can you recommend a scale for use with tea?

[chamekke]

I'm hunting for one that is:

- Precise
- Compact and portable
- Well made
- Ideally, available for purchase via the Internet (because I am in Canada). Many makes/models sold in the U.S.A. are simply not available in stores up here, so if it can be bought online, e.g. on eBay, that's a big bonus.

Now that I've got a digital thermometer and a watch with a second hand the one thing I'm lacking is a way of measuring the tea itself more precisely. At the moment, it's still guesswork.

Thanks everyone!

[Space Samurai]

Many of us use one of these: http://www.myweigh.com/scales/pocket-an ... ance-scale

[Pentox]

I use this one, and I love it.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Am ... 081&sr=8-1AMW-100[/url

It's really small and the lid lets me just kinda shove it wherever.

[chamekke]

Thank you both for your kind recommendations! Both scales look pretty nice. I'll just have to weigh (har har) both options and make my decision

[Sam.]

I was going to buy the 400-Z on Amazon, but a few other teachatters did the same and Amazon made a mistake and sent them an entire box of scales rather than one scale. They returned them but Amazon still says they are out of stock. Hmm..

[chamekke]

I've continued to have great difficulty finding suppliers of the recommended scales who are willing to ship to Canada for an affordable price. (Or what I consider affordable anyway )

Are there any Canadians on this list who know of a good electronic pocket scale that is available in Canada without having to spend $25 or more on the shipping?

[towerofdabble]

I use one of these scales from DealExtreme -- great scale, cheap, and shipping is FREE (though a bit slow).

If you haven't checked out DealExtreme, they've got lots of cool/neat/weird stuff, all of it cheap and some of it surprisingly good quality.

[silverneedles]

^ hehehe, i just received that scale yesterday

10$ !!!!!!!! how can you go wrong ?

1000g, 0.1g precision
fast measure

(got mine in ~2weeks total)

took some pics of it too
http://tgfop.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/1 ... l-extreme/

[Salsero]

i just received that scale yesterday

Mmm, I didn't see that recommendation by Dominic T on RFDT. I might have to start paying more attention to those feeds. It would be nice to see him post on his blog a bit more or join us over here.

This really looks like the perfect scale. It avoids all the faults I have found in some. It uses regular AAA batteries instead of those button ones and it goes all the way up to a kilo so you can tare your yixing pot or gaiwan and add the tea. Also handy for calculating the capacity a cup or or gaiwan will hold. The only thing I would also like (but really don't need) is two decimal places. That's just a nerd power trip. Nice write up on your blog, SN. Thanks for the link.

Thanks, SilverNeedles, Towerofdabble, and (in absentia) Dominic T for this valuable info.

[heavydoom]

olden but golden :

[Salsero]

olden but golden

I like the fly fishing accessory, but where do the batteries go?

[chamekke]

Thank you for the DealExtreme recommendation, towerofdabble and silverneedles!

As it happens, I have already ordered an electronic scale through eBay (although I'm still waiting for it to arrive).

If that one doesn't suit, I will certainly pop the $10 and try your recommendation.

Thanks again - very much appreciated

[hop_goblin]

You can buy all kinds of scales on Ebay. I just bought another which is very accurate for only 12$ Just put Gram Scale in the search field.

[Geekgirl]

excellent, I now have a scale on the way. Go me!

[Salsero]

Go me!