1 scale for Hops and grain

[Yunus]

So I'm once again taking the next step, this time it will be to do bulk grain purchases to save money (right like upgrading ever really saves us money). But I don't have a digital scale. I was hoping to actually save money and space by using just 1 scale for both hops and grain. Reading online and on this forum I found a couple scales that claim they can do it. Can anyone verify that they have a scale that is capable of measuring .5 oz of hops with decent accuracy and also measuring 20# of grain with decent accuracy.

I was looking at the Ultraship. I'm willing to get 2 scales if thats what is best but if I can get it all in one why not.

 

[flyangler18]

eBay Store - Just Pounds and Ounces: Digital Postal Scale, Scales, Shipping

.2 oz sensitivity, up to 75 lbs for some models.

 

[eschatz]

My scale works great. It reads 1/8 oz up to 7 lbs. When I measure my base grain I usually have to measure twice but it's great for hops and spices. It really works for everything. Not a pain in the butt at all really. You definitely want a scale that reads lower than .2 oz though for small hop additions and spices.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Mine reads from .01 oz up to 4#. It works great for hops, and I've grown accustomed to taring a bowl on the scale, filling it with 4# or grain, dumping that grain into the barley crusher, and repeating as often as necessary. It's a good trade off to being able to measure out .68 oz of grain if I decide that I want to.

 

[mykayel]

My scale measures to 0.1 oz but only has a max of 6 or 8 lbs (I don't really remeber). But the most I'll measure is about 4 lbs as thats about the most my biggest bowl will hold, then I just dumb that measured amount into a bucket and measure some more.

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Peraonlly, I'd rather have the 0.1 oz scale so that you know exactly how much hops you are using.

 

[Yunus]

Well I just won an auction for the "Just pounds and ounces" 35# scale. I guess for the little items like spices I will still buy them at my LHBS. There pretty cool there to and its a self serve type place so if I brought my own spices they would probably let me weigh them using their small scale as well.

Thanks for the input!

 

[944play]

Since I get my grains measured and crushed at the LHBS, I just got a scale for hops and brewing salts:

With apologies to JZ, it's good for measuring cocaine.

 

[springer]

I just picked up a Salter model 1008. Reads .05-ounce increments and goes up to 11 lbs. The Stainless steel tray for the scale can be used with or without a bowl .It works very well and has a zero out button so the bowl isnt added to the weight. Was $49.99 at bed bath & beyond SWMBO had a 10 off coupon for 39.99 I had to buy it

 

[BrewBeemer]

I purchased a WeightMax digital postal scale it reads from 35# down to 0.1 oz. On ebay buy it now I recall for $14 before shipping. So far this works great on the latge grain bills of those Russian Stouts. They also had 75# down to 0.20 oz. It came with a battery and a cube power supply.

Without stealing this thread I have a question; how low should a scale read down to for good accurate measurments of your hops?
Within reason and not some $500 triple beam lab scale.
Heck my friend grabs a handful of hops looks and says "this should do", and dang it he makes great bier. I hate him, no J/K love ya Brad.

 

[fratermus]

I use a postal scale (1/10th oz) for measuring specialty grains and DME for starters, a hanging scale for measuring base grains and water, and a 1/10th gram scale for hops, and for making agar+dme for slants.

I aquired them gradually ($10 each off eBay over about a year) and I find each of them valuable enough to have around for cooking and brewing needs.

I had my Dear Wife test the $10 1/10th gram scale at her pharmacy with calibration weights, and it was very, very close.

 

[Moose777]

I decided to get a scale for measuring brewing salts as well as hops.

After reading this thread and a bunch of reviews online I decided on this one from Amazon:
EatSmart Precision Pro - Multifunction Digital Kitchen Scale w/ Extra Large LCD and 11 Lb. Capacity

I'll let you know how I like it.

 

[grimstuff]

When I got my scale, I thought the same, that I'd just get one with a good enough range and measure everything on that. The problem is it's hard to find an affordable scale that can measure pounds of grains AND tenths of grams for water additions (gypsum, salts, etc.). So i would recommend going with two scales: 1) a tenth-gram scale for water additions and hops, and 2) a hanging scale for grains.

 

[LuiInIdaho]

I use two different scales for my purposes.

The first is an 11 Pound scale that I use for the grains. It is a little on the small side, but I put my grain in plastic pitchers, and measure it out about 5 lbs at a time. This is convenient because I dump a whole pitcher into my grain mill (the 7 pound hopper Barley Crusher). It gives portions of ounces, but I was not satisfied with it for hops and brewing salts.

For that, I purchased this model from Bobby at Brewhardware.com. It is really accurate, a reasonable price, and is great for salts, hops, and priming sugar additions.

I like having the two scales, but each for its intended purpose.

Mark

 

[63belair]

I have this scale and couldn't be happier with it (along with lots of other people, 5 star average on amazon with almost 4,000 reviews)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001N07KUE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Very accurate, 11# max, goes down to .05oz or .1g

Not exactly what you're looking for in terms of capacity, but you can always measure your grain bill in a couple steps.

 

[grimstuff]

I have this scale and couldn't be happier with it (along with lots of other people, 5 star average on amazon with almost 4,000 reviews)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001N07KUE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Very accurate, 11# max, goes down to .05oz or .1g

Not exactly what you're looking for in terms of capacity, but you can always measure your grain bill in a couple steps.

Actually, it does NOT go down to tenths of grams, only grams. (This is the scale I have.)

 

[63belair]

Whoops, my mistake!

Still an awesome scale for 25 shipped

 

[Edwinsessi]

You need not to much worried about this problem because digital scales are available in low prices with best features. Commercial scales are expensive but digital scales are available in cheap rates from different sources.

 

[CA_Mouse]

I picked this Scale up nearly a year ago and it has been great. Weighs from .1oz to 11lbs

 

[copper2hopper]

Can somebody help me!?!? My AXIS-650 digital scale has this error code on it that showed up out of no where and won't go away like it's broke or something.

 

[Leithoa]

The AXIS-650 manual doesn't mention that error code but if it is unresponsive and new batteries don't make it go away I would guess the loadcell has been broken.

 

[CA_Mouse]

The AXIS-650 manual doesn't mention that error code but if it is unresponsive and new batteries don't make it go away I would guess the loadcell has been broken.

I agree that the load cell probably has been over burdened and possibly broken. I would replace the batteries wish fresh new ones and attempt to re-calibrate it.

 

[copper2hopper]

Battery test didn't work. Unbelievable! Now I have to buy a new one