Thread: Loading Scales

Originally Posted by jakewire

Is there a reason you no longer use it Zimmer?, I was always under the impression they were fairly good
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...-scales-13406/

Went silly, sold a kidney, and bought an AnD Fx300i from Julian at Workshop Ino.

Yes, the Gempro is a great wee scale for its price, probably the pick off them around that range. They get excellent reviews. You just need to be aware of their issues ie they use strain gauge technology. Biggest issue with strain gauge is the drifting off of zero - they all do it, anyone who has "cheap" electronics scales and says theirs don't are telling porkies. As long as you are aware of that and check for the same negative value each time you lift the pan, plus get into the habit of doing a regular push of the zero button they are great. I am probably decribing here how you would have operated your Hornady?

Aside from the usual issues of drafts, which affects them all, and interference they are good. With both the Gempro and now my AnD I turn them on a couple of hours b4 I need them.

The only other thing that surprised me with the Gempro was how compact they are.

If you look at that previous thread you will notice that one of the 2 sets I got died and was returned under warranty. I guess this can happen with any electronics including my expensive AnDs. Last year the scale section of my Chargemaster died after many years of stirling service and I had to shell out for new scales for that. It hurt.