Currently using a Lyman digital scale with the back up being a RCBS balance scale. No issues with the Lyman, but I am interested in a digital scale as a backup over the balance scale.
Is there a consensus on the best digital scale for reloading?
Also, are the digital automatic measuring scales super accurate from powder charge to powder charge or is there a variation factor to contend with?
I currently weigh each charge and dribble to exact weight on each cartridge, wondering if there is a faster way that maintains accuracy.
I’ve got 2 digital scales that never get used and 2 powder dribblers one(Redding) has never been used. The fastest way is good technique on the drop and powder that meters. Drop and go. So I don’t think there is a best I’ll take a beam scale any day over a digital.
I recently needed an upgrade, asked around, and came up with this as a consensus. So far, it is by far the best reloading scale I have ever used, beam or digital. I am on the waiting list for the trickler too.
Only live once ...
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Rick, you can get the whole set up for around 1K all ready to go. I was hoping to pick up the V3 when people upgraded to the V4 but they wanted dang near what the V4 was for their V3. I may just get on the waiting list and see how long it takes. Some guys were on it for about 8 months but I think they go on the list when the V4 was still being worked on. Hopefully as the backorders die down so will the lead time.
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
Yep when I ordered the V4 was a waiting list proposition, so I got on the waiting list. Still haven’t heard from them, but I know what to expect so I am good with it.
BTW, when I called CE I was told there was no difference in price buying separate or together, so I decided I’d take the scale now and wait on the trickler.
Looking forward to using them together.
Zero drift got old.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
I have an AND FX120i and the V3. The V3 works well except on large stick powders like N570. I've got a SuperTrickler on order. I ordered it over a month ago, but have no idea when it will show up.
That SuperTrickler looks interesting. What swayed you to the ST over the V4?
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
The SuperTrickler looks to be a much more finished device. That it learns is innovative. Freeing up my iPhone was also a plus. I like that it alerts you when it goes over with the bold red light over the cup.
I had to try it and figured if it was as good as it looks, they're going to be hard to get before long.
The V4 is what the AutoTrickler should have been all along. The powder throw mechanism on V1 through V3 represents little by way of novel thinking and innovation when developing an automated solution to powder dispensing. Don't get me wrong they're great devices and vastly better than their contemporaries, but they're little more than an automated powder thrower and trickler integrated with a lab scale.
The degree to which the SuperTrickler is it's own device and a truly novel solution compelled me to order one as soon as I saw one.
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After further due diligence, I sent in a deposit for the Super Duper and will defer on the V4.
I don’t want to rely on an app, nor do I want to have yet another device on my bench, and, I think I may just like the overall package of the Super Duper better, from what I can tell. Looks like it might arrive faster, too.
Now that I recall, I reached out to the V4 outfit to ask a question or two in October, and I didn’t get the time of day from them. I wasn’t aware there was a serious alternative for operating in conjunction with the A&D scale at that time. But now I am.
Looking forward to reloading this off season ...
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
The SuperTrickler looks to be a much more finished device. That it learns is innovative. Freeing up my iPhone was also a plus. I like that it alerts you when it goes over with the bold red light over the cup.
I had to try it and figured if it was as good as it looks, they're going to be hard to get before long.
The V4 is what the AutoTrickler should have been all along. The powder throw mechanism on V1 through V3 represents little by way of novel thinking and innovation when developing an automated solution to powder dispensing. Don't get me wrong they're great devices and vastly better than their contemporaries, but they're little more than an automated powder thrower and trickler integrated with a lab scale.
The degree to which the SuperTrickler is it's own device and a truly novel solution compelled me to order one as soon as I saw one.
Which one did you order? The one with/without the FX120? That looks like a heckuva great unit.
A friend of mine has a Supertrickler on order. He wants to sell me his Autotrickler when his comes in. Another friend may be selling his Prometheus. Decisions, decisions...
Something to keep in mind is that you will want to use a line conditioner with the power source to the FX120i. They also do not like florescent lighting. You will want to power them up about an hour before actual use.