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Offline Dean

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scale
« on: August 19, 2011, 09:41:18 AM »
what kind of scale does everybody use for weighing out grain/hops/etc, is a cheap digital from Canadian Tire good enough?

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Re: scale
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2011, 09:47:35 AM »
as long as it can handle pounds, ounces, and fractions of an ounce, you are good to go. Mine was either from CND tire or Walmart. Having a tare function is also essential.
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Re: scale
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2011, 10:04:12 AM »
yeah i wasn't sure if the cheaper ones would do full pounds as well as partial ounces ...there's one on sale at CT and I'm off today so i'm going to check it out

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Re: scale
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2011, 10:06:33 AM »
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Re: scale
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2011, 10:10:22 AM »
cool ...that's the one I was talking about!  i'm going to go buy it today

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Re: scale
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2011, 10:18:49 AM »
Yup that looks like the one I got, works awesome.
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Re: scale
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2011, 10:22:02 AM »
watch now ...it'll be sold out!