Digital Scales

[Worms]

My Avons finally gave up their ghost after 36 years of good service earlier this season but I've heard that Avon have ceased production of their dial scales. So unless I can buy a pair on ebay I might have to use a pair of digitals; god forbid..

I believe Avon service and repair Avons still!

[Phone]

Worms,

 

Everything but the plastic face plate.

 

Phone

[BoldBear]

I believe Avon service and repair Avons still!

Regretfully I threw them away; but I've bid on another set of avons so I'm keeping everything crossed.

[stivestackle]

Luddites :-)

What's the problem with digital scales? Granted, they're a bit more expensive than the OP quoted, but I've had the Fox digitals for maybe 5 years now - spot-on accurate (I've got access to pro-calibration equipment at the local Trading & Strandards office - they're checked maybe twice a year and have never needed any sort of resetting) - and still running on the original battery!

That said, I've another much smaller (and cheaper - think they were about a tenner?) set by Fladen, and for all practical purposes, they're just as accurate!

I had a set of Fox Digital scales. Absolutely hated them the more I used them. They gobbled batteries and when you needed them most they would let you down. Also weighed rather a lot for a box of electronics. Very expensive at £99 when they first came out.

Reubons all the way total reliability and simplicity.

[wunnus]

I am sure that I have some scales somewhere.

But

Don't you think that scales, digital/analogue, make the whole thing a bit nerdy?

Does the experience of catching a fish get better or worse for just weighing the fish? Would a stopwatch to record the time taken to land the fish be the next logical step?