Reuben Heaton 4000 specimen hunter dial scales weighing oddly?

[EdgbastonBreamBasher]

Just a note on digital scales and any references made about then regarding their use of batteries and them being reliant on them.

So are our alarms, so are our cameras and so are our mobile phones... we don't often mention any of those items in negative terms, yet with digital fishing scales it is often the biggest negative point brought up, and I would wager that 'most' people who do so have never owned a set of digital scales or if they have then they have not had any such issues with them. 

I do know of people who have had digitals go wrong and when they have gone wrong they have done so in an epic way, not an ounce out here, or 4 ounces out there...

For the most part if you look after your equipment it should last you well but as stated previously there is more that can go wrong with a set of digitals versus a set of analogue, but this does not mean that it will.

 

 

[BoldBear]

I have a pair of Fox ‘rover’ digital scales which are fine but I gave them to my son and much prefer to use my Avon Dial scales as I dont like to rely on batteries.

Sure enough the following year my son had to ask me for my Dial scales because his battery had failed and he had not put any spares into his tacklebox.

My last Avon Dial scales had been weighing very accurately for around 30 years before I needed to replace them with some replacement Avon Dial scales last year.

There is nothing wrong with digital scales however except for the fact that you do need to check batteries every now and then and keep some ‘in date’ spare batteries (nb: even unused spare batteries have a life span so can also run low)

Keith

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by BoldBear

[EdgbastonBreamBasher]

On 5/17/2022 at 12:29 AM, Martin56 said:

Don't be kidded that Digital scales are necessarily more accurate than Analog - It's more that Digital is easier to read.

And Battery strength has a certain Impact re their accuracy!!

OK, after re-reading through the replies I wanted to pick up on this one point which in regards to Reuben Heaton 7000 series digital scales is not correct.

The 7000 series have been designed so that when battery levels drop below a certain point the scales will simply not turn on. The software does not wait until the battery has been completely drained before this happens, which means that before the digital scales are capable of displaying an incorrect weight due to the remaining power of the battery they will simply not turn on, this happens first, and that is by design so as to not give false readings.

I have now invested in more Avery weights and will be conducting more tests soon on my Reuben Heaton digital scales, which are still going strong, but are they still 'accurate'? 

We will see in the coming days after I have conducted my tests, which can take a while to do.

 

 

Edited December 22, 2022 by EdgbastonBreamBasher

[Bobj]

We have brag mats...

[chesters1]

I thought you had barbies !

[Bobj]

2 hours ago, chesters1 said:

I thought you had barbies !

Them too. But we use prawns, not shrimps.

[Martin56]

14 hours ago, Bobj said:

Them too. But we use prawns, not shrimps.

Prawns / Shrimps, can be same thing depending upon the Restaurant & Country!!

Pilchards & Sardines are the same - It's just a Marketing Ploy.

Sardines sound better & sell better!!!

Edited December 25, 2022 by Martin56