WAOAW W-01-50 Digital Milligram Scale 50 X 0.001Gram Reloading Jewelry Scale Digital Weight with Calibration Weights Tweezers and Weighing Pans (Batteries Included)

Some of the more expensive nootropics are only available in powder form and require very accurate dosing. I have tested it with lab standard weights and found it to be accurate if used properly. I am old and remember how costly lab scales with this accuracy were. A very nifty little piece of equipment indeed! I have used this for several months now and couldn't be more pleased with a purchase. (Update 10/20/2020, This scale has worked flawlessly for over 2 yrs. I recently purchased a smaller weight calibration set and tested the scale. It is still right on and extremely accurate. I am old enough to remember when scales of this accuracy cost hundreds of dollars and were not nearly as convenient.

Do a YouTube search for "BEST (Of The Cheap) Digital Scales!" by Elvis Ammo. (You can just Copy & Paste that exact title - minus the quotes - into the YouTube search box.) That video will explain why these low cost scales are good for weighing out gunpowder charges far better than I can here. Very briefly, the electronics in these read faster than some even far more expensive digital scales do, so they pick up small changes quickly when you are slowly trickling up to some exact powder charge weight to the nearest tenth of a grain. (Yes I said grain, not gram. :-) I will save long winded explanations because those truly interested can search out that exact title inside the quotes above. Watch the video and you will understand, as these compare very well to far better known brands. Nuf' said. The downside still works out fine due to excellent customer service: These scales are not at all expensive, and reading other customer comments shows that it is not impossible that you could end up with one that needs to be returned. For this low price I just went ahead and ordered TWO. One worked fine exactly as shown in the above video, and one needed returned - bad sensor or something that caused it's readings to constantly jump up and down and never really seem to be able to make up it's mind, so to speak. Not a problem - good customer service simply sent me another (I got my rms return number and sent the bad one back) and now I have two perfectly good and inexpensive digital scales to go packing along to the range. If one dies I have a back up on hand, perfect for my needs. If you are going to pack along a small portable reloading setup to the range with you, to patiently dial in those perfect most accurate load recipes possible for your particular firearms, then these digital scales are reasonably workable and cheap enough to buy several just to be sure you have a backup if one gets lost, broken, "permanently borrowed" by someone who sees how nicely they work, or whatever. Anyway, I like the two scales that I have just fine. Both compare very well to traditional balance beam scales for accuracy to the nearest tenth of a grain. Good to go for patiently dialing in that perfect most accurate load recipe possible while you are sitting right there at the shooting bench. (Some ranges are far better for doing this than others, so YMMV depending on where you shoot. Sitting in a vehicle to get out of the wind at an outside range is no big deal.) No, these little scales are not the best things since sliced bread, but yes for the price I'd say just buy several and you'll very soon be able to just get things done.

Cautiously optimistic, weighs out well, repetitively displays the same amount if weighing and checking weight. Only had mine for the day but it was bought to mix supplements for my Chameleon (nasty eye infection after his lunch of superworms had one with a little fight in it and scratched the underside of His eyelid) and it handled down to 10mg and even 5mg without incident or error and weighed all of them again when spot checked. It can waver +/- 1mg (0.001 G) and in those times I simply ere towards the low side, but for the price, I would say that's more than acceptable. On the other side of quality, I would REALLY prefer to have the exterior made of something that at least FELT durable. I don't really need it to be super tough as I have used it at the shelves where I keep my bearded dragon and have no need for it to come with me possibly getting; jostled around, bumped and fumbled about, I feel like dumping it off the shelf could cause real damage. Bottom line (TL;DR): It's a low price scale that seems pretty accurate and reliable. The display isn't bad, auto-off can get annoying, the packaging seemed secure, the actual pressure plate is a decent size (about 2" diameter circle with a lower center for the included bowl), utensils included are pretty cheap but useful (SUPER CHEAP TWEEZERS, bowl isn't horrible, kind of a rough surface), and my biggest complaint, very little and cheap feeling plastic exterior.

It's an inexpensive digital scale. It seems to get out of calibration after a measuring multiple items in a row, but it is easy enough to calibrate and it's nice they allowed you to calibrate it at all. It is a little touchy at the lower end of the range, but it seems to help somewhat if you tare it with something when measuring under 50 mg. I don't have any other calibration weights to compare it to other than the included in the box, but I measured some US coinage on it and it was generally pretty close to what they should be, one or two even measured exactly to what the mint specifies them as. However, most of the coins I used were old and well circulated, so my test wasn't very scientific and the wear on the coins definitely account for some of the variations in the measurements. A little more accuracy would have been nice, but it is about what I expected when I went for a cheaper scale. The build quality could be better, it's entirely made of plastic and mine is ever so slightly wobbly, but it is okay for the price and was within my expectations. Overall I'd recommend this device for light duty use and situations were if you were off by a couple milligrams or more it wouldn't matter. If you think you need more accuracy I'd err on the side of caution and look for a better quality scale, but this is still a perfectly acceptable product for most applications at this price point. Note: I haven't owned this scale for long. I'll try to update after some time or if I get any issues.

The directions were clearly written and understandable. It came with batteries, a 50g weight, removable tray and set of tweezers. I read the instructions, inserted the batteries and turned it on. The backlighting makes it easy to read the display in bright or dim light. Put it in Calibrate Mode and placed the 50g weight on it. Displayed 50.000 I placed several tablets of 550mg Metabisulfate on it one at a time and they all weighed within a few one-thousands mg of each other - MB tablets contains 550mg of MB held together by binder so their weight can fluctuate from one tab to another. I then placed the included tray on it, pushed the TARE button to 'zero it out', placed the MB tablets in the tray and compared their weight to that when weighed w/o the tray. They weighed exactly the same. I then Calibrated it again, just for yuck-yucks, repeated everything and came up with the same results. Likes: Instructions. Accuracy. Measures in .000 increments. legible display. Dust cover. Size and weight. Dislikes: None so far.

Despite the 0.001 gram resolution, when the units are changed to grains it defaults to 0.1 resolution not the 0.01 gram resolution expected (or even 0.02 grains). My error for not asking the right questions before purchase. I can convert the gram reading to grains using a calculator but this becomes cumbersome. The real disadvantage of this scale is it's auto switch off that has a default of ~30 seconds with no information available on how to extend it or remove this feature completely. I am open to advice on how to do this. Whilst measuring in grams and working within the 30 second band the unit is very accurate using a range of check weights, hence the 3 stars but if you want better resolution in grains and a longer working time between actual measurements then go for a different unit.

This scale is excellent. You can tell the makers did their best to create the most accurate handheld scale they could. The result is a tolerance of .005-.008. This is about as good as it gets at this size, and is more than adequate for my purposes. It has a bright display, calibrates quickly and seems really sturdy, although this is a precision instrument and should be treated with great care regardless of its quality. I use the cardboard box it came in as its storage case; It's really sturdy and comes with enough foam to keep the scale safe when I need to move it. The tweezers and dish are both nice touches as well. Overall, this is a great product and I would buy again.

I purchased this to be able to break down the parts weight of very small assemblies. After having the scale stabilize at ambient temperature, setting it on a hard stable surface without air flow, it would not stabilize, but keep jumping around within a 40mg range of zero. Removing and adding parts had strange results (weight sometimes moved in the wrong direction!). I did not know the actual weight of the assembly I was testing with, but this scale showed a measurement result range of 170 - 210 mg. Calibration did not change anything. The keys and feet are rubber and pressing them makes the scale bounce a lot. After pressing Tare the scale sets to zero too soon, before the scale has bounced back. I returned it and got the American Weigh Scales GEMINI-20 instead for a few dollars more. That scale works perfectly and is very stable. Note that the actual weight of my test assembly turned out to be 890 mg, so this WAOAW scale was not only unstable, but also WAY off.

Compact easy to use digital scale that is consistent in results and weighs accurately as you adjust the load. Used to verify powder weights for handloading. Would not suggest for large volumes but ok for small batches. Does the job for me, very happy with the purchase.