What scale?

[Fish-N-Machine]

There are lots of electronic scales out there, so which one do you use, like, dislike or wish you had? Looking to pick one up. Obviously, it needs to read down to atleast ounces, with probably like a 15 lbs. capacity. So whats the best bang for the buck? Thanks. :cheers:

[bassfishingnw]

If you didn't care about the price...Cul-M-Rite's are the best. Its the only Digital Scale that IGFA will certify...

[Hunt'nFish]

Well if you look around the Rapala 50lb scale is about the same price as their smaller one. No I don't think I'll be catching any bass that big but I also walleye & salmon fish too (not to mention the off shore fish) and it will cover those as well. I have access to calibrated scales and weights so I checked it at 10, 20, 30 40, & 50lb and found it's a couple ounces heavy at 10-20 and a couple ounces light at 40-50. That's pretty darn close if you ask me. The lighter model scale might have less error that that. Watch the paper for a 20% off GIJoes coupon and check Big-5 & Garts from time to time. I think Walmart also carried the Rapala scale at one time.

Has any one checked a Berkely Scale?? They are less expensive but are they just as good?
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[Lunkerlander]

I have the rapala 50# scale. On a trip to tenmile this year with two friends who also have scales a 15# rapala and some kind of berkly digital. We wanted to see how close they were together so we checked them on three different 2 poundish fish. Both of there scales were with in an ounce of each other. Mine was four to six ounces lite on all three fish. I don't think there is any way to calabrate these cheeper 30 dollar scales and I just use mine for bragging rights so it's not a big deal to me.

[sbasser]

My club (WBC) has a scale calibration program, and I got to do it for a year. It was before too many digitals were out, but the Normark and Berkley didn't impress me much (I had a Normark for awhile). The Normark has an adjustment, but it's covered by the label. If you rub your finger around on the label, you can feel a depression. With a pointed knife, cut through the label, and you can use a screwdriver to tweek the calibration.

All the digitals are good for a few years, :eek: and then you get another, probably something else. I bought a Chatillion from Cabela's. It weighs 0-12 lbs, and costs about $55 now. They need to be calibrated before use, but they'll last you a lifetime, :idea: and the battery will always be fresh (i.e., none used). :dance: C&R, Steve