gaffa Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Was looking around for a set of scales and came across these from TFG Was very impressed with the price as I have seen them advertised at £34.99 Ok before the comments start such as...why do you need them to measure 110lb...They do measure down to 1 oz so are eminently suitable for the type of fish I might be able to catch. If I can stop Blanking Digital scales So far they seem very robust and pretty accurate when tested indoors Might be worth considering......I will bring them to tomorrows meeting if anyone wants to check them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Link took me to some £13 scales from 'carp pro' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Are they waterproof? Salt resistant? or Just keep them clean & dry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Rob said: Link took me to some £13 scales from 'carp pro' Yes that's them Rob the supplier is Fishtec _direct. They are branded Total Fishing Gear Banshee scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 28 minutes ago, Tiddler said: Are they waterproof? Salt resistant? or Just keep them clean & dry? Just don't drop them in the water .😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffa Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Here is a better link for description but they are no longer £12.99 but up to £14.99 on their ebay site digital scales description No mention of waterproofness but the battery compartment is a reasonable fit so it should provide some water resistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 I use digital weighting scales (kept in a sealed bag, works for me) but the big problem I find with them is getting them to lock on a reading when weighting at sea (fish to be returned), the heavier the fish the harder to get a lock. The rocking sea is the problem of course but with digital scales numbers flickering all over the place it's hard to work out reasonable average reading if they won't lock. Now if there was some digital scales out there which would display an averaged reading I'd buy them. Surly I can't be the only one to have this problem. Currently I try to get on a lock on the digitals if no luck I switch to the traditional analogue scales where it's much easier to get reasonable read on fish weight with the needle moving. I go to for middle of the two extremes and take a bit off. Jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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