I decided to review this item since other reviewer's comments have previously been so helpful.
Yes, it does everything it is supposed to do. I checked against known weights for letters,
packages and books and it was very accurate. It is easy to use and operates with the adapter or
battery, which was included. BTW, a replacement battery (9 volt) is about $4.00 at most stores.
You just place an item on the scale then in about 1-2 seconds it weighs and beeps. The weight
appears on the LED face, so just lift off the item and use the number for packaging reference.
You can also push the tare button and add item to get its weight. For my needs, I just found that
having the calculated weight on the front in a big LED and a beep to tell you the weight is calculated
speeds up the process: fewer times pushing buttons and glancing to get the info. You can change the mode
to Kg.. That does come in handy for weighing items going out-of-country. For a typical e-bay sale, it is
not likely that you would exceed the 75lb. maximum: most PC items max out a little over 50Lb, so the extra
25Lb. capacity definitely helps. Finally, the included 9 volt battery worked. For intermittent use, it's the
only way to go.
As a student, who buys and sells on e-bay, this is a very high value tool. I can weight out
accurately US mail and/or FedEx/UPS packages; it is constantly being used. Just knowing how
much books weigh, is a lot of help.
To sum up, for the price you get an excellent ROI.
Would highly recommend to anyone considering a purchase. Weighmax 2822-75LB postal shipping scale, Battery and AC Adapter Included
Scale seems to be pretty accurate. Can be battery operated, so you don't need to be near an outlet. Also, has an automatic shutoff...and saves the weight on the screen so you can view the weight once the package is removed. Has come in handy so far!
I was looking for an affordable, high capacity digital postal scale and the Weighmax 2822 seemed like the perfect match. The price was great (about $25 including shipping). The features offered, just all I needed: 75lb capacity, ability to weigh in pounds/oz and kg/grams, digital display, hold feature, tray for weighing envelopes, dc adapter and battery included.
When I received it, the first thing I noticed was that the plastic it is made of seems to be very thin. Although I have not had any problems with its construction, it seems that in order to save on materials cost and bring this item to a low retail price, this thin plastic was used. This is a reason why I use this scale with even more care.
Now in regards to its accuracy, I have noticed that this scale overstates weight by a fraction of an ounce. I found out when weighing the same items on this scale and an analog scale. Not a big deal really, but it can make you overpay for postage sometimes as you end up moving to the next ounce mark. This issue can be attributed to the scale not being calibrated and it could be easily fixed by just doing that, calibrating it...if it was an easy task of course. I thought calibration was easy, but it's not! In order to calibrate this scale, YOU NEED TO DO IT WITH A 75LB WEIGHT!!! I thought that was very inconvenient as first of all, it's not easy to find something that weighs exactly 75lbs (unless you have a dumbell of that weight at home, for example, that you can use). The other issue is that it says on the manual that if you exceed the 75lb capacity, you can damage the sensor, so you have to use something that weighs EXACTLY 75lbs. So because of the effort and risk that it takes to calibrate it and the little inaccuracy it has, I have decided to just leave it the way it is and use it like that. This is where I have had my biggest disappointment with this scale though. Looking at the positive aspect of it, I think it is better to come a little above the Post Office's weight than being below and having your package returned to you due to insufficient postage paid...
Another issue I have experienced with this scale is that sometimes it shows a reading rather than zero when you turn it on, and you need to turn it off and on again in order for just zero to come up. Weight readings also fluctuate up and down sometimes when an object is loaded and then it stabilizes. I don't know if that has something to do with the object I am weighing or if it is a little glitch in the sensor, similar to the reading showing when nothing has been loaded. Since the impact of these little glitches are minimal, I really don't sweat them too much and have been using this scale consistenly, saving time and not having a single package returned to me for incorrect weight/insufficient postage yet. This little issues along with the thin plastic used give me some doubts about the long run reliability of this scale though, but the jury is still out on that one and time will tell. Luckily this item has a lifetime warranty from the manufacturer, so if it ever breaks down, I will hopefully be able to easily return it to the manufacturer and have them provide me with a new one. Hopefully this won't ever happen. I would recommend keeping your warranty information though.
Overall, I think this is a good item and it has been helping me a lot. I think that you get what you pay for, so don't expect perfection with this. If you're a casual shipper, I think you will do fine with this scale, however if you intend to use it for business, you probably would like to spend the extra buck for something easier to calibrate and that will give you 100% assurance of its long term reliability...
Every time I turn this scale on, the numbers do jump from 0-8 ounces.
I don't know why it does that even though nothing is on it at the time.
So I have to press the button to turn it on and off...then it is ready for weighing.
After I weigh one package, the weight will lock in on the display and beep.
If I want to weigh another package, I have to press the button on and off again to make the display go back to 0 oz.
Placing a second package on the scale after the first...doesn't seem to unlock the locked display.
Unless I just simply don't understand how to use this scale, I have gone around and found a way to work for me.
I weigh all my packages twice and the scale is accurate each time. My post office double checks sometimes and tells me I am right on the mark and have a great scale.
So to me, this scale is great because it is reliable. The price is very reasonable.
Even though there are some minor inconveniences, I have gotten used to how I use this scale that it doesn't matter much to me.
I would love to know if other people who own this scale have the same minor inconveniences.'
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