That's a tricky question. It totally depends on your use. If you read some of our articles you will see that if you place a 0.01g weight on a 0.01g scale it's difficult to know if the scale will register that weight or if it's auto-zero function will 'zero' that out.
On cheaper 0.01g scales it's pretty much guaranteed that the 0.01g won't read - the cheaper the digial scale is made the more they turn up the auto zero function to try and keep the displayed weight stable. So - on the Pocket Pro 0.01g digital scale for example it will likely show 0.01g if you put on that 0.01g weight. But on a cheap $20 0.01g digital scale it's unlikely that it will show that weight.
If you REALLY want to read to 0.01g though, you should get a digital scale that reads to 0.005g (double the display resolution then what you need is the rule of thumb in the weighing industry). There aren't so many digital pocket scales that read to 0.005g because you really need a wind cover at that resolution. There are larger scales that do it and there are some grain scales such as the JS-VG40 (40g x 0.005) but these are not $50 scales, probably closer the $75-100
If accuracy is not that important then go with the cheaper scale, you can always upgrade later to a better model!
That's a tricky question.
That's a tricky question. It totally depends on your use. If you read some of our articles you will see that if you place a 0.01g weight on a 0.01g scale it's difficult to know if the scale will register that weight or if it's auto-zero function will 'zero' that out.
On cheaper 0.01g scales it's pretty much guaranteed that the 0.01g won't read - the cheaper the digial scale is made the more they turn up the auto zero function to try and keep the displayed weight stable. So - on the Pocket Pro 0.01g digital scale for example it will likely show 0.01g if you put on that 0.01g weight. But on a cheap $20 0.01g digital scale it's unlikely that it will show that weight.
If you REALLY want to read to 0.01g though, you should get a digital scale that reads to 0.005g (double the display resolution then what you need is the rule of thumb in the weighing industry). There aren't so many digital pocket scales that read to 0.005g because you really need a wind cover at that resolution. There are larger scales that do it and there are some grain scales such as the JS-VG40 (40g x 0.005) but these are not $50 scales, probably closer the $75-100
If accuracy is not that important then go with the cheaper scale, you can always upgrade later to a better model!