"Market Commentary - The Chinese Invasion Continues!"
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....they had to throw most of them out. Note: Most scales are made in China. However the major brand name companies have their own factories in China (ie Mettler-Toledo China) where they oversee production and ensure a high quality weighing device. Be extremely weary of unknown brand scales that are made in China. These are often produced in very poor conditions and the end product is often quite inaccurate and unreliable. Unfortunately many of these terrible scales are now finding their way onto the internet. EBay and the internet are the only place where these Chinese scales have a chance to actually sell. That's because in a real brick and mortar standard store, the consumer...... has the opportunity to physically touch and test the scale before they buy it. However on the internet you only get to see a picture and have to hope for the best. This enables Chinese owned brands such as "Digiweigh" to sell what we consider to be substantially inferior scales. Our strong recommendation is GO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW. We mean stick with the name brand merchandise. Brands such as Acculab, Ohaus, My Weigh, Tanita, Jennings, Mettler, Gram Precision, CAS, and Sartorius will always stand behind their products and you have a much greater chance of purchasing an accurate and reliable instrument. After all, what good is a cheap scale if it's inaccurate and only lasts a few weeks. Scales do break, that is an unfortunate fact of all weighing instruments. Scales use sensors and some form of load cell. These sensors can be easily damaged if the scale is shocked (ie dropped) or overloaded. The quality HBM sensors (largest sensor manufacturer in the world) will outlast and outperform any of the lower quality generic Chinese made sensors. However, the HBM sensors that most name brand scale companies use cost more then double that of the lower quality generic Chinese sensors. So in short, "let the buyer beware", especially when buying a weighing instrument. If you're looking for a scale on the internet we hope you'll shop our reviewed stores. We have reviewed these merchants and they don't sell the off-brand merchandise. Furthermore these merchants stand behind their products (otherwise we would get emails complaining about them and we would remove them from our list. We do our best to provide consumers with accurate, reliable information and we promote a fair trading scale community. Also be sure to read our latest reviews on many popular scales.
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Important Disclaimer: Scales and Brands are sometimes difficult to compare. Our results are just a sample of tests done at random conditions. The actual operating conditions of your scale may vary from our test conditions and your results may differ from our results. We do our best to test the scales in a blind and unbiased manner. Our opinions are just that - opinions and we're not necessarily correct - so don't try to sue us :) We receive advertising and other consideration from companies that support this site. We do our best to not allow this to affect the results of our tests and evaluations. However, we strongly recommend that you do your own comparison tests in your actual operating environment to determine which scale is best for your needs. The terms EBay, Digiweigh, HBM, Tanita, CAS, Sartorious, My Weigh, Jennings, Mettler, Gram Precision and all other marks herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective parties. Names are used for comparison purposes only and/or for the purposes of this article.
