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High precision scale or balance?
I appreciate your point of view, but I didn't find your argument
persuasive. If I understand it correctly, you believe that the scale will not perform the intended task because it is not sufficiently precise. Beyond that it's rather obscure, not least because you didn't say which of the scales I mentioned you are referring to. You made a good point that readability should not be confused with precision. However, the specifications for the scales I am now considering (all laboratory scales) typically offer linearity of +/-3 divisions and repeatability of +/-2 divisions. That is as much as I need for the drugs I'm going to handle. I mentioned that these meds cost me about $1/capsule. That adds up to about $150/month. I checked the drug prices and found that if I load my own capsules I will save about 90%, or $135/month. In this situation, I don't think your observations about ego and marketspeak are germane. The scales I am considering are the Acculab VIC-123 (120 g capacity, $250 retail), the Acculab VIC-303 (300 g capacity, $300 retail), and the American Weigh miniPRO-30 (30 g capacity, $150 retail). If you know of reasons why any or all of these won't do the job, I hope you will share them and save me from making a costly mistake. But if none of them will do it I hope you will suggest alternatives, since I will pay what I must pay to get a tool that will do the job. I have already thought about "how much is too much," and I decided that my no-go point is about 4 months' savings, or $540. That's a lot of money for scale, but $135/month for meds is a lot of money, too. My email address is LLM041103 at earthlink dot net. |
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