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I have been using my Dillon d-Terminator II (by Ohaus) that I bought 15 years ago. I think I paid around $45 for it. I have been happy with its ease of use and accuracy. It finally died. Looking for a replacement has left me bewildered. I have read tons of reviews, mostly on Amazon and all I see are problems regarding holding zero, fluctuating and changing numbers while a load sits on the scale for a while and not registering small changes as you add powders. I would love to hear suggestions or advice. I have read many including the popular one by Lyman, Dillon RCBS and Hornady. I cannot reload until I get a new one.

I probably won't be much help, Milt. I still use an old balance beam Texan scale. They work forever . No obsolescence.

I assume you're talking digital.

Yes I am. Digital sure saves time and encourages using it often. I have a science background and I am comfortable with balance beam scales. I think I still have one or two. I don't have the patience anymore to choose it over a digital scale. I was sure spoiled with the old Dillon.

I picked up a small Lyman about six months ago, I think it’s called a pocket touch, cheap, seems fine. I wanted a little speed and convenience over my balance beam scale, and they seem to agree. I also have an old calibration set of weights that was also cheap, that I’ll still use now and then.

What are you weighing?

It sounds like you are talking reloading

I have an edlund and a escali (food industry scale) for weighing guns.

This inexpensive Hornady has run well for me during a couple years of intermittent use.

https://www.amazon.com/Hornady-G3-1500-Electronic-Scale-050104/dp/B0C4QBW4ZM

Another good place to look.

https://scalesgalore.com/

A friend recommended the RCBS charge master and I bought one last month. Its a dispenser and scale combined. I don’t have enough experience with it yet to say it’s the way to go, but he has been using his for several years and he shoots a lot. Cabela’s had one and I used some of those points I always forget about to get the coast down.

I bought one of these and quite like it.

Although an auto charger would be fun to use, I mostly use a MEC 9000 and I need to check my charge weights so a digital scale is what I would like. I have read hundreds of reviews and all of them say that drift is a big problem even when you to to more expensive units. I wonder why my Dillon never gave me a problem. Maybe because it was made by Ohaus. Now every scale is made in China. The MEC 100R is the only one I cannot find a review for but it is made in China also.