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Posted: 10/12/2009 5:12:47 PM EDT
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I have a Dillon D-Termonator electronic digital scale. It has developed a problem. It won't zero and I am unable to calibrate it.
I contacted Dillon. They will let me return it and get a $50.00 credit applied to a new scale. $139.00 - $50.00 = $89.00 for a new D-Terminator. What I am wondering about is whether there is a better, more reliable and accurate scale that would be a better option. This scale was new when I started using it. I haven't used it a lot and now it is unusable. Are all digital scales this shortlived? I see Pact and RCBS make a digital scale priced at about what the new Dillon would cost me. Should I go with the Dillon or something else? I have an RCBS 10-10 balance beam scale that I can use until I get a new digital. I would just use it but the digital scale is so much faster. Jim |
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Are all digital scales this shortlived? In my experience.....YES. My Hornady GS-1000 just died this morning. Should I go with the Dillon or something else? I have an RCBS 10-10 balance beam scale that I can use until I get a new digital. I would just use it but the digital scale is so much faster. Jim If I were you I would ask them to give me $50 worth of store credit toward ANYTHING, not just another scale. To be honest you already OWN about the best scale there is with the RCBS 10-10. I would just stick with that one. I don't trust the digital scales anymore. Hornady says they will warranty my GS-1000 so I just mailed it back to them.....but it will most likely take them a few weeks to send me a new one. I just ordered a Dillon balance scale to use. Most likely I will be using the balance scale for my target loads, and if I use the digital, it will be for plinking ammo only. |
| Cheap scales like the Hornady's aren't a very good indication of what a good digital scale is like or how long they will last, try the RCBS scales, I have the Charge Master 1500 and Range Master 750 and they both work very well and are a step above the Dillon scales for sure(which I have as well). |
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