Anvil Small Scale

A nice scale for a good price!

Worked well when it worked, BUT: 1. Wobbly and uneven right out of the box 2. After a few months it straight up died. The bottom of the unit by the batteries slowly discolored like it was being attacked by battery acid or electrical burn. No longer works.

What do all of the symbols stand for under the "M" button? g=grams tl=teraliter oz=ounces ct=carat gn=grains Equivalents 1g=0.026666 tl 0.03527 oz 5 ct 15.432 gn What is the "PCS" button and how do I use it? The "PCS" button is to do "PIECE COUNTS" or a counting function. 1. Switch on the scales and the value "0.00" appears on the display. 2. Put 25. 50, 75, or 100 units of the item you want to count on the platform. 3. Press the *PCS* button and keep it pressed for 2 seconds until the display shows "25" first, then press the button "M" to select the exact quantity of the object on the platform (4 options for the different quantities 25, 50, 75, and 100). For example "25" if you place 25 units of the item on the platform. 4. Press the button *PCS* again to confirm the quantity of the objects, then the counting mode is activated. The logo *PSC* will appear on the left hand side of the screen. 5. Remove the objects from the display will show "0". 6. Place any amount of items on the platform and the display will show the exact number of the items. 7. Press button "M" to return to standard weighing mode.

Right out of the box, the batteries provided did not work - I put my own in and those worked - so likely theirs were dead on arrival. The owners manual isn't much help - I don't know what the PCS button does - even after pressing it to see what it would do - I have no clue what the results are telling me or what it is measuring. There are measurement unit choices for tl, ct and gn that I don't know what those mean ... I can look them up on the internet pretty easily I'm sure, but it would be nice to have something with the scale that explains its features and all the functions and what they mean... other than how to use the scale and it's functions, this seems to be a well made scale that is perfect for water salts, hops etc. which is exactly why I bought it.

Just what I was looking for. My older digital food scale only measured down to the tenths of an ounce. This one is more precise with measurements down to thousands of an ounce. Seems to be accurate as well.