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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: roco on August 09, 2010, 05:35:21 PM

Title: Weighing bats at home
Post by: roco on August 09, 2010, 05:35:21 PM

What are the best scales or best way to weigh bats?

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: peplow on August 09, 2010, 05:36:15 PM

jewellery digital scales are quite good i think (think thats what they are generally known as). up to 5kg.

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: Talisman on August 09, 2010, 05:39:47 PM

I have a digital set from Ikea, weighs very accurately to a single gram or an eighth of an ounce.

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: roco on August 09, 2010, 05:41:42 PM

I have some digital scales but telling me funny thing saying my talisman is 2lb15 or maybe it's just me converting wrong as says it's 1344 grams

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: Talisman on August 09, 2010, 05:43:21 PM

The conversion sounds right.

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Post by: Richard on August 09, 2010, 05:44:34 PM

Just kitchen scales from Tesco, only shows in grams though.

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Post by: petehosk on August 09, 2010, 05:55:32 PM

These scales are excellent too!
Salter digital - measure in lbs and ozs! Or if you want can push a button and it's in grams / kg!

(http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii471/petehosk/Bradbury/Pro/BradLight01.jpg)

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: Colesy on August 09, 2010, 06:23:45 PM

I have these scales too! Weighed mine earlier (by coincidence) and it came to 2lb 14 much to my surprise :)

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: thaman303 on August 09, 2010, 06:35:28 PM

does bats usual put on weight about 1 oz during raining season  :)? earlier I thought my scale has become faulty untill I checked my iphone weight was same 4.9 oz .

Title: Re: Weighing bats at home
Post by: alexrickyponting on August 09, 2010, 09:31:48 PM

petehosk!youve caught!! aidy-itis!!! ;) :D