Weighing your pack
Hi,
I was wondering what people use to weigh there pack. I have a BR scale but the pack is too big.
Put the pack on your back, step on scale, read reading, step off scale. Remove pack, step on scale, read reading, subtract second reading from first...
That should get ya with-in a few oz..or 1/4 lb.
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Damn, knew I forgot something!Originally Posted by Trebor66
Bathroom scale works for the whole pack, using the weigh-twice-and-subtract method. The serious gram weenies* use a kitchen scale to weight individual items down to the gram or the tenth of an ounce. Then keep a spreadsheet with all the gear and add it up there.
*yeah, okay, I'm just speaking for myself
No no, your right. I just down loaded this the other day after seeing it posted here on WB http://www.geargrams.com/assets/tuto...s_tutorial.swf
I have yet to catch a fish that weighs as much as my pack. However, I do use my fish weighing scale to check my pack weight.
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Gym scale. I get some strange looks/questions.
If you want to weight a few small things individually, go to the self serve scale at the post office. (Works for the Pinewood Derby car, too...)
"Your comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there."
I get the strange looks as well!!! Even more so when I am on the stair stepper or walking around the track!
This is my one small step, this is my walk on the moon! ~Great Big Sea
A set of antique iron hanging balance scales. They're surprisingly accurate and fairly common.
David
I have yet to catch a fish now that i bought the scale....maybe thats the problem.
I bought mine a Dicks Sporting goods for like $9. Its helped tremendously in shaving pounds.
+1 on the fish scale. $20 for a digital one at Wallyworld, $10 for an analog. Postal scale for small stuff. I found my cheap bathroom scale to be inconsistant, depended on how I stood on it.
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I work at a pediatrician's office so we have one of those scales that babies are placed in. I just substitute my pack for said baby. For everything else, I use a kitchen scale - twenty bones at Wally World.
You clearly need to come to Maine. I once caught a Striper in Casco Bay on a collapsible pole that weighed about 22lb.
I am a gram weenie for the small stuff and use the bathroom scale method for the whole thing.
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Yeah. I've gotten a lot of questions about my pack while I am on the treadmills or in the locker room. There is also a firefighter at my gym that gets on the treadmill with his gear on!
I picked up a cheap luggage scale from my local Ace Hardware, but WallyWorld has them too (in the suitcase section) for around $10~$15. It has a hook to lift your pack with, and I have found it pretty handy. I tied some paracord to the handle and hung it from a nail in a rafter in my garage, so it is easy to hang my pack and see how the weight changes as I add stuff.
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I had to reread that. I thought you said you caught a stripper at Costco
To keep on topic, I use both methods. I use a kitchen scale for gear, and the bathroom scale, pack on pack off method for the loaded pack.
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Hikingirl: As others have mentioned, you can get a digital kitchen scale at Walmart for about $20. Mine has a surface area of only 7 x 7 inches. However, I can balance a plastic laundry basket on it and place larger items in the basket to weigh, including my pack itself, and it has a”tare” function to compensate for the weight of the laundry basket. I’ve tested it with known weights and it’s dead-on in ounces. It has a maximum weight of ten pounds, but you can divide up your stuff and add up the weights. If you are interested in reducing your base weight, the recommendation given above of listing the weight of each item on a spreadsheet helps you to identify opportunities.
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