Scale Recomendation needed

[pipiens]

Thank all. I am going to try one of the hand held models. I often travel with multiple 70lb bags. Holding them in my arms would be a PITA for me. I also use a golf bag stuffed with gear( a way around size limits). I would love to find a scale that reads into an iPhone but I have not yet seen one with good reviews.

[Ken Sp.]

pipiens wrote:
Thank all. I am going to try one of the hand held models. I often travel with multiple 70lb bags. Holding them in my arms would be a PITA for me. I also use a golf bag stuffed with gear( a way around size limits). I would love to find a scale that reads into an iPhone but I have not yet seen one with good reviews.

The one I listed works great with the iPhone.

[pipiens]

Ken Sp. wrote:
[quote=pipiens]
Thank all. I am going to try one of the hand held models. I often travel with multiple 70lb bags. Holding them in my arms would be a PITA for me. I also use a golf bag stuffed with gear( a way around size limits). I would love to find a scale that reads into an iPhone but I have not yet seen one with good reviews.

The one I listed works great with the iPhone.
It got a bunch of bad reviews. Since it works well for you I will give it a try. Thanks.

[Speedy]

datbeme wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
I weigh luggage by holding the luggage in my arms when I stand on the scale, and then subtracting my weight. Just a thought.

Same here.
Yup.

[Buzz]

Ombligo wrote:
Just subtract 3-5 lbs from the luggage scale - not because it is inaccurate but because the airport scales often are (and, oddly enough, never in your favor).

With Mrs. Buzz having been a flight attendant for 38 years, we still get free bag privileges (along w/ the free flights), and it pains me to see what people have to put up with. A couple of years ago we were checking a couple of bags, one of which was overweight, and this nice couple next to us got hammered because one of their bags that they had carefully packed, and weighed at home, showed up as being a pound or two over the limit. The wife explained that they had a precision scale at home, and that the bag was just under the limit on that scale. They tried to quickly swap stuff amongst their checked luggage, but as "quickly" dragged on, the rest of the natives started getting restless, and finally the nice couple gave up and paid $200 in excess baggage fees.

Basically, while those home luggage scales are a good idea in theory, as Omby says, be sure and allow several pounds leeway to avoid a similar fate... or check your bags curbside if possible, and slip the skycap some extra cash if your bags are close to the limit. IOW, any of the scales recommended are gonna be a fine generalization, so it won't make a hill of beans difference which one you get to weigh your luggage; you might as well concentrate on which one you like the best to weigh you, and go w/ belty's addition and subtraction method for the luggage, as those results will be equally valuable to you at the airport check-in counter. Good luck.
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