okay I'm going to break this all the way down No I have patience the scale is doing what it needs to do but it is not reading down low enough. I'm new to mixing I don't want to start out doing a 20 ml bottle just to test a flavor. What I've been trying to make is about 10 mL bottles so the weight is very light. I do have syringes and I am aware that I can also do it in drops but I had rather weigh it instead. Also if something calls for 0.4 ml I'm sorry but I am new to this and I do not know how many drops that cost 4 I'm sure I could Google it but when I have scales there that's what they're for . I'm not being a smart alec . I just want the skills to do what they're supposed to do . My problem is that it is not reading like for instance 0.03 or 0.0 5 I'm sorry but when it gets to a 0.0 5 it should detect on the scale in my opinion. I can sit and wait that's fine I understand when putting drops into a bottle I have to be patient and give it a few seconds in between for it to pick up what has been put in there but it is just too light and for some reason the scales I have or not reading it. I'm sorry but I have watched numerous videos where other people's scales read exactly what I'm trying to get mine to do. That's why I got on here and ask the question I did.I have tried putting a nickel on the scales works fine. The one that my girlfriend got me yesterday she got it in the food section and it is like not a flat scale and I think that is playing a big part on the new scale. The other set of scales I have just a little set of scales that I have from a long time ago and it will read better than the other . I know when it comes to really low percents but I just want a good one that is accurate and I don't have to worry about using a syringe or drops or anything like that. I know that it has to be on a flat surface I know that I need to give it time to read I am new to this but I do understand what I need to be doing. II had a tiny measuring cup on the scale yesterday and it's a good thing that I was actually paying attention to what it red on the side because if I did not know better I could easily have overdosed myself on nicotine. The scale said one thing well I looked it's something else and it completely said something different in milliliters I don't want to ever have to feel not safe due to scales. I put a nickel on their it read it fine I put a penny on their it also read it correctly. But when it comes down to very low milliliters or percentages it's not wanting to read it. And I know that there are scales that read that low I have watched videos where people use those skills and I watch the numbers as they're putting the drops in I don't want to pay hundreds of dollars and I'm not going to. From what I have read and from what I have saw I should only have to spend around 20 to $25 for a good set. I just don't ever want to have to question if I'm going to be okay with what is in my bottle if it did not have the milliliters on the side. Do you understand what I'm saying? thank you for your info
Espresso is still in stock on Amazon.
Very expensive though. I only paid $70 for mine. Not sure why the price is so jacked up.
Thank you I was hoping not to have to pay for shipping and handling again plus the item. I just want to go into a store and buy a good scale that will weigh lol. Ty very much I think I'm going to get on the internet and see what stores in my area sells scales for chemistry class in school and see if that will lead me in a Direction that will be helpful. If not I guess I will have to order one but I have finally gotten everything and I have studied I've asked questions. Now I am ready to try and make something that is vapable LOL I just don't want to have to wait I sound like a little kid who don't want to wait for something to be shipped in the mail Don't I? It's just us spent so much money and it's been so long already I just want start doing it already. But I'm going to check a couple of stores plus the one that was bought yesterday needs to go back hopefully I will find a store in my area that will sell what I am needing. And I will test it before I leave the store I got a syringe with water and a little bottle LOL I'm not getting home and it not be working. Thank you all for your help
To be honest it sounds like your new scales are either defective, or they exaggerated how accurate they are. I don't see how you could be doing anything wrong that would cause that. I suspect anything you get in the kitchen section at the store is unlikely to do what you need.
Did you see the post listing scales from Amazon? I got the American Weigh Scales one, LB-501. A lot of people here use those. They would definitely do what you need.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Wei...&qid=1601312141&sprefix=lb-501,aps,662&sr=8-2
Someone has probably already said this, but your big scale looks like the one here to me, and, if it is, I'm sorry to tell you it only measures down to a gram. You need a scale that goes down to 100ths of a gram, like this one.Ok I'm need some advice. I finally sat down to make something I'm doing it in small bottles or amounts 10 to 15 ml. Well I have a small scale when I put 5 to 10 drops of water in my bottle the scale won't read it. Then I can weight a min and add like 5 more drops and it has shot up. So I went and got a new bigger scale where after the . It will look like 0.00 instead of 0.0 on my first scale. But I can't get it to pick up very small amounts done things only require 10 drops or so. So can someone plz tell me what I'm doing wrong? I have been using water to test cuz I don't want to waste my flavors and stuff. At first I was like well maybe the water is to light. But that can't be it. I wish I had taken pictures of them before I wrote all this to show you all but hopefully I can still put them in here so you can see what I'm using. Cuz now I'm just ...... I've spent even more money now and still nothing smhany info would be do appreciated. I actually have been if the phone finding recipes got everything together just frustrated. Dose the water not weigh enough? Thank you all in advance
My girlfriend ran to Walmart yesterday and got me those skills we didn't know that it was not the correct kind of scales. She was trying to be helpful she saw me frustrated and wanting to mix and she offered to run to the store and get me a new scale I was all for It. And the new scale it's almost like it's like a bowl almost and there is one little piece that told in it in the middle when I looked underneath I think it needs to be completely flat. I think you may be right they may be defective or they are not made really to read diet low of amount of milliliters. Because I know I put two big bottles of 500ml juice on there yesterday well not juice I put a bottle of Fiji 500ml a bottle of PG 500ml and another bottle of something and it weighed it out perfect. I just don't want to take a chance and be weighing something and it not be correct like yesterday me being new to mixing I'm glad what I was using actually had the measurements on the side or I could have easily overdosed myself on nicotine. I shouldn't have to use a syringe or count drops and I am making small batches. But that's what the scales are supposed to do right? Thank you for your info I greatly appreciate it I'm out today and getting me a new set of scales my phone is going to die it's at 1% thanks you all be back on in a little bit
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[Q UOTE="Zazie, post: 22888505, member: 338763"]The one that goes to 0.00g should work.[/QUOTE] it's not. Now when I need something in a small amount like 0.04 it 0.06 tu
I missed my 6 year quitting anniversary last week. 5 years was a big deal. I guess after that it's like birthdays after 60, oh well, there goes another one. If I make it to 10 years that one will be another celebration.
No every year is a big deal! 10 is just a bigger deal
Congrats englishmick. I'm almost at 5 years 
. I've been lucky to have had no desire to even take a single drag on a smoke during that time 
. I've been lucky to have had no desire to even take a single drag on a smoke during that time
Well congrats anyway.
My 6 year vanniversary is tomorrow and I'm a little excited, but I agree with you about the birthday thing. Except it was 50 for me instead of 60. I'll be 51 next month and I'll just consider it to be another day.
I only wrote to them yesterday. They replied quickly when I wrote before to ask if I could add something to my order, so I expect I'll hear back from them soon. If I don't, I'll call.
When I add flavorings to a bottle it can sometimes take 2 to 3 drops to a bottle before it starts to register and then it will jump to .03 grams. Flavorings have a higher specific gravity than water (water having a specific gravity of 1), so water may even need more drops in order to register on a scale like mine. This may be the case with yours as well.
It's obvious not all scales are created equal.
Also, just curious, do you have your scale set to weigh grams? I know you probably do.... just wanted to get that potential error out of the way.
I'm over 10.
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