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āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž: āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
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āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž: āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ

6 min readUpdated: ā§§ā§Ļ āĻĄāĻŋāϏ⧇, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Lisa Thompson

Lisa Thompson

Storage & Preservation Specialist

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž: āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧇āĻļāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇. "0.1g āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž" āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ? "āĻĒāĻ āύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž" āĻ•āĻŋ "āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž" āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋? āĻāχ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒ⧇āϏ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āϚāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϏāϞ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻšāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ; āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ 0.1g āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ 0.1g (āĻāĻ•-āĻĻāĻļāĻŽ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ) āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āϏāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, 0.1 āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϘāύ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ 0.01g āĻŦāĻž 0.001gāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ āύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž = āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž = āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻļāĻŽāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž

For statistical concepts in measurement accuracy, NIST āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŦ⧁āĻ• provides technical guidance.

āĻĒāĻ āύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž (āϰ⧇āĻœā§‹āϞāĻŋāωāĻļāύ)

āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ: The smallest weight increment the scale displays.

Example:

  • 0.1G āĻĒāĻ āύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤
  • 0.01G āĻĒāĻ āύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ: 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤
  • 0.001G āĻĒāĻ āύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ: 1.000, 1.001, 1.002, āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤

Key point: This is what you SEE, not necessarily what's TRUE.

Accuracy

āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ: How close to the actual weight the reading is.

Example:

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ 3.5g āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ 3.48g āĻŦāĻž 3.52g āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤

āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ:

  • "Âą0.1g" āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ 0.1g āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
  • āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ 3.5g āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āφāϏāϞ⧇ 3.4g āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ 3.6g āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž (āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž)

āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ: How consistently the scale gives the same reading for the same item.

āĻ­āĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž: Weigh same item 5 times, get 3.50g each time.

āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž: Weigh same item 5 times, get 3.48g, 3.52g, 3.49g, 3.51g, 3.50g.

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•

TermMeaningAnalogy
āĻĒāĻžāĻ āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĻļāĻžāϏāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ
AccuracyāϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϏāϕ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āĻŖ
PrecisionāϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻžāϤ

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϕ⧀

0.1 āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž (āĻĒāϕ⧇āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ)

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ:

  • 1g āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āφāĻĒ
  • āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ 0.5G
  • 0.5G āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

Best for:

  • āĻ…āĻˇā§āϟāĻŽ, āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ, āφāωāĻ¨ā§āϏ āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇
  • āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ
  • āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ

āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāϝāĻŧ:

  • āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ-āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ
  • āϘāύ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ
  • āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻĄā§‹āϜāĻŋāĻ‚

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:

āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ 3.5g āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ 3.4-3.6gāĨ¤

0.01g āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž (āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻĒāϕ⧇āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ)

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ:

  • āωāĻšā§āϚ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ 0.1g āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ
  • āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ 0.05g
  • āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋

Best for:

  • āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇
  • āφāϰ⧋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻ“āϜāύ
  • āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ“āϜāύ
  • āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§āϝ āĻĄā§‹āϜ

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:

āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ 3.50g āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ 3.48-3.52gāĨ¤

0.001g āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž (āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ)

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ:

  • āωāĻšā§āϚ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ 0.01g āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ
  • āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ 0.005g
  • āϚāϰāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž

Best for:

  • āϘāύ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ
  • āϏ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§āϝ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ
  • āĻŦ⧈āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž
  • āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:

āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ 3.500g āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ 3.498-3.502gāĨ¤


āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ

āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāϞ (āφāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļ)

āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ: 3.50, 3.50, 3.50, 3.50, 3.50

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ: 3.50 āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ

Result: Perfect—accurate and precise.

āϏ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ

āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ: 3.55, 3.55, 3.55, 3.55, 3.55

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ: 3.50 āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ

Result: Consistently wrong. Needs calibration.

āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ

āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ: 3.48, 3.52, 3.49, 3.51, 3.50

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ: 3.50 āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ

Result: Averages correct but individual readings vary. Environmental issue likely.

āύāĻž (āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ)

āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϏ: 3.45, 3.58, 3.42, 3.61, 3.49

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ“āϜāύ: 3.50 āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ

Result: Unreliable. Replace or repair scale.


āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞāϤāĻž

āĻ—āĻžāρāϜāĻž āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ

PurposeāϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ
āφāωāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇0.1g0.1g
āĻ…āĻˇā§āϟāĻŽ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇0.1g0.1g
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻšā§‡āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇0.1g0.01g
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ• āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇0.01g0.01g

āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āϞāĻžāχāύ: 0.1g works for most flower purposes. 0.01g is better for small amounts.

For Concentrates

PurposeMinimum AccuracyRecommended
General verification0.01g0.001g
Portioning dabs0.001g0.001g
Making edibles0.001g0.001g
Professional use0.001g0.001g

Bottom line: 0.001g is really the only appropriate accuracy for concentrates.

For Edibles

PurposeMinimum AccuracyRecommended
With flower0.1g0.01g
With concentrates0.001g0.001g
Precise dosing0.001g0.001g

Understanding Margin of Error

What Âą Means

When specs say "Âą0.1g":

  • Reading of 5.0g means actual could be 4.9-5.1g
  • Reading of 3.5g means actual could be 3.4-3.6g

Error Compounds with Small Weights

At larger weights:

5.0g Âą 0.1g = 2% potential error

At smaller weights:

0.5g Âą 0.1g = 20% potential error

Lesson: Accuracy matters more for smaller amounts.

Why Cheap Scales Are Worse

Better scales:

  • Tighter actual accuracy than spec
  • More consistent
  • Better at edges of range

Cheap scales:

  • May not meet stated spec
  • Worse at small weights
  • More environmental sensitivity


Testing Your Scale's Accuracy

Using Known Weights

Calibration weights (best):

  • Known precise weight
  • Use to verify and calibrate

Coins (adequate):

  • US nickel = 5.00g
  • US penny (post-1982) = 2.50g
  • Stack for larger weights

Precision Test

1. Weigh same item 5 times

2. Record each reading

3. All same = good precision

4. Variation = precision issue

Accuracy Test

1. Weigh known weight (calibration weight or coins)

2. Compare to known value

3. Close = good accuracy

4. Off = needs calibration or replacement


Improving Your Readings

Environmental Factors

For best accuracy:

  • Level, stable surface
  • Away from air currents
  • Consistent temperature
  • No vibrations

Usage Factors

For best accuracy:

  • Calibrate regularly
  • Fresh batteries
  • Let scale warm up
  • Don't rush readings

Scale Factors

For best accuracy:

  • Quality brand
  • Appropriate accuracy for task
  • Proper maintenance
  • Not exceeding capacity


Quick Reference

Accuracy by Scale Type

Scale TypeTypical AccuracyBest For
Kitchen scale1gLarge amounts only
Pocket scale0.1gFlower, general use
Precision pocket0.01gSmall amounts, better flower
Milligram scale0.001gConcentrates, precision

When Readings Matter Most

  • Verifying purchases: Need accuracy
  • Consistent dosing: Need precision
  • Making edibles: Need both
  • Casual use: Either works


Summary

Understanding scale specs helps you:

1. Choose right accuracy for your needs

2. Interpret readings correctly

3. Identify problems when they occur

4. Not overpay for unnecessary precision

For most cannabis flower use, 0.1g accuracy is sufficient. For concentrates or precision work, 0.001g is essential. Don't be fooled by extra decimal places—readability isn't the same as accuracy.


This guide is for educational purposes. Always comply with local laws regarding cannabis.

Frequently Asked Questions

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