Proster Digital Turntable Stylus Force Scale Gauge 0.01-5g with LCD Backlight 5g Calibration Weights Stylus Force Needle for Turntable Tonearm Phono Cartridge - with Protective Pouch

Recently I bought a new turntable and I didn't want to mess around with the tracking weight and this does the job perfectly. It's great value for money and the batteries that it uses are going to be cheap to replace. It's nice and compact with a cover to protect the weighing mechanism.

For many years I've used a simple manual stylus balance. This electronic one seemed like a good modern replacement, and so it's proved. It comes with three button batteries (though it only takes two) and a 5g calibration weight. It's simple to use. Press the on button, check the scale reads 0 (press the tare button to zero), lower the stylus onto the weigh pan (there's a helpful black target dot), and read off the playing weight. The display can be set to one of a range of weight types, including grams, ounces, troy ounces and carats (so the sensor is probably common to several models of scale) but grams is the default for stylus tracking weights. The calibration weight showed 5.00g when measured, and the same on a high precision chemical balance I have, so I'm confident in the accuracy at other weights too. My old 'see-saw' balance also proved accurate, but the advantage of this digital scale lies in the upper weight ranges, where the weight markings on a see-saw type become bunched together and so the precision falls. I play a lot of 78 rpm discs where a special cartridge is required and the tracking weights are much higher, just the area where the see-saw balance loses precision (I've included a picture of the see-saw balance for comparison). With the digital scale, I can now swap headshells and quickly set accurate tracking weights between the ultra low and the quite high. It's a super little device, and well worth having.

If you need to sort out the weight on your turntable. This is a good device. Make sure it is at zero. Place the tone arm on & measure to approx 2.0 on the counter weight. Then you are set to go.

Very easy to use and demonstrated that my tone arm balance adjustment was out!

Absolute bargain. Calibrating weight and spare batteries included, worked as expected.

For the first time in years this takes guesswork out of setting up my turntable. It’s a great, good value accessory which I think is worth the cost.

They seem to be very accurate and works well comes complete with 3 cells only 2 required to power the scales.

Good product

Die Proster Digital Tonarmwaage ist ein echtes Highlight für alle, die ihren Plattenspieler ernst nehmen. Ich nutze sie für meinen Ortofon 2M Blue Tonabnehmer und konnte die Auflagekraft damit punktgenau einstellen. Die Waage misst zuverlässig bis auf 0,01 g, das Display ist gut ablesbar und die Bedienung intuitiv. Dank des mitgelieferten Kalibriergewichts war die Einrichtung schnell erledigt. Seitdem klingt mein Setup noch ausgewogener und dynamischer. Für Vinyl-Enthusiasten ein kleines, aber feines Tool mit großem Effekt!

Fantastico, fa il suo dovere alla perfezione ad un prezzo veramente onesto.

Produit conforme, prêt à l'emploi, même pas besoin de le calibrer. Nécessite 2 petites piles pour fonctionner mais livré avec 4, c'est bien ; ça laisse le temps de voir venir. C'est mon premier jour d'utilisation, tout s'est passé comme prévu ; rien a signaler. Achat utile pour moi car au final j'ai pu constater que le réglage gradué de la force d'appui de mon bras était de 0,08 g inférieur par rapport à ce qu'il indiquait.

Onmisbaar stukje gereedschap als je met meerdere draaitafels en headshells werkt. Zeer betaalbare tool, veel plezier van gehad en nog steeds.

Works fine. It is accurate. Batteries included (even a spare one). And the price is also really good in my opinion. It is a must have accessory to set up a turntable 100% correctly.