Opinions on the GemPro 250?

turtlehead

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Considering buying one tomorrow. Reviews are mixed but the warranty is good and the repair facility is local.

Strictly looking for a digital scale in this thread. Any other scale recommendations in the same price range would be appreciated.
 
I just replaced a older scale (iBalance 201) with the Gempro 250. So far I like it. But it's smaller and has less capacity compared to my last one. It works well and MyWeigh's warranty is hard to beat.
 
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I've had mine for about a year. I also have a Pact Precision. The GemPro 250 is a nice scale and accurate to two decimal places. It only weighs in .02 grain increments. For instance it weighs 24.00 then goes to 24.02, won't give a 24.01 reading. Mine has been trouble free. Complaints: the display is too flat. Have to have eyes more over the display to read it. It does not trickle well and sometimes hangs for a few seconds then jumps higher to the correct weight. It can even delay and jump several tenths of a grain from like 24.22 when it initially stopped, seat a primer and turn around and it jumped to 24. 68. If I want 25 grains exactly and I'm trickling up and the scale reads 24.94 then I barely add a grain or two of powder the scale can jump to 25.40 which means it hung up at 24.94 and the 25.40 reading is correct Makes weighing every charge much slower trickling then removing grains of powder and trickling back up. It's tedious if you insist on getting the exact weight to the second decimal. My Pact Precision is much faster, no hanging and jumping on the readout. If I weigh and trickle slowly and stop immediately when the display reads the number I want then weigh it on the GemPro 250 the Pact is almost always the exact weight read on the GemPro. Somebody says I have to give up one, then the GemPro is for sale. Buy and use a good scale checkweight set with any scale type. Haven't had any issues with drifting, electrical interference, etc. I leave my electronic scales plugged in 24/7 and just turn off the display and they are ready to load without 20 minutes or more "warmup". Good scale but just explaining that mine does not trickle well and is tedious getting the powder to weigh to the exact 2nd decimal.
 
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I bought a GemPro 250 in 2011 and grew to trust it enough to rely on it for setting and checking my powder measure. A couple of years ago it suddenly started acting up, giving odd readings that fluctuated crazily. I sent it back to GemPro in AZ under their lifetime warranty with a note of explanation and they sent me a brand new one, no questions asked. It stays plugged in, turned on and ready to go.
 
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