Weighing items for postage

ahfat41

I need to find the weight to post a Kärcher vario Lance and dirt blaster. I use an electronic scale but it does not always register. I reckon it is less than 1 kg including packaging but to make sure  not to underpay I will pay for 2 kgs at an extra £1 to be on the safe side. Wondering what scale do you all use to weigh your items for postage? Thanks

Spoonie_Turtle

For something heavy/bulky I weigh myself on a human scale then weigh myself holding the parcel, the difference is the parcel weight.

For smaller, I just use kitchen scales …

[If I posted lots of items often I'd definitely invest in big parcel scales though.  We just don't send enough that can't be weighed accurately enough via one of those two methods to justify it, plus we don't really have the space for them.]

diystarter7

ahfat41 said:

I need to find the weight to post a Kärcher vario Lance and dirt blaster. I use an electronic scale but it does not always register. I reckon it is less than 1 kg including packaging but to make sure  not to underpay I will pay for 2 kgs at an extra £1 to be on the safe side. Wondering what scale do you all use to weigh your items for postage? Thanks

Hi OP

Have you googled the items as oftn the weight is there?

Alternatively ask the post office one near us is pretty good like that - go on a quiet period often 2 to 3 where we live

Thnaks

moonpenny

ahfat41 said:

I need to find the weight to post a Kärcher vario Lance and dirt blaster. I use an electronic scale but it does not always register. I reckon it is less than 1 kg including packaging but to make sure  not to underpay I will pay for 2 kgs at an extra £1 to be on the safe side. Wondering what scale do you all use to weigh your items for postage? Thanks

If you think it is around the 1 kg Mark, why don't you use your normal scales but test them using an unopened bag of flour / sugar etc as the weight is on the back.
Then you can gage how much the scales are out and maybe work it out from there.

ahfat41

Spoonie_Turtle said:

For something heavy/bulky I weigh myself on a human scale then weigh myself holding the parcel, the difference is the parcel weight.

For smaller, I just use kitchen scales …

[If I posted lots of items often I'd definitely invest in big parcel scales though.  We just don't send enough that can't be weighed accurately enough via one of those two methods to justify it, plus we don't really have the space for them.]

That’s what I usually do , not sure how accurate it is,they weigh less than 1 kg. Have checked Kärcher website as well they bought should weigh less than 1 kg. Thanks

Spoonie_Turtle

ahfat41 said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

For something heavy/bulky I weigh myself on a human scale then weigh myself holding the parcel, the difference is the parcel weight.

For smaller, I just use kitchen scales …

[If I posted lots of items often I'd definitely invest in big parcel scales though.  We just don't send enough that can't be weighed accurately enough via one of those two methods to justify it, plus we don't really have the space for them.]

That’s what I usually do , not sure how accurate it is,they weigh less than 1 kg. Have checked Kärcher website as well they bought should weigh less than 1 kg. Thanks

The accuracy is of course not something that can be completely inferred.  But if your human scales measure in tenths of a kilo you should get a decent idea of whether it's close to the kilo mark or not.  I guess simple luggage weighing scales could help in this kind of scenario too?  Bit smaller than postage scales.

molerat

I use my 20+ yo 2Kg digital kitchen scales and check what the PO show on the receipt and it is always spot on within 1g as my scales only measure in 2g increments.  My newer 5Kg scales went in the bin long ago

hubb

I have a digital cheap luggage weigher that I use for big, heavy items well over 1kg. Just put the item in a large bag and tie the strap round the handge and lift. 

Buster_Danog

I also have a cheap digital kitchen scales. I find it is accurate to within a few grams. It has never let me down, but then if an item is right at the limit I have usually bordered on the side of caution and paid more. I just can't handle any wasted trips to the Post Office. I wonder what margin of error the Royal Mail allow?