digital luggage scale

clairbear_3

to save expense and luggage space all you need is a sturdy spring and tape measure/ruler
simply put exactly 10Kgs on end of spring and measure how long it is
when your baggage is attached to the spring it shouldnt exceed the previously measured length
CB

malima

hi,
I'm positive tk max has them for £7/£8.

jasonmauritius

Shopeezee are offering luggage scales at £6.49, and are giving away these scales with many items on their website, check it out. Jason

davidlizard

Rather than going to the expense of purchasing scales (this is a money saving website after all and I can be incredibly tight!) I simply take my cases along to the stores at work - they have a set of super-duper scales that they use for all sorts of things, and are calibrated regularly.

Depending how organised you are (we are 99% packed a couple of days in advance, so I just chuck the cases in the boot of the car on my last day at work), it could be worth finding out if your company has any such scales. You can always cross reference them against your bathroom scales.

I also take the opportunity to weigh myself to see how much weight I put on over holiday.

bloaty

They have the basic one in Poundland for guess what £1!!

I have a similar one which I bought from one of the Book Clubs that drop off at work and they work fine.

I did the above test which is how we normally weigh before we go, on the bathroom scales, then with the case, deduct the second value from the first and you have the weight. My scales were pretty much spot on so as long as you don't go the max they should be fine.

Nice and light and portable too.

The only problem is remembering to take them with me as they have to go in your hold luggage, LOL.

System

jasonmauritius wrote: »

Shopeezee are offering luggage scales at £6.49, and are giving away these scales with many items on their website, check it out. Jason

Hi, I found the scales - do you know which items you can get it free with please..

http://www.shopeezee.co.uk/Luggage_Scales.php?search=1&search1=All&search4=Luggage%20Scales

System

Or there's these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001E49688?ie=UTF8&!!!!!otnm-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=1634&creativeASIN=B001E49688

Not sure whether to get these at £12.99 or the ones on offer for £6.49 at Shopeezee, not shopped from them before..

cannyscot_2

luci wrote: »

Don't bother with these ones. The hook is too small to attach anything to it and certainly not a suitcase.

Actually we bought these last year and have used them 3x to the US and ocne to Italy.

US case had to be under 23kg -so hefty weight but the little hook held up fine and was brill for bringing our US buys home without ANY CHARGES.

We got strange looks when we used it at xmas to take the one hand bag under 10kg on our ski hol-we wore most of our stuff-on a ryanair flight-includinh ski helemets in the hand bags-but again bit of putting heavy stuff in pockets and no case charges at all on our cheap flights .

So for the money if they break now they have more than earned their keep. If you travel you need digital luggage scales they are brill!

SCRIBES

Borrowed my mates fishing scales - does what it says on the can - weighs my bags up to 22kg
Try these from Argos http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001501&productId=1500370809&langId=-1&engine=froogle&keyword=Kingfisher+Scales only £5.99!
Review here:
http://reviews.argos.co.uk/1493-en_gb/0743893/reviews.htm

luci

cannyscot wrote: »

Actually we bought these last year and have used them 3x to the US and ocne to Italy.

US case had to be under 23kg -so hefty weight but the little hook held up fine and was brill for bringing our US buys home without ANY CHARGES.

We got strange looks when we used it at xmas to take the one hand bag under 10kg on our ski hol-we wore most of our stuff-on a ryanair flight-includinh ski helemets in the hand bags-but again bit of putting heavy stuff in pockets and no case charges at all on our cheap flights .

So for the money if they break now they have more than earned their keep. If you travel you need digital luggage scales they are brill!

Perhaps it's our cases that it couldn't cope with as they are hard bodied with a thick, solid handle. No way would the hook on those scales go anywhere near it.

However I bought scales from Betterware, not digital, and they have been doing the job fine for the last couple of years.