bow scale?

[deertag]

i was considering putting a bow scale on my Christmas list.  with changing the brace ht trying to tune my arrows, i"m not sure i'm even close to what i think i am pulling at my draw length based on the amo, etc.

has anyone used one thats accurate? any recommendations?  

I would just stop in at the bow shop down the road, but I've read some reviews on products and some bow shops are using some scales that get bad reviews, so how do I know thats theirs is accurate to begin with?

thanks, david

[Pojman]

I think my bow scale was $17.00 and I love it. I bought it from Walmart. It is a luggage scale. Has a plastic handle with a large ugly hook. Removed the hook and replaced it with an aluminum D ring. Tested it with expensive weight lifting plates which should be accurate and it was spot on. Has a tare button so when I get to full draw I just hit the button on the handle with my thumb and it resets to zero. After I release the draw, I get the draw weight, yes it is a negative but I am smart enough to figure it out. It is basically held like a release aid. Also used on my bows with training wheels but I will not mention that word here.

[deertag]

great idea thanks!

[TraditionalGuy]

I bought a hand held scale from 3rivers that is pretty accurate, but more importantly, allows me to scale my bows at the exact draw length I shoot.

[Bladepeek]

I picked up an X-Spot for around $49 - $50. I'd seen cheaper ones with mixed reviews. This one seemed to be ranked pretty solidly.

I've been very happy with it. I usually weigh a bow 3 times for an average, but this one comes in +- 1/2lb just about every time. I keep a full length bare shaft with a strip of masking tape on it marked in 1/2" increments out to the full 32 inches. I have the scale hung from the ceiling in the basement so the back of the bow, as I pull it down, is just about eye level at the 28" mark. I draw 29 inches, but I've had guys ask me to weigh a bow I was selling at anywhere from 25" out to 31".

It's also handy for weighing my wife's suitcase before she carries it to the airport and gets hit with a whopping overweight charge    

[Rob DiStefano]

i've tried a number of analog spring scales but none were as consistently accurate or user friendly as the easton digital bow scale ... not cheap at the time ($150), but worth it over the long haul.  i've had mine for well over 5 years and it still works perfectly, although it's now discontinued.  i've heard of the x-spot digital bow scale ($50) but dunno how well it works or lasts.

[Bowwild]

Easton digital. Expensive but I love mine.  I have a brand new spring scale (one of the big blocky ones - Bass Pro). I have never even tried to use it.

I thought I lost my Easton and called the Easton Folks about 2 weeks ago. They have redesigned the scale. I don't know how different or the cost. Thankfully, I found mine. I've been using it for at least 4 years.

[jess stuart]

I have been satisfied with the X-spot.  Have had it about two years now without any problems.

[old_goat2]

I've owned a digital scale, it works good, but I like my Hanson Viking the best, they last years and years and years and years and years, they are calibrateable too, little screw on top of the scale. Just my two cents.

[Archer 1]

I've had the X spot for about two years, and mine works fine. I checked it with a known weight, and it was right on the money.

I use dumbells weights with a knot that equals three fingers with thick rope. Most of the spring scales my friends had did not agree with each other, unless they were adjusted with a pair of 25 pound weights on that day, even then the longer they were stressed the more off they got. Oddly enough, the antique one that Bledsoe's Archery Den had was dead on every time.

[hart2hart]

X2...luggage scale at WWorld...about $8 in these parts