DJ-600 Mini Scale - 600 X 0.1 g

DJ-600 Jewel scale: 600 grams in a palm-sized case

A scale that shows hundredths of a gram is a fine thing, until you want to weigh a jar of herbs or a bag of seeds and run straight into its ceiling. That is the job the On Balance DJ-600 is built for: the same flat Jewel housing of roughly 9.5 by 6.2 centimetres, but with a load cell that reaches 600 grams. The trade-off is resolution, since the DJ-600 reads in tenths of a gram rather than hundredths.

The layout will be familiar from the rest of the range. The lid comes off and sits upside down on the body as a stainless steel platform of about 5.4 by 5.5 centimetres. Clipped shut, that same lid protects the cell in a bag or a drawer. One button moves between grams, pennyweight, carats and grains. The display carries a blue backlight, and after some three minutes without input the scale switches off so the supplied AAA batteries are not drained.

Getting a stable reading

Lay the scale flat, switch it on and wait until the display settles quietly on zero. Weighing in a container is fine, as long as you press tare first so the container itself drops out of the reading. Spread heavier loads across the platform instead of piling them into one corner, and take the weight off before you store it away.

About On Balance

On Balance supplies precision scales to jewellers and headshops and backs the Jewel range with a ten-year limited warranty. If you need finer steps, the DJ-100 and the red DJ-100-RD at 0.01 gram are the obvious choice; Avalon Magic Plants also stocks models such as the LS-600 and the MY-600-BK.