DIGITNOW Digital Turntable Stylus Force Scale Gauge 0.01g/5.00g,Tracking Force Pressure Scale for Tonearm Phono Cartridge, Blue LCD Backlight

This gauge is exactly what I needed. the instructions were easy to follow and the unit worked as described. I especially appreciate the 5g reference weight to assure accuracy. Its nice to get a product that gives you what you paid for.

Easy to use; accurate.

Works great easy to use.

Good for the price. Came with batteries and 5 gm calibration wt. Not positive its totally accurate in the 1 gm range as I don't have a calibrated weight to check. I did measure and cut a piece of 10 AWG copper wire which I calculated to weigh approximately close to 1 gm when 1.135 inches long. Putting it on the scale yielded a reading of 1.3 gm not 1 gm. Close enough it seems. I did put both the 5 gm and the copper wire on simultaneously during the calibration and it did indeed affect the readings after calibration. Weighing the wire alone after the altered cal procedure produced a 1.03 reading. Maybe the included 5 gm weight is not really 5 gm or maybe the response of the strain gauge is not linear producing inaccurate reading when not weighing 5 gm. Its good enough for cartridge tracking force but I wouldn't use it in the aerospace industry until I got a confirmed 1gm standard to check it.Comes with a case, but the case is not big enough to hold the foam block which stores the cal weight and the batteries along with the meter. You could just store the weight in the weighing compartment but I also wanted to remove the batteries for long intervals between use and the foam holds them all nicely.

I purchased this meter to check/set stylus pressure on an old (1960s) turntable I was restoring. The table originally had a crystal cartridge that at some point was changed to magnetic. Unlike modern tonearms, this tone arm had no calibration settings. After getting the table operating (long story there) I had a feeling the stylus pressure was too high. This meter confirmed it. Pressure was about 3X as high as it should have been.Meter is easy to use, comes with a weight to confirm calibration and good instructions. If you are in doubt about the stylus force your table has this is a good tool to have.

I use it to measure needle weight on my turntable tone arm. Works great.

easy to operate.i also like the fact that it comes with a calibration weight.

I am so glad that I got this as the weight on my tonearm was way off what I thought it was. This small scale is so easy to use and comes with a small weight of a known value to test the unit. If you want to make your vinyl last as long as possible, buy this and set you phono up correctly!