Stylus force digital scales

Digital scales from Clearaudio and others range from $200-500. Amazon has 'em for $20. Why cant I use one of these instead and save big bucks?

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harold-not-the-barrel Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 895 posts 09-24-2017 at 10:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete After nearly 2 years use my Ortofon DS-3 has become unstable. Adjusting tare cannot solve the problem as it will not maintain zero and starts to display 0.01... 0.20 values. Anyone having the same issue... please advice. Thanks
harold-not-the-barrel Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 895 posts 09-24-2017 at 07:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks chakster, lewm and folkfreak, very informative. As folkfreak points out, even scales with non ferrous plates can have inaccurate readings due to strong magnets of MC carts affecting the whole mechanism. That would explain little increase in values with my DS-3, I strongly believe now. I will try the plastic Rega scale, thanks again for great input.
harold-not-the-barrel Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 895 posts 10-11-2017 at 03:28pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The very expensive Rega scale does its job nicely and quickly. It always tares itself before weighting. The weight pan is a little dish so the actual measurement level is very close to record´s surface. Highly recommended for all vinyl lovers. Many thanks Folkfreak :)