{"id":133,"date":"2016-10-25T17:13:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2020-04-08T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T19:52:08","slug":"offer-legal-for-trade-pocket-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/offer-legal-for-trade-pocket-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Offer a Legal for Trade Pocket Scale?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We received a request recently for a legal for trade pocket scale. To our knowledge there really isn&#8217;t a NTEP approved legal for trade pocket balance available. Our guess is typically a pocket scale is a very inexpensive portable weighing instrument. And while they are generally accurate; a pocket scale\u00a0would not be able to pass the rigorous tests required to be NTEP approved, legal for trade and be issued a certificate of conformance (CoC#). However, we do have some smaller lab balances and bench scales available that are legal for trade. Please see this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/NTEP_balances.html\">link<\/a> for a listing of some of those scales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/CAS-SW-1-five-pound.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ntep.gif\" alt=\"NTEP legal for trade pocket scale\" width=\"79\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Recommended Legal for Trade <em>Pocket<\/em> Scale<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The choices we suggest aren&#8217;t going to fit in your pocket but they are pretty easy to transport. We recommend that you take a look at the CAS SW-1 series bench scale. It is legal for trade and relatively affordable. This scale is very popular with a wide variety of customers who use the scale to weigh various items. The CAS SW-1 digital bench scale with 5 pound capacity is easily one of the best counter top scales on the market for satisfying your weighing needs without emptying your wallet. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/more-choices-than-ever-for-scales\/\" >scale could even be a good choice<\/a> for gold buying scales since it has a low capacity of 5 pounds and is legal for trade. The NTEP Legal for Trade digital bench scale has all the features you&#8217;ve been asking for. NTEP Approval Legal for Buying\/Selling, Stainless Steel Platter, four different capacities available, and it reads in pounds, kilograms, grams, and ounces. The scale is available in the following maximum capacities: 5 lb, 10 lb, 20 lb and 50 lb. The scale is powered by a regular AC adapter or you can use standard D Size flashlight style batteries for portable weighing applications.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the market for a <strong><em>legal for trade &#8220;pocket scale&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> then we would also recommend you take a look at the A&amp;D EKi series scales which include a few NTEP approved models. The A&amp;D EK-600i EVEREST SERIES compact balances have been designed with enhanced electronics, wider selection of capacities &amp; resolutions, and remote-zeroing. Buying gold from customers, this might be the scale you need. All feature RS-232C as standard. NTEP Class III approved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received a request recently for a legal for trade pocket scale. To our knowledge there really isn&#8217;t a NTEP approved legal for trade pocket balance available. Our guess is typically a pocket scale is a very inexpensive portable weighing instrument. And while they are generally accurate; a pocket scale\u00a0would not be able to pass\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800scales.com\/blog\/offer-legal-for-trade-pocket-scale\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-legal-for-trade"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do You Offer a Legal for Trade Pocket Scale? - 1800scales.com Learning Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reviews and buying advice regarding a legal for trade pocket scale. 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