Stylus force digital scales

Philb7777, the audio additives scale is completely non magnetic. I double checked last night.

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 i have had similar issue from the start with DS-3, even my cheapest digitale scale was better that this Ortofon. I think all ortofons sucking enegry from the batteries too quick. However, my new DS-1 works fine for one year and i think it's better than DS-3. 

P.S. the problem with cheap digital scales and with mechanical scales is that all of them have different thickness, normally thicker than vinyl record, so they are incorrect, because the stylus is not leveled right.  

chakster

...  the problem with cheap digital scales and with mechanical scales is that all of them have different thickness, normally thicker than vinyl record, so they are incorrect, because the stylus is not leveled right.

Gravity is a constant. VTF doesn't change just because one record is thicker than another.

The problem I have with all metal scales is that they over read cartridge load by appx. 0.1g probably due to the effect of the cartridge magnets. The new Rega scale is plastic so does not have this effect and appears well designed for long term accurate measurement and I can highly recommend it
http://www.rega.co.uk/uploads/hfc-426-re-print-half-rega-guage.pdf