I'd get a digital one. The balance scale works but it has a plastic balance beam, and the powder dish falls off the arm with the slightest disturbance which gets annoying. When zeroed you can take the empty dish off and put it back on (empty) and it won't always give the same reading. I'm fixing to start looking for a good digital one so if anyone has a good recommendation for you I'm all ears
Edit: If you have it already just give it a try. Zero it out with the dish and see if it goes back to zero when you take it off and return it. It doesn't always for me. I blame plastic...