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So I was getting tired of setting up the RCBS powder dispenser for every load and ever caliber so I started looking at powder dispensers. The new Matchmaster dispenser looked awesome. Everything I wanted until I saw the price of $900!!! Uhh no thank you. So then I saw the lyman Gen 6. Looked great but I decided for now on the New Frankford Arsenal Intellidropper. Reading all the reviews it was great so long as you got a good functioning unit.
So I saw a deal for 195$ on Amazon. Knowing they take care of product issues extremely fast I ordered it. Arrived yesterday. Unboxed, setup. Now the fun begins.
So I let the unit warm up. Dumped some varget into it calibrated it, calibrated the powder and dispense a charge. Spot on to the exact weight I wanted. Verified the charge weight with the RCBS beam scale. Spot on. Checked it on the Hornady gs1500 and same. All matched. I'm thinking this is extremely great for a 200$ dispenser /scale. I check several more dispensed weights. Everything was great. Only issue is if you bump the tube removing the pan more power drops out. Can't really get by that issue. So I clean everything up. Empty powder and holy hell. The thing is a magnet for static. Finally fight getting all the powder out. Wipe it all down with a dryer sheet. Problem solved.
Now this is where the fun begins. I zero out the scale and head upstairs. Come back an hour later and the scale still reads zero but is constantly beeping. Start investigating and fine out its cause the thing thinks someone is touching the number 1 key.. I unplugged the unit and plugged it back in. Turned back on and problem seems to have been resolved so I watch it for a few while doing other stuff. About 15min later it starts to do the exact same thing. Thinking it might be something with the Bluetooth and my phone I shut both off. Unplugged it and plugged it back in. Again sit amd wait. 10 or 15min later same thing. Well crap. Setup the replacement order thru Amazon and it should be here tomorrow.
To sum things up. Scale is great, accurate and extremely fast. Full of a bunch of nice features. Can't ask for anything more really except that they should have done something to minimize the static on the unit. Only downfall to the whole thing is reliability. I was all excited that everything was great. Accurate discharge after discharge. Extreme let down when it went haywire. If you want a scale that's accurate and fast but don't mind dealing with looking for a good working unit or dealing with the mfg then its great.
Hope this helps someone out in the future.
James
So I saw a deal for 195$ on Amazon. Knowing they take care of product issues extremely fast I ordered it. Arrived yesterday. Unboxed, setup. Now the fun begins.
So I let the unit warm up. Dumped some varget into it calibrated it, calibrated the powder and dispense a charge. Spot on to the exact weight I wanted. Verified the charge weight with the RCBS beam scale. Spot on. Checked it on the Hornady gs1500 and same. All matched. I'm thinking this is extremely great for a 200$ dispenser /scale. I check several more dispensed weights. Everything was great. Only issue is if you bump the tube removing the pan more power drops out. Can't really get by that issue. So I clean everything up. Empty powder and holy hell. The thing is a magnet for static. Finally fight getting all the powder out. Wipe it all down with a dryer sheet. Problem solved.
Now this is where the fun begins. I zero out the scale and head upstairs. Come back an hour later and the scale still reads zero but is constantly beeping. Start investigating and fine out its cause the thing thinks someone is touching the number 1 key.. I unplugged the unit and plugged it back in. Turned back on and problem seems to have been resolved so I watch it for a few while doing other stuff. About 15min later it starts to do the exact same thing. Thinking it might be something with the Bluetooth and my phone I shut both off. Unplugged it and plugged it back in. Again sit amd wait. 10 or 15min later same thing. Well crap. Setup the replacement order thru Amazon and it should be here tomorrow.
To sum things up. Scale is great, accurate and extremely fast. Full of a bunch of nice features. Can't ask for anything more really except that they should have done something to minimize the static on the unit. Only downfall to the whole thing is reliability. I was all excited that everything was great. Accurate discharge after discharge. Extreme let down when it went haywire. If you want a scale that's accurate and fast but don't mind dealing with looking for a good working unit or dealing with the mfg then its great.
Hope this helps someone out in the future.
James