Frankford Arsenal Intellidropper Electronic Powder Measure for Powder Measuring with LCD Display and Free Reloading Database App for iPhone, Windows, and Google,Gray

Best scale i've owned and wished i'd purchased sooner. Very accurate and easy to use. Not too expensive for the quality you receive. Dont bother buying the cheaper ones, they arent accurate and not reliable, especially when you are working with gunpowder.

I PURCHASED THIS SCALE ON THE 30TH OF APRIL AND ONE MONTH LATER THE KEY PAD STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE RETURN WINDOW SO I CONTACTED FRANKFORD ARSENAL. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD SHIP ME A NEW SCALE.ON BUT THEY WERE ON BACK ORDER THIS WAS ON 3 JUN. ON THE 17TH OF JUN I HAD HEARD NOTHING SO I CONTACTED THEM AGAIN I WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD BE IN STOCK BY THE END OF THE MONTH AND THAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH QUALITY CONTROL. I IS NOW THE 28TH OF JUN AND I AM BEING TOLD BY FRANKFORD ARSENAL THAT THEY ARE STILL NOT IN STOCK, NO REASON GIVEN. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY SCALE FOR NEARLY A MONTH AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH TO GET A REPLACEMENT. DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH THEY CAN'T IN A MONTH GET ME A REPLACEMENT SCALE. I HAVE DEALT WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND FOUND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO BE GOOD BUT NOT THIS TIME. TAKE THIS FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. IF THE SCALES WERE GOING THROUGH QUALITY ASSURANCE 2 WEEKS AGO WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. I DON'T BELIEVE I AM BEING TOLD THE WHOLE STORY. TODAY 6/28 I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM FRANKFORD ARSENAL ADVISING THE SCALES STILL WERE NOT IN STOCK. IT'S NOW BEEN A MONTH SINCE IT STOPPED WORKING AND I NOTIFIED FRANKFORD ARSENAL. NO DATE AS TO WHEN THEY WILL BE IN STOCK OR WHEN I CAN EXPECT MY REPLACEMENT. I HAVE AND USE MANY FRANKFORD ARSENAL PRODUCTS BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST ITEM I BUY FROM THEM. IF AMAZON SHOWS THEM IN STOCK WHY DON'T THEY HAVE ANY. THEY NEED TO TELL THE CUSTOMER WHATS GOING ON OR I WILL RETURN THE SCALE TO THEM FOR A REFUND AND BUY AN RCBS. it is now the 12 of jul and still no replacement for my defective intel dropper. first out of stock, next going through quality assurance in stock end of jun, 1 jul still out of stock no idea when or if i will be any assistance from them filling complaint with bbb maybe they can help because it appears frankford arsenal has not interest in helping me. UPDATE IT'S now bee 45 days since i was notified by emiail that an order had been placed for a replacement scale. after numerous emails if and still being told they are out of stock. it seems that midway usa, midsouth shooters supply, amazon and opticplanet all have them in stock. i was advised that the entire order they received failed quaility assurance?????????? i will never buy another thing from them nor will i recommend them to anyone else simply because of their customer service. i have pretty much given up getting a replacement and will be getting the bbb involed FINALLY RECEIVED 2ND UNIT KEY PAD WORKS NO BLUETOOTH . ADVISED THEM AND THEY SENT A 3RD UNIT STILL NO BLUE TOOTH. MY PHONE AND TABLET BOOTH CONNECT TO A FRIENDS INTELLIDROPPER BUT NOT INE. I AM DONE WILL HAVE TO USE IT WITHOUT BLUETOOTH.

The unit arrived today in good condition. Upon opening the box I observed everything in it's place and appeared undamaged. Everything was wrapped in bubble wrap and/or plastic bags. After inventory (all parts accounted for) I read the directions, put everything together ( which took about 2 mins ), leveled the unit per the instructions, plugged it in, and walked away for 30 mins. All the reviews I read and videos I watched prior to this purchase all said the same thing, LET IT WARM UP before going further or else you risk inaccurate readings. With the instructions in front of me, I downloaded the phone app (no problem connecting bluetooth) started the app, and entered a "new load". Here you will enter details such as powder choice, bullet weight,etc and most importantly the LOAD (gr). I will not go further in to the app because it's pretty straight forward. Now I started the calibration process. Here I came across an error either in the machine programing or the printed instructions. It was written that after you press the CAL key, you would see 50.00 flashing on the display indicating you are suppose to place the 50g weight on the pan. After waiting for it to stabilize, you again press the CAL key and wait for 100.00 to flash before adding a second 50g (100g total). I never got flashing of any kind, so when the 50.00 and 100.00 stabilized, I "assumed" they were suppose to be flashing on moved on in the process. In the end, it calibrated with no issue. Next add the power of your choice and go through the powder calibration. I ran through this process twice just to make sure. This powder calibration basically is a chance for the machine to "learn" the powder you are using and what it it takes to move a certain amount of powder to the pan. OK, now it's time to put it to the test. I choose to set things up for .223 reloads with my powder of choice being Winchester 748 at 26 grains. I set the machine to "auto" ( I discovered this meant that after you remove the filled pan and put the empty pan back on to the scale, it would automatically start filling the next load ). Ready-Set-Go. First drop into the pan, the machine will display "stable" and the process is done. I took the contents of the pan and dumped it onto my trust digital scale - Perfect. Let's try it again. Another pan full goes onto the digital scale - Perfect. I ran through this process for 100 rounds measuring every pan on my digital scale. Results: 98 of the 100 were perfect 26.0 and only two were 0.01 over. Pretty dang good in my eyes. I noticed that since the machine had earlier "learned" my powder, on each measurement it would drop powder until it got to either 25.6 or 25.7 before it paused and then "trickled" the last couple of grains. It did this on every single measurement. Is this thing fast ? Not particularly. I set up my trusty digital scale, got my grain spoon and manual trickler, and raced the machine. It beat me every time by a couple of seconds, but when you load a lot in one sitting, it's nice to sit back and watch rather than the constant "just a little bit more" to get the perfect amount. A suggestion is to wipe the inside of the powder chamber with a dryer sheet to reduce the amount of powder cling on the plastic container. One thing to be careful of is placing & removing the powder pan on the scale. The tube that releases the powder is dead center and just above the pan. You can easily bump the tube and release enough powder grains to effect the total weight, but you will quickly figure out what works for you here. Overall I am happy with it's performance and would recommend it to those looking for some automation in their lives.

So far I am enjoying this product. It seems to match up accuracy wise with my other scales, including an old school analog scale. I have seen no more than a 0.1 grain delta between scales. The setup was much easier than I anticipated. First step - plug it in and let it warm up for 15 to 30 minutes. I let mine warm up for about 20-25 minutes. Then while it is warming up - level it off as close as you can get it! Check level each time you use the scale as when you move it around to empty it, etc., the little feet tend to turn. I wish these were a firmer turn so they could stay in place, but it only takes 10 seconds to re-level - so no big deal. Using the power calibration feature is a MUST! It tunes the machine to your powder type. It makes dispensing powder nearly, if not faster, than a powder drop with a manual trickler. This thing is pretty darn accurate when getting down to those last few tenths of a grain. I have not used the app yet, but just using it manually is very fast for a power trickler. I once had a Hornady trickler, but returned it because it would often overtip the scale by 0.1-0.3 grains. It was also not very fast or efficient. This thing is very efficient. Now for the negatives... 1. The lid on the powder hopper is a little snug to get on and off. I wish they would have moulded a bayonet mount or something easier into the lid. 2. The adjustment feet are too loose and don't maintain level when you move the measurer around on your workbench to empty it. 3. The emptying plug is a little bit awkward and cheap. You do spill some powder opening this up to empty the hopper. It is a tough 2 handed operation. 4. I wish it has a metal measuring plate. This one is plastic - which works; but metal seems to indicate higher quality. At the end of the day, I recommend this for reloaders looking for faster, yet reasonably accurate tools for your hand loads. I won't likely use this for pistol loads, but definitely for rifle loads. I don't think it is quite a 'match' quality item, but it does seem to come close when measuring with a variety of scales I own. It is a nice kit and seems to do everything a reloader would want it to do - very quickly.

Reloading 303 British after getting this for Christmas. First, put it in place, leveled it, turned it on and let it warm up for an hour before first use. Did all the things correctly. The scale would not return to zero when replacing the pan and wind screen. The weight would move as much as 1.2gr. Lots and lots of frustrations but the actual throwing of the powder was fun to watch, fast and always got to the right number on the scale. Very cool. After much fiddling, it turns out that the issue is the wind shield. Placing the wind screen around the pan would cause the reading to change. A bit more testing and it turns out that I can place my index finger about 1 inch above the windscreen and the reading changes by 0.1gr. Everytime. Removing the wind screen means I have to be careful about wind currents but the scale returns to zero each and every time. Wonderful. Next, the application. It needs to be re-written by somebody that knows what they are doing. For android it requires that you use the system to pair with a set of headphones, yep, the scale shows in bluetooth devices as a set of headphones, complete with a request to share contacts. Once you've done that, then the application can talk to the scale. If you "forget" the device or maybe other causes, you need to power cycle, unplug it type of power cycle, in order for the device to show for pairing. The application as it ran for me had no load recipes. I don't know if this is intentional are not but it is a weakness in the application. Entering data is painful. For example, selecting Winchester as my powder brand causes the app to exit because the soft button for "home" is under the drop down and it gets selected instead of the item. Lots of places to make errors with no ability to know you've made an error until you've lost the data you input. The application gets a one star and that is pushing it.

AWESOME ! One of the reasons I picked this unit was the bubble level and adjustable feet. I was REALLY happy that the unit does a 2 weight Calibration Routine. I was confused at first about why there were two 50 gr weights? Running the Cal operation I found out why. You first use the 50 gr and it does stage 1. Next it asks for the 2nd 50 gr weight for a total of 100 gr on the sensor. REALLY testing linearity of the system ! I ran the Powder Cal routine for my powder. Then ran 10 Charges set to 18.5 grains. EVERY one was exactly 18.5 ! Not a big fan of how the " wind cover" fits so tightly - Not really a negative to me, I don't need to use it anyways!

1st order from the Frankford Arsenal store via Amazon, the unit could not get stable enough to even calibrate. The Bluetooth functioned though. But could not get it stable enough to even celibate. Submitted refund/ replace request and got the new one 1 day after the request and I mailed my return. Nice. New one arrived today. Bluetooth worked for the first 5 load string but could not reconnect Bluetooth after 20+ times with my phone. Yes I powered off/ on, restarted my phone as well. The second unit DID get stable, DID do powder calibrate well, DID calibrate but the touch screen buttons were horribly inconsistent. I would touch the #2 button and it would register 5. Specifically when wanting to enter say "32.4 grains" it took so long to get the buttons to register with the unit. My phone could not identify the unit from 30' to 2'. Gave up on Bluetooth. Still the touch screen inaccuracy is just horrible. I tried pens with touch screen pads, finger pressure. It took me 2.5 hours to load 60 rounds of 22-250. I can only guess that the Frankford Arsenal Amazon store has a huge stock of poorly QA'd products. Before I try for another return/ replacement I will call Frankford Arsenal tomorrow and see if they have any advice. These 2 machines clearly have a ghost in the machine. I sold my Lyman version 3 a year ago just because of the 30 minute warm up time. I thought that time would improve things and FA said warm up is about 15 minutes. But the old Lyman NEVER had input errors with the old push buttons. If I pushed "1", it always recognized "1". The reviews I have seen are vastly more positive than my experience with these 2 FA units. Otherwise, I bought the FA X-10 press in 9MM, absolutely astounding! I have had 2 FA digital weight measurers, they all gave up the ghost w/in 15 months. My FA digital calipers give up the ghost in a bout 18 months, so now I'm just using analog calipers. From my experience, anything FA digital has been fraught with peril. However the X-10 press has been lights out a stellar experience.

My absolute favorite upgrade to the reload bench. Even works with big cylindrical powders.

Definitivamente la mejor bascula en el mercado por su precio. ya tengo usandola meses y es excelente, su exactitud para pesado es perfecta. Actualización… está báscula fallo en la alimentación se quedó prendido el motor ya no corta, compre una segunda y después de 1 año de uso ya se escucha que está por fallar igual que la primera. Funcionan muy bien pero por máximo 2 años y se descomponen. Actualización …. Ya fallo la segunda…

Ottimo prodotto veloce accurato e a un ottimo prezzo rispetto alla concorrenza. L'app è una bella aggiunta, peccato solo che non sia aggiornata la lista di polveri, palle ecc al suo interno ma funziona bene. Il bello è la possibilità di far calcolare "credo" la velocità di caduta della polvere per avere una precisione maggiore. Raramente sbaglia di 0,1gn e se sbaglia in eccesso avverte se no c'e il tasto apposta per aggiungere quel poco che manca. Una cosa molto positiva è il rumore rispetto ad altre fa meno rumore e il bip non è assordante. Io la consiglio per chi volesse avere precisone e sia anche pigro come me.

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Cuesta un riñón, pero ha sido un antes y un después en la recarga. Precision de 0.1grains, y clavada la medida siempre. Increíble. En teoría tiene app para el móvil y llevar un registro de las pesadas, pero con los android modernos no es compatible. Se ve que se ha quedado obsoleta. Esperando que saquen una actualización. De todas formas, aún sin eso, increíble adquisición.

It is very fast especially when you do a powder calibration beforehand. It has a nice clear display with a positive touch screen. It alarms when a load is over or rarely under. I find the tap for emptying very stiff and hard to turn but it empties well and I had a spare long paintbrush to help empty it as the one provided is a waste of time. Had a little trouble emptying the nozzle and also with getting it levelled but it sped up my process considerably especially doing ladder testing loads. Calibration is intuitive and easy. I would highly recommend this especially for the price considering the technology included and how fast it is.