is there a decent budget electronic scale?

Frankford Arsenal makes one that works well for 25-35 bucks. It's been good for me the last 3 years. I would say better than my 250+ dollar hornady automatic powder Despenser/scale. The hornady needs to warm up a long time before it settles down.

I have the Frankford you listed, and this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-Weigh-...8M/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1477099309&sr=8-10

The Frankford reads faster, the other is a bit more accurate. Both have been consistent.

The first one from Midway you have pined. The Frankford Arsenal. The MTM one I had that you have pined last sucks..

I use this one:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...50-electronic-powder-scale-750-grain-capacity

The second one above work well and will weigh tiny amounts, I have one and like it. (Gem 20)
https://www.amazon.com/American-Wei...t_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=J4BTKN9TRP8FY1Y8B1EV
The 3rd one is a Frankford. I have one of those also and am happy with it. it rounds to .1 gr though so 1.14 = 1.1 and 1.16 = 1.2
Doing a quick compare on the 2 for you now.
I mostly use the DS750, it pretty much agrees with the Gem 20 and my 5-0-5.

Make sure that you get check weights with the scale and be sure to zero it frequently.. One other issue in general for electronic scales is to avoid air circulation around it. I have had good luck with the frankford among others.

I have the Frankford Arsenal scale. Works fine! I took it to work and had our calibrations department check it and its reading what it should to a tenth of a grain. That's acceptable to me.

Gem 20 detects 1mg test weight in pan 50% of the time detects 10mg weight always.
It will always see the 1mg weight if the 10mg is already in the pan
DS750 detects 20mg weight 80% of the time.
The DS750 will always detect 30mg in the pan.
This is in the pan provided after tare for the pan.
With a 100mg (.100g) weight in the pan my GEM 20 says 4 flakes/pieces of HP38 reads .101g soe 4 flakes are .001g or .0154gr
so weighing one stick of say 4831 would be easy.
The GEM 20 does have a small pan, and likes to turn itself off quick. Touchy about air currents, will read "gust" of wind you make if you walk by it to quick.
DS750 - nice size pan, will change readings if you blow on it, not touchy, good battery life.
Most of the time I use the DS750 for check weighing charges .1 grain is close enough for most of what I load. (really .05 but remember rounding)
When I am dialing charges in on the measure I use the GEM20.
Since both run on batteries it is important to make sure you have good batteries, my DS750 gets a little wonky right before the batteries die.
Both are inexpensive so buy one of each.

(g=grams gr=grains)

I have had 3. The MTM (still have), Frankford Arsenal (liked but sold to a new reloader), and a Hornady which I didn't much care for. I still have the Hornady stashed away somewhere, but wouldn't use it unless my mtm died and my lee beam was broken.

I agree on the Frankford Arsenal (3rd on your list)

I have also had good luck with the frankford scale. Been using for 6 months or so and way quicker than my rcbs beam scale and seems just as accurate. Used to verify 45 loads with 5.6 unique yeterday. One thing is the pan is the worst made, the little spout won't pour oowder into even a big cartridge like 45acp to save its life. I use my rcbs pan and keep looking to just ourchase a pan but everyone is pretty proud of them.

If it ever dies I will buy agan.

I have one of the Frankford ones you listed. It's accurate and efficient, and comes with a calibration weight. The only time I had trouble with it was when using it in a room with a running ceiling fan. Took me longer than I'd like to admit to figure out what the problem was-- I was fooling around with bubble levels and re-calibrating, and then I looked up while stopping to think...

lyman micro touch.

I have had mine for a little over a year and no issues whatsoever. I turn it on for an hour or so when I get home then put the check weight on it and its always dead on then calibrate it and go to town. if this little guy cost $200 id buy another. its small, reads good, large led screen and simple to use.

I have one of these:

http://www.eabco.com/electronicpowderscale.htm

I have used it for about four years. When I am hand loading (as opposed to a Dillon progressive) I use it to quickly get right to the exact charge then I move the powder to a Redding beam scale. It usually takes two or three pieces of powder to get the beam scale weight perfect, sometimes none. It does help speed up the process and its great for weighing bullets and brass.

Another tip when using electronic scales.

Use wall power. Avoid batteries.

When I'm reloading my RCBS 750 is NEVER turned off. I've found it to be very accurate over the years.

I use the Frankford Arsenal. I do not use it as the primary measure when working up a load. That I use a 10-10 balance beam. However, it's useful for a quick check once I dial in a load, and it's easy to calibrate (comes with calibration weights).

For what it's worth I have the RCBS electronic scale and went back to my original beam scales. My electronic is too touchy and always required fresh batteries.

Walkalong said:

http://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...mation-busting-digital-scale-accuracy.759750/

http://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...ipers-and-digital-scales.738575/#post-9263799

http://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...1-200gr-digital-scale-30-6-caliper-13.508067/

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@greyling22 It's really worth taking the time and reading through those threads that Walkalong posted. BDS (and other members) really contributed a wealth of great information. Should be required reading before making any scale or caliper purchasing decision.

carbine85 said:

For what it's worth I have the RCBS electronic scale and went back to my original beam scales. My electronic is too touchy and always required fresh batteries.

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That's why I use a wall wart with mine.

One more vote for the Frankford Aresenl scale. I've been using it since '12 and none of my guns have blown up yet, despite usually shooting close to max in 9mm and .40.