[Smokey Joe]

As Brickeyee pointed out, the digital is great for sorting things by weight, if this is what you need to do. A lot of brass, or bullets, for example. And for this purpose a difference of 0.1 grain is plenty accurate enough.

IMHO, the balance beam scale is better for weighing a powder charge, and dribbling the last few grains into the pan to get it exact. I can eyeball differences of 0.05 grain easily with the beam moving up and down past a scale, wheras the digital will not register a difference of less than 0.1 grain.

Then there's the nuisance factor of having to have fresh batteries in the digital, or a steady power source to plug in to.

If/when they come up with a reasonably priced digital that will register 0.05 grain differences, I will seriously consider getting one.