Reddit mentions of Nevada Weighing Intell-Lab PMW-320 High Capacity Toploading Precision Balance - 320 g x 0.001 g with Front and Rear Displays!

So I spent a bunch of time researching this a while back. I was considering going next-level from the gemini. The gemini is a perfectly good scale, but there are some things about it that are frustrating: mainly the very small weighing platform (weigh boat notwithstanding) and the auto shutoff.

There is a lot of weirdness out there in the mid-range scale market, which led to some FUD on my part. In particular, make sure you research the brand and make sure it is reliable. I gathered that there are a lot of knock-offs on the market that aren't great, particularly on e-bay and amazon.

For instance, I'm pretty sure that Intell-Lab scale you linked below is one of the crappy ones. Check out the reviews on it here. The Tree ones like this one are also shit.

The brands that looked good to me after doing research were A&D, Ohaus, Adam, Citizen. For whatever reason these are rarely if ever listed on amazon or e-bay, only the crappy knockoffs. I guess that's just how the market works? If you're in the us, google old will knott scales. They're a good place to look and find reviews.

The benefits of spending a few hundred on a scale are: somewhat improved accuracy (probably +/- 3 mg rather than 5), most allow you to configure auto shutoff, plugs into the wall, sturdier construction and it's easier to use weigh papers with a larger weighing platform. I much prefer that to using the gemini weigh boat personally.

Also, it's pretty freaking cool to blow on the platform and watch the numbers jump around. :)

For opsec reasons, I'd rather not to go into the scale I purchased, but I'm very happy with the investment.