'The measure of weight and are the chief instruments of knowledge of nature, and there is so little, from which not all would depend largest' Mendeleev Accurate and reliable laboratory balances important attribute of a modern scientific laboratory. At present, market weight equipment, there are many manufacturers of weighing equipment, offering a variety of models. On the one hand, it's good, because you can choose the most suitable laboratory digital scales, but with the other, it is difficult to understand the specifications of models. Also, be aware that there are new technologies that enable more efficient use of laboratory balances. Today there are three areas of digital scales: 1) by magnetoelectric inverse converter (compensator) efforts 2) based on strain gage 3) sensor Tuning-Fork Laboratory scales on the sensor Tuning-Fork the latest development of the Japanese companies 'SHINKO DENSHI Co., Ltd.', which produces electronic scales under the brand Vibra. Clear advantages for laboratory balances Vibra probe Tuning-Fork are: high reproducibility of measurement results, excellent stability in temperature scales do not require heating before use, have excellent stability characteristics over time, have a high degree of protection against overload and impact, are not affected by electromagnetic radiation, low power consumption and compactness. Electronic scales with Vibra probe Tuning-Fork have lifetime warranty 5 years. Other important characteristics you need to know to properly select and use the weights are their metrological and operational characteristics. The most important metrological characteristics scales are the smallest and the largest outside the weighing value of division or discrete digital reference, measurement error, the stability of readings over time. When choosing a weight equipment for the laboratory it is important to take into account modern technology and to clearly define what an electronic scale with features you need. This will allow the purchase laboratory balances, which will be long and used effectively.