BetterWeigh Mobile Scale Review - Part 2 (Towing Test & Comparison to Real Scale Results)

[@JasonPMcElroy]

Thank you for making this. It's tough as a consumer to know the value and effectiveness of a product from reviews found elsewhere. Saved me some money and time here.

[@jimbertrand2499]

Thanks for your honest and interesting review Ray.

[@22howards]

I would like to see what it does with the 5er. Some of the other tests I’ve seen were a bit closer. That said they were using it with a 5er and not a bumper tow. So in short, it’s better than a guess but not as accurate as a scale. Maybe that’s why I’m always disappointed when I stand on a scale? 🤣 Thanks Ray

[@morganrussman]

When you mention about how would someone even know what 1/2 way on the accelerator is, that is a good point, I wouldn't know myself. Also, about the whole getting up early in the morning for to do the whole hard acceleration and braking, unless you were to go out to the middle of the night to the middle of nowhere and do it, or just do the latter.

[@billfisher6708]

Your experience and conclusions echo mine, Ray. I did try it with our Montana fiver and I did not find it all that close to the CAT scale weights and I really do not care for all that acceleration stuff to do some of the weights. When I was doing the initial setup I, too, was having problems with the rear tires breaking loose (wheel spin) on our F-350 diesel. Like you said, a gadget.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks for the feedback Bill.

[@carloshonestopinions]

I just bought mine and I agree with your assessment. I find that it is most often within the 5%, but that there was some variance during the tests I took for the weight of my vehicle. I think that the key is that it gives you a “ball park” estimate, which in most cases is good enough to reassure you if you safe or not. For total accuracy or when you are close to your limits, a official scale is a must. I tested the vehicle weight and the tongue weight, and both were within the 5%. Also, the analogue gauge is not ideal for accuracy.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks for sharing your experience with it Carlos, much appreciated. Cheers, Ray

[@seanhenriques808]

My assessment as well. I will stick to CAT scales for accurate info on my rig's weight.

[@gr7485]

Hi Ray, I just watched both parts of your review 👍and I'm just wondering if there have been any firmware updates issued since then to improve accuracy. I was on their web site but didn't see anything to indicate there was but maybe I missed it so I thought I'd ask you. Thank you.

[@LoveYourRV]

Not that I know of. Haven't heard of a new improved version.

[@chrislonsberry1974]

Thanks so much for the honest review! I had my suspicions.

[@coyotewayne1]

I have the Haul gage and my buddy has this product. It seems to us that the hual gage is more accurate on both of our trucks.

[@LoveYourRV]

Interesting, since I understand that Curt bought out Haul Gauge. Figured they just re-branded it. Maybe they are different versions. I could see how they may change some software algorithms to work better in certain vehicles at the expense of others. There are so many combinations of engines, frames, transmissions, tires, suspension, trailers out there. It must be difficult to make a device that works well on them all.

[@toms751]

Thanks a lot. I need accuracy within 25# because I’m hauling right at max tow capacity of 5000# and max tongue weight of 500# . Any suggestions very welcome and needed.

[@sgbradley]

WHAT, your leaving beautiful Campbell River BC for the bush! Campbell River will never be the same again down by the Spit! Glad I'm staying in Willow Point where no one ever leaves this part of Campbell River lol.

[@LoveYourRV]

haha, just talking a few days once the mad rush to go camping has subsided a bit and people go back to work. :)

[@sgbradley]

@@LoveYourRV Hahahaha no one is going back to work, my friend is a boss at WFP and just about everyone is off till mid September, too hot in the bush.

[@LoveYourRV]

I think most of the campers aren't working at WFP. Likely a good portion are family vacationers out of the cities. Folks that would normally be down in Disneyland or Las Vegas, on a cruise ship or at summer concerts and festivals or people collecting CERB and want a cheap thing to do, may as well go camping! :) But at some point they will have to go back and work I figure or we all go broke.

[@Geoff--]

I totally agree. I tried it and was not the right product for me.

[@terryhaynes1596]

I tried it as well and found it untrustworthy. First I live in a hilly place and couldn’t find a level place to calibrate it. I tried it going slightly uphill and downhill. The results change appreciably with just a slight change in grade or throttle.

[@LoveYourRV]

Thanks the comment Terry.

[@raybbj]

Hi Ray. Have you thought about what you might do for the fall and winter if you are not able to snowbird down south due to COVID ?

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, planning on staying here in Campbell River on Vancouver Island until it's safe to travel again. Anne is immune-suppressed due to some medications she takes, so until there is a vaccine or the virus subsides enough and we can get travel medical insurance to cover getting it best to stay in BC where we have free medical coverage.

[@raybbj]

@@LoveYourRV Hope you have some good fleece blankets and long underwear!! Will look forward to seeing you camp in winter conditions. Would be cool to see a winter prep video from you.. And yes, BC Medical is the best !! Cheers !

[@LoveYourRV]

Yeah, should be fun. :)

[@TheMinnow101]

@@LoveYourRV Just think of all the new idea reviews you can do, winter insulating the Cougar, water and sewer lines, humidity control, not trying to kill each other while couped up in the RV for weeks on end.....

[@LoveYourRV]

Weather isn't too bad here, can get some cold and snow but many days even in Dec and Jan you can get out for a hike and lots of great places around here. :) Worse part of winter on the coast is the gloominess, especially after years of getting used to the desert sun. But not complaining we are very lucky where we are. Cheers, Ray

[@GoingPlacesOne]

Hummm, looks like that product needs more work. Thanks for the review.

[@jadd6810]

Looks and performs just like the HaulGauge. It gets you close but if need accurate there are much better items available.

[@Hundert1]

Can you recommend some please

[@LoveYourRV]

Yes, I believe Curt bought HaulGauge and rebranded the product

[@jadd6810]

@@Hundert1 The BigTruckBigRV channel has done some pretty good reviews on ways to measure tongue weight. There are CAT scales everywhere to weigh your truck and trailer. I used to work at a metal scrap yard, we used to weigh peoples vehicles and RVs for free all the time. If they needed certificates, like you could get from CAT, we would charge only $10.

[@Hundert1]

@@jadd6810 yep, thanks! I watch BigTruckBigRV KZbin videos. He's got some excellent ideas. That's where I heard about that weigh scale device that I think slips onto the tongue Jack tube.

[@Hundert1]

Do you like this better than that weighing gadget that mounts to the trailer tongue?

[@LoveYourRV]

I haven't tried that one.

[@Hundert1]

@@LoveYourRV ohh, perhaps sometime in near future you may try it out.

[@michaelcunningham2899]

Thanks for the review.

[@timf6916]

Good information

[@LoveYourRV]

*See Part One Video* - www.loveyourrv.com/betterweigh-mobile-towing-scale-review-part-1/

[@jeffbeifuss8385]

Liked the review. Don't care for the product. It is, indeed, a gadget. I thought you had an engine monitoring device plugged into your OBD port that monitored a lot of sensor data. That made more sense than this. Did you have to disconnect all that data feedback for this little bit of inaccurate info? Doesn't seem like a good tradeoff to me.

[@LoveYourRV]

I do and it works great - www.loveyourrv.com/new-gadget-for-the-truck-bluedriver-obd2-pro-scan-tool/ I have the BlueDriver OBD2 reader to monitor my exhaust gas temps and also to check the truck computer for any fault codes. The BetterWeigh can be plugged into the same port to do weigh measurements. There is only one port but the OBD2 reader devices like these can be plugged and unplugged as needed, they communicated with a smartphone or tablet via a Bluetooth Connection. There is no data feedback. Any data collected is stored on the smartphone or tablet in the corresponding app or sometimes in the cloud then can be updated next time it's plugged into the port. Cheers, Ray

[@jeffbeifuss8385]

@@LoveYourRV So no tradeoff needed, just using the OBD port as an I/O port for the truck. using the smartphone, tablet or Cloud as your storage device. Nice! Jeff

[@bendixon2898]

Goodonyah Ray

[@davidmcconnell8690]

:-)))) :-))))

[@avelezusmc7929]

Nice gadget not for me thanks for the video

[@stephenpwilks]

That was a pretty pointless test unless you are actually going to weigh the truck or what ever you are towing

[@LoveYourRV]

huh? I don't understand what you mean, I took the truck to the dump weigh scale got it's weight and then took the boat and weighed it, then compared the real scale weights against what the Better Weigh gadget reports.

[@stephenpwilks]

Sorry maybe I missed something I just watched the video and I didn’t see that

[@LoveYourRV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4W3kJprqs9gapY Truck Dump Scale versus Better Weigh, then boat + truck dump scale weight - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4W3kJprqs9gapY then Better Weigh test - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4W3kJprqs9gapY

[@stephenpwilks]

Ok sorry I did not see the second video

[@LoveYourRV]

Oh, OK, I assumed you did since that's the video you left this comment under.