Best balancer made, other types are nowhere close.
I know many say, a nail works just fine, while it is cheap, and it can help some, it can also be way off. The tapered balancer also is better than nothing, but if you really want to be accurate, nothing comes close to the mag-1000. Since I have an electric riding mower, the spindles are the motors, and motors cost a whole lot more than spindles, so keeping the blades balanced could save you 100's of dollars in repairs. Even on a standard riding mower, having balanced blades could extend the life of the spindles by years! The manual taught me something I(and 99.9% of others) never thought about, there is horizontal balance and verticle balance. 99.9% will just use horizontal balance, which in most cases, is ok, but the blade can still be slightly out of balance. At first, it may seem confusing, but really it's easy, if the blade balances horizontally, but always with one side of the blade down, then it is not vertically balanced, usually it is a very small amount, but also easily fixed by removing small amounts on the side that always faces down. Once you can get it to stay straight up vertically and can stay straight horizontally, then you have the blade is truly balanced. I checked brand-new blades and find they are off in both directions. The adjustable rod on the unit is very easy to use, and it will tell you if a blade is bent. While a tiny bit is ok, being to far out can be a problem. ps, before checking a used blade, be sure to remove all build-up, as this unit is very accurate, and just a few blades of dried grass can skew the results. Also, do not mount this balancer next to a door, window or where air is blowing on it or from the heat or ac, blowing air can make the blade turn!
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