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I find it to be reasonably accurate. I have the 'Haul Gauge' branded version, which was the company that developed the product originally. It has since been bought out by Curt and changed to 'Betterweigh'. I don't know if changes have been made to the device since Curt took over, but one thing I found is that the manual calibration of the product (which takes about 20 minutes of starts and stops in a parking lot) improved the accuracy of the device over the more automated process of just entering your VIN. The 'automated' method required a lot less driving to calibrate.
My one pet peeve is with the overall truck or truck/trailer weighting. In order to do this you start from a complete stop and accelerate fairly quickly to 15 mph. The weights can vary greatly in how you accelerate. By that I mean give a little too much gas or a little less and your truck can go from weighing the correct 6500 lbs to 7200 or 5800. I suspect this has to do with how heavy a foot you did or didn't use during calibration. You need to be able to repeat that same level of acceleration to get consistent readings.
I have not yet messed with the tongue weight or weight distribution features but plan to do so. These were not developed when I was really messing with the product (because I was towing close to the max with a 1/2 ton at the time and was more concerned about it). I did experiment with the payload feature by loading known weight in the bed and found that to be pretty spot on.
Overall, if you like tech gadgets, it's a fun (and useful) device for the $100.
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2022 Rockwood Signature 8324SB
2019 F350, SRW, 6.2L, 4.30 gears
Sold: 2020 Keystone Cougar '1/2 ton' TT, 29RLKWE
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