What Is Hogentogler & Co Inc?

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Hogentogler & Co Inc (hogentogler.com) is an online store for weighing and laboratory equipment. Its catalog centers on scales and balances for industrial, food retail, medical, jewelry, and laboratory use, alongside sieves, sieve shakers, and laboratory ovens. It suits buyers who already know the type of instrument they need — a floor scale, a price computing scale, an analytical balance, a set of test sieves — and want to browse by product category or brand rather than work through a guided buying process.

What the site sells

The product menu is organized by equipment family, then by subtype. The main groups visible on the site are:

Category Subtypes listed
Scales & Balances Multi-purpose, portable, pocket, NTEP certified, postal, reloading
Laboratory Balances Micro, semi-micro, analytical, precision, mechanical, mass comparators, moisture analyzers
Industrial Scales Bench, compact bench counting, check weighing, floor, drum, crane, shipping, pallet truck, washdown, wheel weighers, dynamometers, tension meters
Food & Retail Scales Food portioning, price computing, POS, produce, kitchen
Medical Scales Physician, infant, bariatric, chair, wheelchair, veterinary, wrestling, patient lift, bed
Pharmacy Balances —
Jewelry Scales Gold, carat
Weight Scales Mechanical, digital
Sieves & Shakers Sieves by diameter and frame/mesh material, sieve covers, pans, shakers
Laboratory Ovens Gravity convection and related models

Two things follow from this structure. First, the same physical quantity — weight — is sold in very different configurations depending on the setting, so the category you pick matters more than the brand. A washdown floor scale for a food plant and a carat scale for a jeweler are not interchangeable even if both measure grams. Second, the sieve and oven listings show the site is not purely a scale retailer; it also serves materials testing and lab prep work, which is consistent with a customer base in construction materials, aggregates, and quality control.

How to browse and narrow down

The site exposes several entry points beyond the category tree:

  • Search Our Products — a product search, useful when you already have a model or term in mind.
  • Brands — browse by manufacturer. Brand-specific pages exist for lines such as Ohaus, Adam Equipment, CAS, and Detecto, including brand-filtered price computing scale listings.
  • Promotions — current offers, if any are running.
  • Quick Order — a faster path for repeat buyers who know what they want.
  • Contact Us — for questions the catalog doesn't answer.

A practical sequence for a first-time buyer: start from the category that matches your setting (industrial, food retail, medical, lab, jewelry), then use the subtype to fix the form factor, then check the brand pages if you have a manufacturer preference or an existing fleet to stay consistent with.

What to check before buying

The category pages confirm what type of instrument a product is; they do not, in the material available here, confirm specifications, price, or stock. Before ordering, verify on the individual product page or with the company:

  • Legal-for-trade status. NTEP certified scales are listed as their own category, which implies not every scale on the site carries that certification. If the scale will be used for transactions where weight determines price — retail counter sales, shipping charges — confirm the specific model's certification rather than assuming it from the category.
  • Capacity and resolution. Match the scale's maximum capacity and readability to your task; a counting scale and a precision balance differ mainly here.
  • Sieve specifications. Sieves are listed by diameter, frame material, mesh material, and height (half, intermediate, full). These are not cosmetic choices — the standard your test method references determines which combination is correct.
  • Environmental fit. Washdown, bench, and floor scales are separated for a reason; a washdown model is the relevant category for wet or sanitized environments.

Pricing is not shown in the material reviewed, so treat cost as something to confirm per product rather than assume from category placement.

Who it fits

This site is a reasonable starting point if you are a procurement or lab contact who can name the instrument class you need and wants to compare across brands in one place — for example, sourcing price computing scales from Ohaus, Adam Equipment, CAS, or Detecto, or outfitting a soil or aggregate lab with sieves and a shaker from a single supplier. It is a weaker fit if you need guided selection, configuration advice, or immediate published pricing; in those cases, use the Contact Us route or the brand pages to reach a specific model, then confirm details directly.