The engineer in my absolutely hates it when people use the numbers off a particular loos gauge as the reading. There is a conversion scale on the side of that thing for a reason. lbs or kgs tension is THE measurement to use to make notes or communicate that reading. It is the only measurement that is scientific and standard.
Does that mean the engineer in you doesn't absolutely hate it when people use units of weight (lb) and mass(kg) when they should use units of force (lbf and N) to measure tension? After, all, force units are the measurement that is "scientific and standard".
