Under $100 lip gripper opinions

[Gunpowder]

I say its def. worth carrying. nothing like having to "estimate" to your buddies that you caught a 30+ pounder when you can say I caught a 37 pounder. Also, if your in some tournaments, it makes it a lot easier to make a weigh in decision. I won't weigh in a fish if I know the weight of my fish will not help. That just my opinion though; some people weigh in everything they catch in tournys.

[Mr. Sandman]

If you need the scale get the bogo. The scale is pretty damn accurate and as mentioned above they last forever. Over the years I managed to pick up two of them (one for boat and one for surf) and they work very well. However, at the RISSA show a few years back (maybe 5 or so) I bought an AVET reel and they guy gave me a cheapo clone of a bogo. I have used it on the boat and it works fine for holding a fish. The scale on that one sucks and is way off. I mainly give it to the kids so they can hold a toothy fish for a photo. For the price (nothing) it was a great deal and still works fine today.
So my rec would be to get a cheap one just to hold fish, if you want a good scale as well with you get the bogo.