> Have you seen the electric tape measure? That might
> actually be worth having...
Yes, I have a very old version of this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002254Y?smid=A3ONVYY4BUAORQ&tag=dealtime-tools-mp-20&linkCode=asn
Judging from the reviews, you either get a good one or a bad one. I happen
to have gotten a good one. The things I really like about it are:
(a) The memory feature where I measure something in a rather awkward place,
push the red button, and then no worry if the tape retracts or not because
the value is in the LCD.
(b) and this is a big one - I can call my wife on the phone, have her take
the tape and measure something, and simply read me the answer from the LCD.
Note that reading the tape - ignoring the fact that we might have to add in
the size of the case for an inside measurement - is not something that is
going to happen if she has to do it any othe way.
It is not the only tape I have in the shop but if two of them happen to be
sitting side by side when I need a tape it is the one that I pick up.
I've had it for many years and have only had to put one battery in it, which
is a good thing because it doesn't seem to be the "hanging on the grocery
checkout" type of battery.
Arvid
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