Best tape measure?

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SPARTYKUS

• Oct 3, 2011

• #16

JUsT done that with an Armeg wood beaver (dropped it down a cavity.) sausages.

 

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Uncle chop chop

• Oct 6, 2011

• #17

Although I lost my last 8 meter fatmax down a cavity I bought another as I find the 4 meter blade standout useful when I'm working on my own

 

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wee_ron

• Oct 8, 2011

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I have to say it would have to be the Fat Max 8m range for me. Unfortunately I have had two of them at £20 a pop. I got the first one nicked on me (by a dryliner I suspect) and I lost the second one last week. I was absolutely gutted they were both my babies.


Just bought a 8m stanley tylon for £6. Im not expecting it to live up to the Fat Max but I certainly wasnt going to pay for another!

 

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justyjust

• Nov 8, 2012

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I been using a Cocraft tape for the last 2 years love it, it glides in and out nice has a nylon coating not rusted. Also has mm both sides not imperial rubbish my old man goes on about.




Can buy them from clasohlson.com

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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if i had one that just had them foreign measurements on it, it would go straight in the bin. feet and inches rule. OK?

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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Lol I grew up using inches but I prefer mm now days, does my head in when someone calls be out inches and I got to convert it. The thing with the metric measure its both sides makes it easier to mark out. Far better than a metric imperial measure.

O yeah I think the reason my old man calls out inches is because that's all he can see on the rule!!! Lol

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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stanley tylon tapes are absolute garbage. where i used to work there was 10 that turned up one week, and about 2 weeks after that i was trying to cut a peice of wood at 450mm, and i had to try 4 of them before i could find one with numbers on that bit of the tape as the yellow paint was just flaking off everywhere.
these are what i use disposable tape measures they last well, and who cares if you loose one at just over a quid each!

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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I like the tapes from the christmas crackers, very cheap and cheerful :ban:

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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I have a 5m Stanley one, metric both sides. I agree metric both sides is definitely better and I will probably try and get a new one soon as this one is getting on a bit and the stopper is beginning to stiffen up!
Who uses imperial anymore anyway? I'm 38 and all I've ever known is metric!

 

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• Nov 8, 2012

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advent vice versa from tool station was nice, printed on both sides, good for ceiling measurements. dissapeared from the site second day after i brought it in
Now Im using a custom made one with my picture and name printed on it.

 

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• Nov 9, 2012

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3 pack Stanley 3meter ones for £10 on the counter in screwfix last time I was in, inside a plastic bag.......I have a few stanley ones, if you leave lying around, especially if new and not scuffed or rusted, people will always help themselves.....or swap a 5 year old smashed up one stuck with tape in its place.....

 

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• Nov 10, 2012

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funtime frankie said:

What's your favourite tape measure and why? I've just had my bahco stainless steel reversible pinched by some scroat, and I can't find anywhere to buy a new one! So I was looking about and all I can see is fatmax this and fatmax that!

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Try here www . toolbank . com/p/ BAHMTS825E of course you'll need to delete the spaces

 

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• Nov 10, 2012

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Bought 20 off cpc , 99p each 5M ones, work fina and as said, if I loose one who cares?

As for metric / imp, can see how mm on both sides would be useful but I'm 5 yrs older (43) so am eternally stuck betwixt the two. I prefer to use either / or, whichever suits on the measure for the task in hand!