"Frnak McKenney" wrote in message
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On 15 Nov 2011 03:11:36 GMT, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2011-11-14, Steve B wrote:
What's a good one for around $25? Plus or minus a foot or so is good
enough.

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And for indoors, there are also ultrasonic ones, which bounce
the sound off the far wall (if the room is not too cluttered).

Things may have changed in the last few years, but I'd recommend
reading the fine print on the model you select carefully.

The last time I went looking for one of these, a sub-$200 "laser
tape measure" meant "ultrasonic with a built-in laser pointer for
aiming".

(If I'm wrong, please let me know. I could use a couple of $25
Sick-type laser rangers for a robot I have in mind... grin!)



Frank McKenney
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I have one of the Stanley laser tapes, made under license from Leitz, for
which I paid around $80 or $90 at HD, on sale a few years ago. It claims
accuracy of +/- 1/8" at, I think, 100'. I've only checked it against steel
tapes out to around 20', because that's as far as I trust them, and from
what I can tell, it's around twice as accurate as the guarantee. I do get
readings out to around 100' with it but a steel tape at that distance has
catenary sag all over the place, so I haven't checked accuracy at that
range.

I use it all the time and love it.

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Ed Huntress