DanG wrote:

I agree totally about the idiot tapes. I bought one for one of my
"always counting little marks" fellas. It didn't help him all that
much and I can't stand to use it. I also don't like all the strange
ways of locking the tape. I prefer and will only buy the old
original (well, not metal cased anymore-sadly) Stanley PowerLoc.

I used to like the Stanley Lever Loc because I liked that squeeze the bottom
feature, to retract the tape. The one I have now is not that old and the
damned thing will not hold the tape in position if laid on the table. As
much as I like them, this one is going to the realm of "use by others", and
I'm going to buy a couple more of those Ace tapes for myself.

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-Mike-