On Feb 12, 6:41*pm, 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.

When were they other than chrome-plated plastic? As for
the tape markings, Stanley hit it right decades ago. Simple
1" and 1/16" ticks and bold numbers can't be improved upon.
Extra metric or otherwise scales on the opposite edge just
increase your chances of error.