Stanley 2 Pack 33-158 5m/16 ft x 3/4 in PowerLock Tape Measure - Metric / Standard Graduations

I have bought many tape measures sometimes just to test them. These smaller Stanley metal coated plastic ones are durable. The tape itself holds up well compared to others. And this one has metric which is awesome. I highly recommend it. The main two problems with tape measures, in my opinion, are 1) the tape will rust and become hard to read and 2) if you pull the tape all the way to the end it will often break and never retract or retract poorly. This tape measure improves on both of those problems. If you're a professional craftsman or builder it is probably not wide enough to do longer distances as it is to floppy. But I really like a smaller tape measure to carry around all the time and this is it.

Unlike cheap competitors, seems like Stanley is keeping the quality up. I'm ashamed to admit I been using the freebie giveaways from Dockside Cargo, nearly slicing my finger off TWICE ( because I'm not only cheap, but stupid). So I invested few bucks in these, tossed the junk with unsafe edges ( where's the CPSC when you need 'em?). Happy to still have my digits. Won't stray again.

These are about the right size for me where I work in a maintenance shop environment. Handy having both metric and standard measurements available.

I’m a diehard fan of the classic Stanley 16’ tape measures in my cabinet shop. But this purchase was a big mistake-I don’t need metric and soon found out how often I need to read a measurement on the “wrong” edge of the tape. If you need metric, get all metric If you use imperial get all imperial.

Its small and convenient. I am a hobbyist word worker and wear an apron when I work. Fits in the pockets easily.