The greatest tape measure ever

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    jaybean Well-Known Member

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    I've always wondered why the default behavior of a tape measure was to auto-retract. It annoys the **** out of me.

    Anyway I searched everywhere and found the solution:

    https://www.totaltools.com.au/71082-bahco-tape-measure-5m-metric-autom-locking-magn-tip-mts525

    When I pulled out the tape I was almost giddy with joy and how it stayed out. Yes, I'm easily pleased.

    There is an 8m version too. I picked mine up today and could be one of the best additions to my toolbox in quite some time :)
     
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    I bought a stainless steel tape measure 15 years ago.
    Tapes come and go (crease or rust), but I still have this stainless one :D
     
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    I've had one of these years ago. :p
     
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    And it's still in the original packaging.
     
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    You know me well :D
     
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    My tape measure got stuck on eight inches.

    it wouldn’t retract any less.
     
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    My best tape measure story goes back 25 years when one of my fellow sixty-something scout leaders asked me to buy him several Stanley tape measures whilst visiting USA as they would have imperial measurements on both edges. I did.
    A while later he was at a DIY shed, was seen to be slipping a tape measure into his pocket and was duly detained as he left the store. He played them for a few minutes, then asked them to show him where these tape measures were and pointed out that his was imp/imp not metric/imp. More than profuse apologies which he regarded as compensation enough.
     
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    :confused: If it got stuck, doesn't that mean it wouldn't retract any more either?
     
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    $42 for a tape measure is crazy. Just push the button down if you want it locked
     
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    Live a little. I find it hard to believe there is anything in this universe that is more worthy of $42.
     
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    Very nice. I got a tape measure for my birthday one year but it wasn't as nice as that.
    I need to replace my favourite tape measure though as I've lost it Bosch PLR 40 C 40m Distance Measurer With Bluetooth - Bunnings Australia I loved this thing.
     
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    Oh I've got a laser tape measure too, Leica. I LOVE it. It's a must-have in anyone's toolbox.

    I wanted both - a good laser one and a regular one. Lasers can be a bit of a PITA in some situations, always good to have both.
     
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