Steel Tape Measures?

[dogmandont 9,732]

Use one of these or the stanley. Like the belt clip on the fisco. 

[Arry 21,265]

Chesterman Sheffield England and on the tag the other side Timothy Sandwith Horticultural Specialist. had it for donkeys years can't remember even where it came from still works fine. Don't even know how old it is.

Cheers Arry

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

12 minutes ago, dogmandont said:

 Like the belt clip on the fisco.

Now, I must say, Don; Belt Clips! Fukk Me! If Milwaukee made their squat one, with a belt clip that actually clipped and stayed clipped? I'd pay fukking double!

I'm sick and fukking tired of putting my one on my belt. Not walking the length of the fukking thing and hearing that oh so familiar Clatter!!!

Christ, I'm sick and tired of those Useless clips! I don't even give them a thought any more. Complete waste of time. Just carry the fukking tape in my hand.

Then, stretch it out along a length of 2 x 2. Get my pencil out and, once more, hear that clatter. As I glance up to see fourteen foot of poxy steel tape, twisting its way toward me!!!

Nope. The Red Toad it'll be, for me.

 

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Stanley FatMax

 ........ good sturdy bit of kit - I've had mine for years - you can measure long spans without it buckling or, chase the dog round the living room with it without getting off the sofa

[Greb147 6,809]

Guys, guys, guys, you're all doing it wrong. 

It's all about the tip, a magnetic tip is essential in the tape measure business. 

[chartpolski 22,953]

Worked with a lot of yanks around the world, and they all seem to favour top end American tools, Milwaukee, Snap-On, Proto, etc. All quality made and reliable brands.

Cheers.

[Chid 6,461]

Terrible that some of use wouldn't pay a fiver for a tape measure FFS bet your the ones who used to steal clipper lighters from your mates house when you was younger 

[Welsh_red 4,605]

Ive got 3 or 4 tapes around my van and shed the ones in my van i stick the same make . Seen a picture where different brands give different measurments so i make sure their all the same . I go for stanley , theyre reasonably cheap , its not end of the world if you drop them and their readibly available in every building type shop. Like everything nothing is built to last and if they end up getting used in the rain or get dropped in water its a downward spiral from there on . Never tend to get to attached to tapes , get pissed off when i blunt a saw tho 

[S.Maclean 94]

A set of Stanley Tylon is probably the best value for money and they are good tapes. Milwaukee is the dogs dangles at the minute, but you do pay for it. 100% keep that Stanley knife even if you decide to take it apart and repaint it. I struggle to find a Stanley knife worth having these as there's too much safety going on between non-locking and self-retracting I find them a waste of time compared to a proper one.

[South hams hunter 8,920]

 

A test of a few here but this 1 looks cool ken

 

 

[Welsh_red 4,605]

13 minutes ago, S.Maclean said:

A set of Stanley Tylon is probably the best value for money and they are good tapes. Milwaukee is the dogs dangles at the minute, but you do pay for it. 100% keep that Stanley knife even if you decide to take it apart and repaint it. I struggle to find a Stanley knife worth having these as there's too much safety going on between non-locking and self-retracting I find them a waste of time compared to a proper one.

I bought a hultafors knife recently and its up there with stanley ,its easy to change the blade (you can unscrew the wheel by hand) inside the knife is a blade holder full of blades ready and the blades that come with it are insanely sharp 

 

[S.Maclean 94]

17 minutes ago, Welsh_red said:

I bought a hultafors knife recently and its up there with stanley ,its easy to change the blade (you can unscrew the wheel by hand) inside the knife is a blade holder full of blades ready and the blades that come with it are insanely sharp 

 

They look handy I might give one a try. I find a non-retractable invaluable at times as long as your careful and don't stick it in your leg.

[gnasher16 30,024]

I cant be the only one with a Poundland job where the measure disappears into the casing and you keep having to prise it out with a fork !

[dogmandont 9,732]

3 hours ago, Ken's Deputy said:

Now, I must say, Don; Belt Clips! Fukk Me! If Milwaukee made their squat one, with a belt clip that actually clipped and stayed clipped? I'd pay fukking double!

I'm sick and fukking tired of putting my one on my belt. Not walking the length of the fukking thing and hearing that oh so familiar Clatter!!!

Christ, I'm sick and tired of those Useless clips! I don't even give them a thought any more. Complete waste of time. Just carry the fukking tape in my hand.

Then, stretch it out along a length of 2 x 2. Get my pencil out and, once more, hear that clatter. As I glance up to see fourteen foot of poxy steel tape, twisting its way toward me!!!

Nope. The Red Toad it'll be, for me.

 

The belt clip is the reason I keep going back to em myself that and the plastic end which doesn't bend if dropped. 

[Ken's Deputy 4,459]

1 hour ago, Welsh_red said:

I bought a hultafors ...

On my list. Thanks! My old Stanley? The damn blade slips back in as ye using it. Can't see an obvious cure for that, so I could do with a new one.

Actually; I saw a chube where they said a new model of Milwaukee ~ ironically! ~ was the absolute bollocks. 

Can't remember which one now though. Shame. I'd quite like them to find more Milwaukee gear, when I'm dead.