Neither DeWalt nor FatMax had any tapes with measurements on both sides. The rest they had about a dozen flavors of each brand on the pegs. The Klein they only have the one style aimed at electricians that's $44 CAD. My local HD only carries Stanley/FatMax, DeWalt, Klein, and Milwaukee tape measures. I ended up walking away with a Milwaukee Stud I hit up Home Depot this afternoon and fondled quite a few tape measures. It also has a ridiculously strong lock on it too.īeing 35' it is a large piece to hold but so far I am impressed It has the magnetic end which comes in handy - if I need to make a long measurement I can pop a nail into one end and drag it as far as I need to go. This took a little getting used to but has become second nature while using it over the past couple weeks. It has an architectural scale on the back side (1/4" = 1 ft) if you need to measure on a blueprint, and it has a cutout on the bottom for a finger to hold the tape without being off the front edge of the case. It is imperial only but marked on both sides. It's not as strong a tape as my Fat Max but it's not as far off as I would think given the thinner nature of the tape. I do not fawn over Milwaukee tools in general, but this had features the I really like. However, I recently needed one that would do over 25' for a new deck I'm building so I took a look at HD and came away with a 35' Milwaukee. I have a 16' Fat Max that I adore as a basic tape measure, and I can pretty easily get ~12ft of standout with it even after many years. My main goal is getting one with good standout strength, but features like the Klein double sided numbers and slow down brake would be positives too. COO isn't specifically a concern of mine, only quality (I'd rather buy a sturdier Chinese made tape than a more budget/basic US-made one). So I'm interested in hearing anyone on here that either has the Klein, or has any other suggestion on their favorite tape measure. Lots of pros complaining it just didn't last, it kinked rather quickly, etc. However looking it up online, the Klein didn't seem to get the positive reviews I thought it would. Other features like the magnetic tip I'm not so concerned about for general use. I also liked the brake on the bottom to slow down retraction. I also liked that it had measurements on both sides of the tape, as on rare occasion that would be useful. They claim 4m (about 12 ft) of standout and in the store it felt like I got there easily and felt very robust compared to my FatMax. I was in Home Depot earlier and was really struck by the Klein tape. And instead it's a hindrance not having the lines go across the tape completely. I also purposely got one with metric on one half of the tape, since I'm in Canada, but because all building material is still imperial I almost never use the metric side. Maybe over time it's gotten weaker, but it just doesn't have any extra features that excite me. It's supposed to have 11 ft standout, but I find over 6 feet or so I'm holding my breath and praying. Reading reviews online it seems like this is actually preferred by many, but I've never been in love with it. I currently have a 25' FatMax, which I've had for quite a while. I'm looking for a new 25' tape measure for general use, and not sure what to get.
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