Tape measures

I need a new one, do you buy branded ones and is 10m the average tape bought, what would you consider price wise?

 

Normally get Stanley 5m, 3 for a tenner from screwfix.

 

Size matters! Longer the better, don't care what brand.

 

8m Stanley.....

 

If you get a branded one and you work on sites dont take your eyes iff it has ive had loads robbed

 

I hate the ones that are the wrong way round. They lock automatically and you have to push the button to wind it back in. I like the metal Stanley ones 8m or 10m I think

 

stanley 8m for me as well
Great fit in hand so easier to work with
normally buy bulk coz i always either lose or break em lol
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stanley-3...al-Nylon-Blade-26ft-STA030656-3-/310363781902

 

i dont like bulky ones, got to fit nicely in the hand. i normally get about 3 b&q ones only about £4 each, when i loose them or break them get more, ( 10mtr man )

 

A 'mate' of mine nicked my 10m one cus it had a Karndean sticker on it. Karma caught up with him though as I had dropped it a few times and bent the end so he was getting inaccurate readings and cutting his carpet short and couldnt work out why.

 

Mid range Stanley 8m fit in you hand well accurate stong and reliable got about 5 or 6 of them doted around the van an in various toolboxes there like pencils you can never have too many of them.

 

Best I've had are the janser 8m ones, then Stanley.

 

7.5m stikatak, had it ages, cost me £1.50 on promo bk in my wholesale days !!

 

I use 8 mtr ones for measures and setting out and a 5mtr one in my pocket so me trousers don't fall down. Been using the high viz ones recently .....easy to find in the toolbox!

 

I just use my feet and pace it out noone has ever knicked my feet I remember buying a Stanley one year's ago it lasted a week and someone knicked it just go with cheap hi viz ones from suppliers now

 

I worked for a chap up addenbrookes a lot and he used to count the ceiling tiles to get the measurements...

 

ask a friend?? lol

 

plus the deviding supports??

 

I'm in the Philippines at the moment,so I am buying 8m Stanley's for £4.50 each,I'll bring 10 home that should last me