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Easy To Use
Customers are highly satisfied with the ease of use of this tape measure. They appreciate its smooth operation and find it convenient for daily use due to its lightweight, easy-to-read marks, and compact size. Some customers also mentioned that they keep multiple tapes around because of its convenience.
Build Quality
Customers generally have positive sentiment towards the build quality of the product with many praising its sturdiness and durability. Some customers express confidence in the long term use of the tape measure while a few mention concerns about it being a Chinese-made product.
Precision
Customers have a generally positive opinion on the precision of the KTX34-16ME-N Metric and English Pocket Tape Measure, with many praising its accuracy and suitability for fine work, particularly in woodworking and European equipment repair. However, some customers were disappointed to find that their tape measures arrived with incorrect markings or did not fully retract.
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Quality
This one fills the need and seems to be of quality construction.
Very happy with the accuracy, and glad to see it survive many drops onto concrete floor.
Take your time getting it open to minimize damage to the unit itself.
Fairly stiff blade, in a compact size
Price
Great price for a great product, hard to say anything bad about the right tool for the job.
Packaging/appearance
Solid and beautiful tape measure, but i'm not sure how starrett expects people to pry it from the impregnable fortress of packa... Read More
They should probably curate a youtube tutorial on how to open the package without damaging oneself or the actual product.
Competitiveness
In my line of work i use a tape measure a lot and most of the measurements i take are in millimeters and it is so much easier a... Read More
It is more robust than, in my opinion, the equivalent stanley version, which i find to be not an unacceptable alternative.
Almost all vehicles in the us use metric measurements.
Yep, lumber is in inches, but the conversion from imperial/american to metric is a snap.
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metric, quality, good, great and made. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 1,586 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 11 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Starrett is known for their quality and i swear by their precision measuring tools however i was a little skeptical of buying a tape measure as i thought it would be one of those lower end tools that your just buying a name
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I needed a metric tape that was not english ruled on one side
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My previous one was dual ruled and it seemed like the metric marks were always on the 34wrong34 side of the tape
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Solid and beautiful tape measure but im not sure how starrett expects people to pry it from the impregnable fortress of packaging they place it in before they ship it out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They should probably curate a youtube tutorial on how to open the package without damaging oneself or the actual product
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Then if anyone can follow the tutorial successfully out in the wild they should win a tshirt at least because wow
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Be ready to really earn this tape measure after it arrives find some gloves safety glasses and scissors that youre prepared to part with after this job because this job will chew through its blades
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Take your time getting it open to minimize damage to the unit itself
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