Stabila makes metric tapes that are very nice

Quote from: thudchkr on September 24, 2018, 07:26 PM

I ended up ordering Stanley Fat Max tapes from the UK.  I got both an 8M and a 5M.  I also use the Fastcap True 32 a lot. It has marks on the tape at each increment of 32mm, which can be convenient.

And then they still manage to have the length of the housing only in imperial 

So are the Milwaukee 5M as well:
Casing is 8,3cm, that’s not even quite 3 1/4 inch - nice round up🙄

Which fastcap tape do you use, they have about a dozen different tag names ?

I just took delivery of a Hultafors / Fiscars "BT5M" metric tape and I think this may be The Tape for me. At least for trim type work:

• Class 1 accuracy
• Quick and easy detachable belt clip
• Curser for reading measurement from
• 100mm from the back of the tape to the curser
• Easy to read all metric markings
• Good positive lock and release via a big-ole-button up top

They do imperial and mixed variants too as well as an 8m version.


More pics here

Only 2 niggles for me are:

• the tape is 19mm wide (wider would be nicer)
• the 100m back to curser measurement utilises a flip down bit at the back (only on the smaller 5m tape)... and I know I'll forget to flip it down at some point

My favorite metric tape is an older Starrett electronic tape measure that you can switch between metric & imperial. At the push of a mode button you can continually scroll between measurement methods.




Front measuring inch mode in fractions




Front measuring tenths of an inch mode




Front measuring hundredths of a foot mode




Front measuring centimeters  mode




Here in the rear measuring mode it's already added in the 3 1/2" width/depth of the tape measure case.




And if there is any time where you are not physically able to read the display you push the red button and it locks in the measurement you just made.

Quote from: Roachmill on November 04, 2020, 05:08 AM

I just took delivery of a Hultafors / Fiscars "BT5M" metric tape and I think this may be The Tape for me. At least for trim type work:

Looks like a nice product. Unfortunately, there's not much action on that brand here in North America based on a quick peek via Google.

SOLA also sells them: https://www.sola.at/en/products/big-t-me-p202245

so does FISCO: http://www.fisco.co.uk/bigt.html
or https://www.needthattool.com/bigtmeasuringtapes.aspx
or https://www.onepointsurvey.com/products/fisco-big-t-tape-measure

and at some point in the past JOHNSON LEVEL sold them as well: https://toolguyd.com/big-johnson-power-tape-measure/


just google big T tape measure.

I have the 5m SOLA version.
wpz

Festool/BMI make a small tape measure which is very nice for furniture makers.



My other go-to tape measure is this Starrett ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

I’d like to find one of those flat stiff rules in the top of the pic. What does BMI call it?