STRAIT-LINE 6041400CD Rolling Tape 300
by American Tool Companies
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Product Details
Manufacturer: American Tool CompaniesModel: 6041400CD
Product features:
- Complete layout and measurement projects by yourself.
- Simply roll on a surface to measure in 1/8" increments over 300 ft.
- Adds measurements and computes even spaced points for precise layout. It does the math!
- Auto marking, no need for pencils and it keeps the surface clean.
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of STRAIT-LINE 6041400CD Rolling Tape 300
Customer Review: Excellent, but room for improvement
Summary: 4 Stars
My mother-in-law recently purchased this item, and I've used it for several projects around her house. Overall, I'd say it's pretty good, but have two minor and one somewhat bigger quibble:
1) It's a little too light. When you reach the end of your measure and want to mark or change settings, the light weight makes it a bit too easy for the device to move around on you in a random fashion, throwing off your measurement.
2) The markers aren't particularly useful. They only work on drywall, and the dimples they make are difficult or impossible to see if there's a texture. Also, the shape of the markers combined with the unit's light weight makes it difficult to use the markers as a stopper to help measure right against an edge (as instructed in the manual).
3) My bigger complaint is that the unit uses roller bars for measuring. Like older ball-type computer mice, these rollers tend to get gunked up with use (and while mice are generally used on a somewhat clean desk or pad, this device will typically get used on walls, ceilings, and other materials that are quite dirty and may even have a loose texture). Better would be to go with an optical LED system, just like computer mice did. Heck, they could even have a higher-end version that uses a laser pick-up.
All-in-all, I think this is a great device. I have absolutely no problem doing the math involved in hanging things, but this device just makes the process so much quicker and easier - almost fun. Now, when I have a project at my MIL's, this is one of the first tools that I grab. That said, for my own money, I think I'll wait for an updated version with an optical scanner instead of a mechanical one.
Description of STRAIT-LINE 6041400CD Rolling Tape 300
Roll it to measure; it can add multiple measurements and calculate up to 10 evenly spaced points! Great for picture layouts, determining material requirements, etc. 300 ft. range in 1/16" increments.It takes quite an innovation to make us dance in the warehouse aisles. But we're dancing. And measuring everything in sight, while we're at it. Strait-Line's incredible Rolling Tape measures, calculates and even tells you where to hang your pictures. We want to emphasize here that this gadget actually does the math for you. Say you're ready to install a chair rail in the kitchen. You have two choices: You can get out your tape measure, pencil and paper and measure, add, check your math, fix your mistake, then measure and add some more?that is, if you can wrangle the tape by yourself. Your other (and far more attractive) option is to press the Rolling Tape to the wall and push the button. Do the same thing on each surface, then read the total on the big, clear screen and buy that length of molding. Want to hang five pictures evenly on a 22-foot wall? Just tell Rolling Tape how many pictures, roll, hammer and hang. It even has a little dimpler to mark the spots as it determines them. Incredible. Our only complaint: It ought to come with the batteries.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste
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