Pit Bull 6 Inch LCD Digital Caliper with Extra Battery and Case
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Pit Bull 6 Inch LCD Digital Caliper with Extra Battery and Case
Customer Review: Useful digital caliper
Summary: 4 Stars
I was looking for a precision digital measuring device to monitor the cracks on the walls of my basement and the garage. I live in mountaineer state and the accumulation of rain water underground could affect the structure over a long period of time. Hence I bought this device to measure the length and width of few selected cracks on the wall to see if there is a change in the length, width or depth over a period of time. This device is sufficient for my purpose and works great, and the reading is accurate. This is good for few common applications that requires the measurements of length, breadth and depth, but may not be suitable for high precision measurements: Highly recommended.
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Customer Review: Quality and accuracy of tool is surprising considering it's cost and where it was made.
Summary: 5 Stars
Received the item in perfect condition from HobbyToolSupply. From what I recall the item came wrapped with sufficient bubble wrap that was firmly wound around the case that the calipers came in.
It was priced at $14.94 at the time I purchased it on 2/16/09. Current price as of 10/01/09 from HTS is $11.89.
From the comparisons I've made the measurements have always been spot on. As the type of person who is constantly making, modifying, and fixing things this tool has seen a lot of use in the time I've had it. Due to the cheap price and where it's made (China... EEEK!!!), I didn't have high expectations. I was very happy to find the accuracy and construction is of a satisfactory standard for a serious DIYer such as myself. This tool doesn't have a flimsy "I paid 15 bucks for this thing and it shows" feel to it when I pick it up (it is largely stainless steel afterall).
There doesn't appear to be an official model # marked on this item or the instructions that came with it. There was, however, a generic white sticker on the case that reads "784EC".
I'm the type of person who generally avoids low priced tools like the plague because 99 times out of a hundred you end up with a piece of junk. This has been one of the very few exceptions for me. I'm glad I gave these low priced calipers a shot first before buying something very expensive. It not only saved me from paying a lot of money but a scolding from my wife! : )
Customer Review: Good value
Summary: 4 Stars
Not perfect, but for about twelve bucks, it's just what I needed. Mine came with the case, two batteries, and instructions - and the rail was black. It was missing one of the hinge pins for the case, so I drilled out the holes at that end to receive a wire brad for a hinge pin (spending eight bucks for a piece of piano wire that fit the existing holes would have been silly). I put one of the batteries in, and was happy to see that it gave the same readings as a micrometer I have, and that even running it out to 6" and back, it returned to zero. All good so far, but when I opened the case a week later to use it, tried to turn it on and found the battery dead. Cheap battery? At least there was a a spare, so I put that in, and it worked as before. Turned it off, put it away - then had one of those thoughts, and reopened the case to find the caliper had turned itself back on. Turns out the buttons are a little too prominent, so when the case is closed, it can press on the on-off button just enough to turn it on. Kind of a nuisance to remove the battery each time, so I whittled a switch guard out of a sheet of acrylic plastic I had (see photo, if it posts). Looks good, works good - but if you don't want to do that sort of fiddling around, you might rate it a couple of stars lower. It's Chinese, so you are the QA department, and the one you get might or might not work as well as mine.Customer Review: What I received
Summary: 5 Stars
First I'm going to run through what came in the box and then I'll describe each item:
1. The digital caliper
2. A spare battery
3. A case
4. Instructions
5. Certificate of calibration
6. Two copies of the MaxTool catalog
First of all, I'm impressed that they hand tested my caliper on 20 different test gauges and included a hand-written table of the amount of error in each coming to an average error of 0.02mm. By the way, the certificate is 0.0055 in. thick :)
Next, the instruction sheet shows a diagram of the tool and tells how to use each function.
There's a spare battery :)
The case holds the caliper and the spare battery. Also, the case is rock-hard plastic with foam padding on the inside.
The caliper itself is awesome. It measures in both inches and millimeters to a tolerance of 0.0005 in. or 0.01 mm. It is capable of being plugged into a computer (cable not included). It has faces for measuring outside diameter, inside diameter, depth and a step (or height). There are three buttons for toggling power, toggling SA and metric and zeroing (or tare).
This is a wonderful buy even if you don't need it. I say this because there will eventually be a time where you'll be doing something and realize that it's the proper tool.
Customer Review: Just What I Needed...
Summary: 4 Stars
I was concerned I might not be spending enough to get what I needed, but this turned out to be a great decision. For $12 this is a steal. You can spend a lot more on a set of digital calipers, if you need higher grade steel or finer measurements, but for the typical garage-mechanic or ammunition re-loader (like myself), this fits the bill perfectly. Measurements are consistent and, as far as I can tell, accurate. Construction is surprisingly good for what you're paying though the thumb-wheel feels a little flimsy and requires more downward pressure to engage than I'd like. I've just started using the serrated thumb indentation on the readout module instead of the thumb-wheel and that solves that little nit-pick. The display is big and easy to read, which I like very much. The battery required is, thankfully, a common one that can be picked up almost anywhere that sells "button" batteries (there's few things more annoying than when something like this uses some obscure battery that Radio Shack has order for you). With proper use I can see this caliper lasting a lifetime. It won't take the proverbial licking and keep on ticking, but again, for the price, it's probably just the electronic caliper you've been looking for.