Pit Bull 6 Inch LCD Digital Caliper with Extra Battery and Case
by Pit Bull
|
Our Price: $8.88 You Save: $41.11 (82%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: BISS See more product details |
|---|
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Pit Bull 6 Inch LCD Digital Caliper with Extra Battery and Case
Customer Review: What a great value
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got this today as an Xmas present. I also got a feeler guage set too.
First impression was that the caliper seemed well built. Not cheap feeling or looking at all. Doesn't look or feel like a $10 caliper. I tested its accuarcy using the feeler guage set.
.025-.010 was perfect.
.008-.005 was off by .001
Past that, the caliper was unusable, but that level of performance still far exceeds my needs and expectations. Anyone that needs a caliper to measure something smaller than .005 needs to spend more than $10. I use mine primarily to measure brake components, set up guitars, and calibrate power tools. This caliper is MORE than capable of these functions. I'm 100% satisfied.
Customer Review: Very nice for the price
Summary: 4 Stars
This was NOT the digital caliper I ordered, however, the features matched my needs. I give the item itself 4 stars. The seller received a separate rating. This is a very good digital caliper...smooth operation...and has the capability for data-cable use (though a data-cable was NOT supplied with the caliper). It can switch from millimeters to inches...making it very versatile. The extra battery was a plus. BTW...the Pit Bull caliper was the one I ordered, but I was sent a "Carrera Precision" caliper (by Max Tool; [...]) instead. Luckily, this caliper had the same features as the Pit Bull...with the exception that the Carrera has a black surface (not silver).Customer Review: Defective
Summary: 2 Stars
Might be a good deal for the price if it worked. Mine came and it was already turned on. When I try to turn it off it doesn't and actually adds to the number on the digital display. I tried the spare battery just in case this was a low battery problem and that didn't help.
When I could get it to work it did appear to be accurate 80% of the time. Sometimes though it would go out of whack.
I really like the price and the product seems good, which is why I gave it 2 stars. It seems sold and I figure that I just got a bad one which is possible with any product. I'm thinking of ordering another to see if I have better luck with the second.
Customer Review: Works great - amazing value!
Summary: 5 Stars
A very nice tool - regardless of price. Gives consistent readings between sessions, down to the thousandths of an inch. Buttons work well, and the auto on/off feature is nice to have.
Adding this: Now that I've used it a lot, heavy use throughout several days, I'm even more enthusiastic about this fine tool. It never needs to be re-zeroed, and you can set any desired position as the zero. It has the useful projection off the back end, to use as a depth gauge. Is very easy to use - just take care not to hit the "zero" button accidentally, 'cause that will define a new zero location and it may not be where you expect it.
Customer Review: Sometimes It Might Give the Right Length...
Summary: 1 Stars
... but usually it just produces random numbers, measurements that are impossible (22 inches?!). Apparently the makers are aware of this habit, as the instructions said to wipe the shaft to dry it otherwise you get crazy results... but this unit was not wet. It started doing that right out of the box (as soon as I replaced the battery, because of course the one already installed was dead... so much for the "spare" battery.) Later it started occasionally giving "right" answers (at least the numbers looked reasonable and when I opened it and closed it it returned to zero) but then it reverted to crazy answers. A piece of junk.