Komelon SM5416 Speed Mark Gripper Acrylic Coated Steel Blade Tape Measure 16-feet by 1-Inch, White Blade

Great buy for the price, it’s your basic measuring tape, used all around the house, it’s accurate as far as I know, the measurements could be off who knows lol, but at least in my apartment they are correct because everything is evened out!

I was a bit disappointed because I thought (from the questions and answers) that this was, like many other from this brand, an auto lock type, unlike most other tapes. This means that you pull it out and it stays where leave it until you release it and cause it to retract. This one is conventional, so you need to explicitly lock it. Like most tapes, you can lock it first, then pull it out, but you need to be careful not to accidentally press the release, which is easy to do. I do like the fact that it has fractions of an inch marked for every inch.

I misplaced my Stanley and not wanting to pay too much I took a chance and luckily picked a winner. This works fine for my needs. Nice weight to it. Feels like it should have cost more. But Im glad it didnt.

The lock feature is great. Very sturdy tool. A must-have for all homes.

Convenient sized tape measure and it retracts fast so using it is a breeze.

Easy to use.

This tape measure is my go-to tape measure while Im in the wood shop building things. It feels solid, and can take a beating (Ive dropped it more times than I care to count). The square bottom with the rubberized cover is perfect to set it down on the surface youre measuring, and it keeps it from sliding back or retracting. I took off one star for the locking feature, because the lock doesnt always engage if that side of the tape measure housing is against the edge of whatever youre measuring. Outside of that, I have no complaints at all. I have both the 16 and 25 versions, but the slightly more compact form of the 16 makes it the standard tape measure that lives in my shop apron.

does what it supposed to do and is very sturdy. However, I am 75 and have small hands. Should have taken that into account before picking a tape measure. Is too big and heavy for me. However for most people this would be a perfect choice.

Seems like a decent tape measure, unfortunately I did not read the fine print in the description well enough to find out how heavy this tape measure is and how wide it is, at just under 2 inches wide these would be OK I guess for heavy construction but not for fine woodworking because for a tape measure that has only a 1 inch wide blade its just too wide. If youre looking for a tape measure to do woodworking find a smaller lighter tape measure if youre doing large jobs like building a house then these will probably be just fine, the quality does seem to be OK just too big and bulky. I will put them in my toolbox probably not to be used very much and keep looking for a quality lighter easy to read tape measure.

Very easy to read/use tape measure. The tape itself is sturdy and the tape measure overall feels well built. My only complaint would be that the locking feature feels like it will break at any moment. It feels like the lock will break every time you engage it (it hasnt broken yet). Also, this tape measure does not have metric markings. That isnt an issue for me, but may be an issue for you.