The flexometer isn't bad, but it took me a lot to use this "thing". I broke a pair of scissors and also cut myself on the plastic. I cut where the opening instructions said and after a few minutes it turned out that the flexometer had caught on a metal flange which broke when pulled. It's amazing that plastic can break a piece of metal. I can't give it more stars because it seems like overkill to spend so much and reluctantly on plastic to have the tape measure out and get hit easily.