Review on STANLEY 0 33 720 Metric Fatmax Measure: Efficient Precision for Accurate Metric Measurements by Ted Slaughter

US carpenter here later. It's much easier to finish the job and make the cabinet with a metric tape measure. Smaller scale, more precision. It's also much easier to calculate with decimals than with fractions. ALSO: The most common maximum length of material I work with is 16 feet. Regular 16 foot FatMax tapes (and more recently their Craftsman counterparts) don't really read up to a full 16 feet. It gets tight at 15ft and the spring keeps them from pulling further than about 15ft 6" without feeling like it's about to break. As such, I usually carry a 25-foot band that's nearly twice the size and weight just to be ready in case I need the last few inches in the measurement. NOW: These 5 meter tapes are a little longer than 16 feet, so even with the last few inches tucked in, it can still measure a full 16 feet. I've always said that Stanley should come out with a 17-foot FatMax. Well, here he is. Now I can carry a small tape measure and still measure my full 16 feet if I need to. I am looking. The sooner the US abandons its outdated imperial dimensions, the better.