Review on 📏 Komelon PG85 Gripper Black Metric Tape Measure by Adam French

I bought this tape measure because I needed a tape measure that reads metric only. Most tape measures with metric scales available show both metric and SAE, one on each edge. Therefore, there may be times when the edge next to the object being measured does not match the metric scale, or vice versa, requiring you to turn the tape measure around. And it's not always easy or possible. In general, using the metric system is more accurate and easier to use because the 8-meter tape measure is divided into centimeters, with every TEN centimeter shown in red. Each centimeter is then divided into ten millimeters. Thus, it is very easy to get accurate and reproducible measurements. But the best part is that you don't have to deal with partial measurements. I no longer have to deal with measurement accuracies in fractions of an inch: 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32. Or the need to split a fractional measurement to find the midpoint or some other point along the measured length. Now it's just meters, centimeters (100 cm in a meter) and millimeters (10 mm in cm and 1000 mm in a meter). Much easier to handle. Americans learned to hate the metric system because we spent a lot of time converting from metric to imperial and had a hard time remembering the conversions. But if you only work in one system (metric or imperial), it's easy. And metric measurements are much easier to use and more accurate. Even with the internal dimensions, where you have to include a measuring tape case, the excess length is exactly 8 cm, although this is not stated anywhere on the case. The band and case are quite wide, so if you have small hands they can be a bit tricky to handle. But it's very well made and seems sturdy enough to withstand heavy use.