I was looking for a tape measure to add to my few. My criteria were: wide blade, good mark visibility, 1/8 required, double-sided, strong blade cover but flexible. The presence of magnets on the hook was not critical. My favorite so far has been the magnetic 16 foot Milwaukee with bottom finger feed control. But if you do a lot of measuring, cutting, measuring, cutting, etc., the mental gymnastics you're looking at at 1/8 gets annoying. I got it wrong several times because I was absolutely sure