🔌 Wiha 61620 MaxiFlex Outside Extension Review

Excellent range. The locking is more precise than wood as it locks firmly at 90 degree angles. It's totally waterproof so it will last quite a long time. The sliding scale is a little loose for the first few inches, but quickly tightens to keep it from falling out entirely - looks like it should. This is a very high quality meter that certainly gives the impression of being made in Switzerland. I swear by folding rules these days and find them much more useful than tape measures. It's also less

I've been using folding rules since 1971 and may have broken two, but never falling off an 8 foot ladder. In the last few months, two of these rulers have broken at the joints. The plastic insert with a metal pin that secures the connectors breaks fairly easily if dropped. The joints are rigid and difficult to open compared to the old wooden rules with metal joints. Wooden rules that have broken in the past never broke at metal joints and were easy to open; If you knew how to do it, these rules

Although I prefer this ruler to a folding rule, this ruler does a great job with its slide extension, which comes in handy for precise point-to-point measurements, and I really like this feature. The ruler is made of composite plastic with swivel joints that are precise but still allow for some flexibility. Unfolding the extensions takes a long time (much more than folding a ruler), but the action is positive thanks to the built-in deadbolt locks that keep each extension in place. The slider…