I wanted a tape measure for my pocket when I'm buying furniture or going to the hardware store. This one is round and sleek, but too thick to fit comfortably in your pocket. You also have to squeeze the inner silver bezel to keep it from pulling back, which means you'll have to do something different depending on which hand you're using and which side you're pulling from - it's too complicated for a tool as simple as this . Inevitably, it gets cleaned up unexpectedly almost every time. I replaced it with a regular 10 foot 1/4" Stanley tape measure.