Easy to read, compact to carry in your tool bag. Good weight, rests on a 2x4 which I use for small home projects to build wooden tool boxes and garden wooden boxes. Complements my other 12' and 24' squares for use as saw guides and cut marks on small 2x2, 1x3 lumber and small shelves. A quality must have tool and I love the weight that marks my mini cuts. I was looking for a small frame tool and found it in metal, not plastic. Milwaukee makes good tools of all kinds!