Measuring Tape Measure, 25 Ft Easy to Read Decimal Retractable Dual Side Ruler with Metric and Inches, for Surveyors, Engineers and Electricians, with Magnetic Tip and Rubber Protective Casing

This is a great tape measure and a great value. It has both metric and imperial markings on both sides of the tape. The lettering is crisp and clear - just enough information to be useful but not too much to be confusing. It has magnets on the tip help hold it in place. The positive lock holds the tape well. The only feature missing for me is a tip that goes both up and down.

very easy to use and smooth. Good quality！

Good product

My new Zabiki measuring tape (25 feet/7.5 meters) feels solid, and comfortable to use. The front-end tab is firmly attached to the tape, and does not wiggle. The tape width is 3/4 inches, with edges showing millimeters and 1/16th inch markings on both front and back sides of the tape. The markings and numbers are well-defined, easily read. The tape seems a bit thinner than others, hopefully metal quality makes up for it. The cross-section curvature helps attain horizontal extension more than 7 feet before buckling. You should not do that. Unwinding tape to the 25 foot mark requires a bit of effort, but not unreasonably so. Tape rewind is firm and smooth. The lock mechanism holds the tape at desired extension especially well.

My Zabiki 25 ft/7.5 m Measuring Tape is a delight. I also liked my previous tape measure, which was a different brand. I like it that is, until the locking mechanism failed after perhaps 20 or 30 uses, though they were spread over four years. I used it as much in four years as a carpenter would use it in two days. I don't measure things very often. :-) This time I went with the Amazon's Choice tape measure, the Zabiki. It is pretty clear to me why everyone is so ecstatic about it. Speaking of ecstatic, consider the numbers: 95% of the Zabiki's customers fall into the top two voting levels - 5-star and 4-star. That is an unprecedented number, and I almost never see this in a product. If the first two categories total anywhere near 90%, that is outstanding. But to be 95% is remarkable. By contrast, for my previous tape measure, the top *four* levels together didn't even add up to 95%! There are several specific things I like about the Zabiki measure. First and most important is the locking mechanism. It slides down, which is a style of locking that I have found reliable in my 50 years of using tape measures. In the previous tape measure, the button was on top and had to be depressed to lock the tape. Since it is broken, I don't remember how it unlocked. On the Zabiki, I simply slide the switch back up to unlock. You can see these two approaches in the first two photos (the pictures with the tape extended). Next is the button placement. On the Zabiki the button, or slider, falls in a more natural place for my thumb to engage it. Again, the first two photos illustrate the placement and method of engagement very well. The third thing I like is the size of the lettering on the tape. Photos one and two show how much bigger and nicer the Zabiki numbers are. Next, the overall size. Photos three and four show that the Zabiki is svelte. The fifth thing I like is the Zabiki's flat bottom which makes it sits stably. The other tape has an arched bottom, and only touches the surface at two points. See photo three. Last is a petty thing, but I guess I'm picky. So sue me. The Zabiki says on its label that it measures 25 feet or 7.5 meters. The other one just says it is a 25-foot tape, with no reference to the fact that it is also metric. Photo three shows this difference. Just go buy the Zabiki and be done with it, instead of spending an hour reading about all the tape measures on Amazon, as I did. You'll be happy, imho.

We are pretty disorganized around here and tend to have to search for any special tools that don't get put away. It might sound simple to remember to put things back where they belong, but often the reason for doing a repair is because you needed to do something and it broke, so tools sometimes get stashed in the wrong place because what you were repairing was needed at that moment, not the cleanup. So we have half a dozen tape measures of this size... easy to compare one brand to the next but harder to find them for photos :( This Zabiki tape is a good middleground. This tape measure was $10, the Milwaukee wide is listed at $40 and the Harbor Freight was like $5. Each has advantages, like some of the HF have the second feature of having a halfway finder, where you lay out the tape for the full distance, find the exact length and then find the same length on the other scale to show the exact center of the original length. Of course THAT tape looks exactly like the other HF tapes until you open it to see the scales, so it is seldom located quickly. All of the HF tapes work just fine and are like 15 years old, but the numbers are smaller (I am getting a little blind now) and they do not have the strength to support an extended measurement more than 5 or 6 ft. They also have no magnet on the end of the tape. Magnets are good when you're working alone. The Milwaukee is heaviest and widest, but actually the width of the tape is exactly the same as the Zabiki and it tends to pop and fall when extending almost to 8 feet, same as the Zabiki. BUT once it pops and falls, the Milwaukee tends to spiral, so you can't just flip it back up, you have to rewind and try again. The Zabiki is new so probably the spring is stronger because it's new, but it has the fastest rewind of any (all brands can slice you if not careful). Bottom Line. All work, all get lost, red Milwaukee is easy to find, black and yellow cheaper tapes easy to overlook thrown in a pile. Price is the main difference. for the price of ONE Milwaukee you can by 4 Zabikis or 8 harbor freight tapes. Do what is important for your own needs. I'm happy with the Zubiki because I do projects for our home in Texas and the little houses my wife is buying for her family in Philippines. If I can get her to use the Zabiki she might learn to more easily estimate in feet or meters.

Great product! Practical! Handy

The tape is just what I was looking for with Metric on one side and imperial measurements on the other. Also Excellent customer service to resolve a quality issue.

Great Product!

Felt comfortable in hand to measure while making a new desk, thank you. Would recommend for sure!!

When locked, it still moves. Good for just measuring but not as a tool