LaserJamb PMS25 Pad Metric Standard Tape

Discount Price: $8.83

Features:

• Professional-grade measuring tape
• Standard and metric rules
• Re-usable writing pad
• Durable rubber boot
• 25-feet long

Customer Reviews:

Excellent tape measure [Posted on 2007-01-04]
I had been looking for a tape measure that had metric measurements on it as I am a science teacher and my father-in-law was raving about how much easier some project was when he used his metric square. This tape measure has a nice hefty feel to it--it does not feel like a toy. There are two ways to lock the tape in place; a button underneath for a temporary hold, like laying the tape measure down and a permanent hold with the slide button. The write on feature is a boon when working by oneself and you don't want to write on the project, just be sure to use an erasable pen or pencil. The built-in pencil sharpener is handy as well; even my kids will go out to the garage when they can't find their personal pencil sharpener.

So close to perfect [Posted on 2007-01-28]
It's an excellent tool; I've seen it impress the most jaded contractor on site and I get great use and utility out of it - until I need to clip it to my back pocket... The clip just doesn't have any spring to it. Take off on a light jog or a hussle up the stairs and this will jump right off. I'm used to the Stanley's where the clip gives an audible CLICK when you snap it off your pocket. Not so with this and it's really annoying. One of these days I'm gonna leave it behind and I might just not look back.

Great Tape Mesure [Posted on 2008-02-09]
LaserJamb PMS25 Pad Metric Standard Tape
This a gret tape measure. I live in a fairly big city and looked all over town for a measure that read millimeters, some places have the ones that read centimeters, which works, but all my drawings at work are in mm, and it's just easier to look at it and not have to convert. I also like the little note thing. Thanks for helping me out!!!

serious tape measure! [Posted on 2008-06-22]
I needed a metric measuring tape for an archaeology project, so I bought the LaserJamb.
I love it for several reasons: Firstly, the thumb tape-holder is a great feature. Secondly, I use pencils a lot, and having a sharpener built into this one saves me from having to search for a tiny sharpener in my tool bag. Thirdly, I love that the metric side of the tape is in millimeters.

What may be considered a downside in some circumstances is that it's kind of heavy. For me, this doesn't matter too much. Someone else mentioned that the clip doesn't work very well - I would tend to agree. I tried clipping it to the outside of my tool bag, since it takes up space, and it fell off twice. I gave up because I don't want to end up losing it.

Also, although I like that the metric tape is in millimeters, this confuses some of my co-workers if they borrow mine for a quick measurement. They look at it, and complain that they "can't read it."
(They are all really used to centimeters, and reading 200,40(mm) rather than 24 (cm) throws then off a little bit.) Now, this doesn't affect me at all; as I mentioned, it's one of the things I like about it. But if you are really attached to centimeters, you might want to think twice.

The writing pad thing is kind of useless to me, I have no reason to use it except maybe to write my name on it.

All in all, though, I really like this tape measure.

Best tape measure I've ever owned [Posted on 2008-07-03]
As a homeowner remodeler who's done in the past 3 years a kitchen remodel down to the studs, half bath addition, and now a master bathroom renovation, this tape measure is a dream for those detailed oriented workers.

*Easy to Read markings. I really liked the easy-to-read graduated markings for the 1/16's measurements. I found taking more detailed measurements much easier over several Stanley tape measures I've owned over the years.

*Sliding Tail. (or whatever its called). Also I learned that it's got a unique sliding tail on the end of the tape. Doing a normal read, like measure a tile where you can hook the end on an edge, it slides out to get a "true length". On other readings, like measuring the width from the wall to the nearest tile where the tail isn't hooked on anything but butted-up against the wall, the tail slid-in to account for the depth of the tail itself. I used to manually adjust my measurements for this on other tape measures.

*Durability. I've dropped it several times from a 6ft ladder on concrete and it hasn't shown any sort of damage.

*Erasable pad. When I ordered this I thought it was a nice gimmick I'd never use. But....I found myself using it constantly once I got used to it being there.

The only con I found is the belt clip is a little flimsy. I've stopped using that and instead put it in the pouch on my tool belt.

It's just a tape measure but it's made a big impression on me. I bought two of them and would buy more of them. I highly recommend them to anyone!

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