Fiberglass Tape Recommendation(?)

[RCA]

I know, I know, I am a dinosaur, but I have decided to go with 10th of a foot measurments and my tape has these on the reverse side (and I cant see a way to flip the clamp), but it is a bit of a pain to twist and read sometime...does anyone know off the top of their head where I can procure such a device(?) Thanks

Keson engineering tapes have a double hook on the end. Yellow side is 1/100 a foot and white side inches.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

hook is good, everything else is cheap, low quality.

I don't know how anyone can use a regular tape without another person to hold it unless you have the hooks. The old "forms and worms" bunch sold hook which was merely a bent large 4 or 5" cotter key. with one side bent. You attached the key so it matched your zero at the hook created by bending it... It worked, poorly. The double hook works far better and can be used by one person. If you are going to use a conventional one then you need a ring on the end and a couple of survey pins to mark the corner away from the wall...that also introduces error lining up the pin exactly straight from the corner.

 

[norapp]

Used one for 20 years and it never broke but lost so much of its stiffness it would roll over between the rollers and jam. So I bought a new one- plus I used a disto for years - old but works well. My fav laser is the Bosch with the little camera screen and cross hairs... It will "see" the target when it is invisible in the Disto.

I bought a laser years ago but it was too complicated I sent it back. Now I want to get one for the ANSI second levels with sloped ceilings and cut outs like dormers. Can you tell me the model you use and if it's easy to use? My sokia tape has been replaced quite a few times. The hook part rips off after a few years. You can buy just the tape and use the same cover. Just replaced one a few months ago.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

the model you use

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L8LWXZB/?tag=realestatappraat

also buy the targets if you measure by yourself.