Neiko Pro-Quality 6" Inch Digital Caliper Stainless Steel LCD Measuring Tool - Metrics/SAE/Inch-Fractions

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Product Description

6" Digital Caliper. Digital calipers allow you to quickly and accurately gauge your measurement. No more squinting and bending close, trying to squeeze into bizarre spaces. Craftsmen and women who use digital calipers find that their work gets done more quickly and to a higher degree of exactitude. SAE 0" to 6"and METRIC 0 to 155MM Extra Large LCD Display Extra Battery Free Case Accuracy +/- .02mm Built in Data Port

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 3.8 x 1 inches ; 11.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000R8ZUG4
• Item model number: 01412A
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,872 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #54 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Measuring & Layout Tools > Calipers > Digital Calipers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Functionally worth about $5, if you're going to go cheap, March 20, 2009

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AJ CA (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Neiko Pro-Quality 6" Inch Digital Caliper Stainless Steel LCD Measuring Tool - Metrics/SAE/Inch-Fractions (Misc.)

This looked well-made at first glance only. The main rail had about 5mm of total curvature, the inner rail had about 1mm of play, and the end-stop was crooked. The motion is also rough and drifts unless you lock it down. I would only trust it to a few hundredths, getting worse as you approach the terminal length, because of the bowed rail.

If this is typical assembly quality, the carrying case is (relatively) the best thing about this product. They should downgrade the rated accuracy for slack in the rails. It's probably based on the read-head's potential on a much better frame.

Those who give this (and other cheap calipers) good reviews may not have used "real" calipers for reference. You can't know something is "accurate" unless you have a benchmark. I just took a chance on it for simple shop work.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad product, January 9, 2009

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G. Mcknight (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neiko Pro-Quality 6" Inch Digital Caliper Stainless Steel LCD Measuring Tool - Metrics/SAE/Inch-Fractions (Misc.)

I recevied the caliper in a timely manor but it was defective. I sent a email to the supplier but never received a reply. At this time I would not purchase other products from them.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dead on Arrival, October 13, 2009

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Jason Lockwright (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Neiko Pro-Quality 6" Inch Digital Caliper Stainless Steel LCD Measuring Tool - Metrics/SAE/Inch-Fractions (Misc.)

Product looked good on arrival, even with a spare battery. Immediately turned out to be junk. The display was erratic, constantly generating seemingly random numbers and obviously did not read accurately, not even close to the actual dimension. I cleaned the rail with cotton cloth as suggested in the manual but it did not help. It never returned to the original zero-gap value. Something probably wrong with the capacitive sensor. It is heading back to the vendor.