[Scott Martin]

Hi,

I was always trying to locate a good electronic measurer for quoting on commercial jobs but they where always in the region of about £1000.00 +vat.

I recently seen one in  a local hardware store but the guy said they it was not great, i have now bought one from the gadget store and it is amazing!! Click on the link below to see full info for yourself.

http://www.thegadgetstore.co.uk/products/puregadget/distancemeasurer/index.asp

Retails at 19.99 plus £3.00 p&p, i have a discount code if anyone is interested and you get if for £12.99 + p & p. let me know for the code!

It really looks professional when you are quoting for customers and it squares measurements in feet or metres.

I have binned my measure tape to the garage!!!

Cheers

[strakercleaning]

I have similar one fromScrewfix, made by Strait Line. It has lazer dot for accurate measuring, i found my ultrasonic measure may sometimes miss walls or pick up plants and give varied results.
Gets mentioned everytime i use at premises and good to demonstrate same readings twice to demonstrate accuracy.

[John_Flynn]

I paid £12.99 at Aldi for one a couple of months ago, but always tend to use Tape because of what Chris says happens.

[Nobby]

I bought an Ultrasonic measure from Screwfix about 5 years ago (£50) but I've always found it a bit unreliable.  If chairs/drapes/ornaments get in the way it will give a false reading.  The biggest problem is that is has only a 30' range and even then it is very unreliable.  I've just bought a Rola Tape (like a small trundle wheel). See Chemspec website.  It's ideal for large offices etc.

Nobby

[Mike Halliday]

I use one and find if i put it on the 'cube' setting and for the final measure hold it on the floor aimed at the ceiling it actually gives the total price for the room

this only works on new houses, on old houses with high ceilings it tends to push the price up ( but thats not a bad thing )

Mike

[Dynafoam]

Hey Mike,

You mean thicker carpets are cheaper to have cleaned than low-profile? 

[Mike_Boxall]

Ultrasonic measurers, unlike laser measurers, can be a bit hit and miss because you can't see the point they're measuring to.

For site surveys we use a Leica Disto which measures up to 200m at +/- 5mm. Although they're very good they cost £300 - difficult to justify unless you regularly need to measure over 50m.

Regards

Mike

[GURRELUND]

I Tried a ultrasonic device first but got prettey upset because of the lack of predictability- sometimes getting very confusing measurements. I have since then switched to Leica Disto.
BUT they released a "light" model some time a go that retails for around £210. At least that is approx what I paid for in Denmark.
That device works wonders and usually impresses prosepects

/Peter Hohnen

[ian richards]

I brought one about six months ago,
but i gave up using it about a month later because of its unreliability.
It get's to the stage that your thinking "now is that being accurate or not" so i gave it up in the end. They do impress but you end up having to make excuses for them all the time.
Stick to the tape measure!
Ian.