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Bagel "Smart Tape Measure" Seeks 30K on Kickstarter, Clocks Over $500,000—and Counting
I think the ideas are good but I agree with other comments and would also add that taking a laser measure and not having a flat base to help keep the measurement plumb would be a huge problem. I wish they would've designed the base to account for this but I'll wait for reviews before I make my mind up. I'm probably not the person this was designed for anyways. Until then, I'll keep my Fat Max (which is awesome) and my Bosch GLM80 for larger distances (which is also durable, accurate & awesome).
Again, so much for the wisdom of crowd(s)funding....
I'd be *amazed* if just one of these is delivered successfully this year
Madness. Along with the difficulty of accuracy for the ball measure, there is no discernible edge to register your measurement when using the tape. I'd much rahter buy the measure you featured from the Holz Handwerk show.
The only reason I changed my mind about backing it is because I do not see how a string a hook will be any easier than the conventional metal tape. I can stand on one end of say a table, extend the tape to the other end and get a measurement where as I can't do that with a string.
Wouldn't the string stretch or sag over longer distances causing inaccurate measurements?