STANLEY XTHT0-33501 FATMAX Autolock Tape, 8m Metric Only, Yellow/Black

Excellent tape measure, nice and sturdy and love that it doesn't retract without switching to retract button. The two accessory blades are great, the magnetic blade is very strong and works very well, the hook over blade might have worked well but it fell off at some point was lost. The accessory holder slots could be improved to enable the accessory blades to be held securely when not in use.

Great tape!I've had a lot of cheap tapes over the years, and this just shows you get what you pay for.I've been using this tape for 7 months now and it's still going strong.The magnet is strong on it, holding the tapes weight when hung from an RSJ (even though I'm sure thats not what it's intended for). I found the changeable end a little superfluous, but perhaps thats just because I didn't have a use for it and ultimately lost it.All round a good metric only tape that lasts! Would buy again.

3+3/8ths - Yeah this should be an automatic recall of product from Stanley, the metric Cm scale is fine, but either the tape or the body is wrong for the product, why would you not have the length of the body in mm instead of inches? Crazy and obviously missed by any form of Quality control or common sense - as for the tape measure, yeah I like it and have no problems with it, yeah it can be difficult to change the ends but I’m fine just leaving the magnetic one as I find this quite handy, but No it’s annoying and pretty useless to have that 3+3/8ths body measure, shame on you Stanley.

Good value

Solidly built, strong tape even when extended, clear to read and a clip to attach to your belt/pocket etc.Not the cheapest on the market, but if you want something that will last and ensure accuracy (the metal clip at the end WILL become loose on cheaper models) then this is a cracking tape to get.Would definitely recommend.

Great tape but I found that the lock fails after a while apart from that great tape

The tape is weighty and built reasonably well.It has clear markings (Metric ONLY)It has a strong magnet to aid measuring from magnetic surface e.g. radiator to far wall (nice touch)The locking function is just not strong enough to keep the tape from recoiling, all be it slowly but definitely frustrating.And please can somebody with more intelligence than me, explain why the dimension of the tape body has been stamped on in INCHES on a METRIC only tape. Makes internal measurements a tad inaccurate.In short, I would not recommend this product, it isn't cheap and I feel for the price the poor locking function and IMPERIAL body measurement lets it down!

Purchased this item in December and have used only a handful of times and the retraction has completely stopped working so the item is pretty much unusable. Please can you advise what I need to do to have the item replaced