reasonably priced vernier caliper

[whateg01]

I bought a vernier height gauge and still have it. Used it quite a bit before getting my mit dial version. I think it's good to be able to read a vernier scale but I wouldn't want to go back to it for most stuff.

 

[tool_scrounge]

I like keeping vernier calipers and a tape measure in the glovebox of my vehicles. You never know when you will need them. So not needing a battery is a requirement.

I buy vernier calipers with a widely spaced vernier like a shown. It is much easier to read than the ones with closely spaced lines.

 

[dscheidt]

-Not wanting to be quarrelsome but no caliper, by nature of the design, should be trusted to read sub-thou for accuracy regardless of whether the display allows 4 decimal places (.xxxx) or not. This would be especially true for a $10 caliper. How many people can actually quantify what sub-thou is? Even taking a reading off a gauge block with calipers can be misleading and is no guarantee of accuracy.

sure, but that is a different problem. The scale and read head are capable of sub thou accuracy (and precision), were they installed in some instrument that could support that. So, I guess the better way to say this is "why you can get a $10 digital caliper that's as accurate as it's practical to make a caliper.", but that's a bit cumbersome.

 

[Jgaz]

For $1.99 I'd have some pretty low expectations...

I carried one of these in my travel kit when I worked in the vehicle dynamics dept.
Never found a quicker way to determine what diameter sway bar was on a vehicle when there was a question.
Quick, easy to use, and close enough to tell the difference between a 22 and a 24mm diameter bar.

 

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