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Review title: Stanley does not back this product up
Product review: I am a general contractor in California and use the heck out of my tape measures. I purchased the Stanley FatMax xtreme 25' tape measure with the thought that paying extra for a beefy tape would allow for years of use. As others have noted the tape requires way too much force to lock it in place. This is irritating but tolerable. I take pretty good care of my tools and the actual tape looks pretty nice still. All the lines are still viewable. However, after retracting the blade fast one time it cracked at about the 3' mark. Now it may or may not want to go in and out. Stanley does not warrant this according to the pictures of "abuse" on their website. I let it go in fast but not that fast. Anyway I am going to buy the cheapy tapes from the big box stores. They allow you to walk in and exchange them, no questions asked. We'll see how that works out. Stanley, make a "true pro" version, back it up and I'd pay extra for it.
