I have needed a measuring tool like this for many years, but I never imagined an electronic instrument was available under $100.+.  This is amazing. Digital, fractional and nominal readouts at a push of a button, measuring capabilities of any space and the heft and feel of a chain saw! This is not a toy but damned if I didn't walk all over the house measuring stupid little things, converting parts of an inch into decimal equivalents and then nod my head in scientific collusion. Have I become a Geek in my old AGE? who CARES--THIS TOOL IS great!