Stanley 77-008 IntelliTape Digital Tape Rule

If you've decided to make the leap from traditional tape measures to a digital unit, the Stanley IntelliTape digital tape rule is a smart buy. This 25-foot (7.5 meter) tape measure provides a number of handy features, including digital or traditional measurement, memory/recall, zero display, and a midpoint function, which allows the user to quickly locate the halfway point of any measurement. Most buyers, though, are likely to be lured by the IntelliTape's memory feature: take a measurement, lock it in, and don't worry about forgetting it--or remembering it wrong. While the IntelliTape's 1-inch blade is not the industry's most burly, its accuracy is impeccable. In fact, the large, LCD display is accurate to within 1/16 of an inch. --Carl Thress