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Sale may be local to certain areas, so check your ad if you got one in the mail, but the website shows it on sale for $19.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-digital-caliper-47257.html , while my ad listed it at only $9.99 Yes, it's their store brand and therefore made in China, but it's a bit easier and more convenient to measure and read compared to my other cheap plastic caliper. And for that price...I couldn't pass it up! Comes with one battery installed, and also a spare!

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"Only cheat the cheaters, boy - you can't cheat an honest man!" Mordecai Jones - The Flim Flam Man.

I have three of them that I've picked up in the last 9 or 10 years. They are an excellent value. I've compared them to a similar Starrett caliper, measuring and checking the readings, and the HF is never more than a half a thousandth different from the Starrett. Battery life for the HF one is not as good as the Starrett, which is probably why they give you a spare. Not a big deal, since you can buy a dozen for $2 delivered, from China, off eBay. The only other difference I found is that you can take a Starrett caliper and move it from zero to max, back and forth as fast as you can, and it holds its zero. If you do that with the HF version, you can confuse it. You have to be trying though. The Starrett caliper is around $140.

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

Wow Jim; parallel universe.
I keep the 4" model in the glove box and the 6" in a tool box; inspite of rough hadnling, they keep working accurately.

I have 3 sets and they too are also real close to my high dollar Mituyo digital or Brown & Sharp dial calipers for an absolute measurements.
The jaws of the cheapies are not dead parallel though which can show some differences depending on where on the jaws you measure or how wide the material is.

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There are only two types of motor sport racing:
Nitro and everything else
(Sometimes referred to as fast and slow)

I paid $35 for my vernier calipers from my snap-on guy in 1977, never let me down still look and work like new. You get what you pay for, that digital caliper will be in the trash within a year!

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Dave

I've been using the same one for nine years now and it's still fine. Vernier calipers are probably the most rugged of all the types, but these HF ones are not as bad as you think.

Do you live in the Keys?

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If it surges, that's normal, upshift.

I've had this HF caliper for about 5 yrs and it performs like a champ! No problems whatsoever.

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1972 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV (Candytone Blue), 1976 Suzuki GT750 (Maui Blue)
1984 Yamaha RZ350 (KRR- Yellow/Black).

“Jeff and Chris are THE MEN!”
RIP John E. Evans

I bought a Mitutoyo digital caliper about 12 years ago.I use it regularly and its on its original battery.This was before the advent of the cheap calipers. They are very tempting at that price point.

Used my HB for years, as accurate as my expensive one. Getting a couple more!

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Twist the throttle, tilt the horizon, and have a great time. What triples are all about...........

Got a Starrett 727 a few years ago for $40. It's part of the furniture - use it all the time!

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"One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." : anon.

Actually I bought that cheap plastic one for the job, is good for the forgetfull tool borrowers. I have gone through quite a view digital Mityo's in my day. I guess i dont like the new fangled gadgets.I remember paying a fortune for my snap on tools wrenches and etc, the finish on the snap on tools did not hold up very well compared to the cheaper craftsmen tools along side of them.

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Dave