I have the modle that uses the double A and the only problem I had is the damned metal tab that is attached to the battery cover fell off. Now if I could jsut figure out how to attach yhr tab back to the case, I'd be in business.
On May 14, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Dan Rossi wrote: > There are two of these talking tape measures, the one that takes a > double > a battery and the one that takes a 9 volt batt. The 9 volt model is > from > England. I don't know anything about the double A model. > > The 9 volt model is a battery hog and gets very flaky when the battery > starts to run down. I do get a bit frustrated with it when it starts > yammering at me repeating measurements constantly as I try to adjust > or > position it. But overall it is a reasonably good device. > > I would also highly recommend a RotoRule to supplement the tape > measure. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]