I take your point about the battery. That's the trouble with PP3 connectors, they do wear after a while. Whoever invented them needs shooting.
I used to have two rechargeable NIMH PP3 batteries, that way I always had a charged one when it started giving crazy readings. Darren. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Alternative Talking Tape Measure My main gripes with the Cobolt tape measure are things like it eats batteries like crazy, and when they start going, or if you are using it a lot without letting it turn off, it starts giving insane measurements. Or at least mine does. It will say something like 2,123 inches, or minus 400 inches. It makes me suspicious of it sometimes. Mine has the tendency to not speak until you hit the button a few times, and often will not shut up but repeats a measurement over and over. I will say though, that after I sent it back to the U K because of a loose battery terminal, it does behave a bit better than it used to. Sounds like the double a version does everything the Cobolt does except for the volume. I might give it a spin. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 __________ NOD32 4530 (20091021) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
