Since you have it physically, can you confirm when folded it is about 23 cm (or just over 9") long and they listed it INCORRECTLY in Imperial?
________________________________ From: Scott Hudnall <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, March 2, 2013 10:20:28 AM Subject: [USMA:52424] Re: Metric only 2 m folding ruler available at REI No - the markings are in metric only. I picked it up at the store and looked at it. I don't know why the web site lists the folded dimensions in imperial. On Mar 02, 2013, at 07:02 , Carleton MacDonald wrote: I bought this at Sears here in Gaithersburg, Maryland a few years ago. Last time I was there (two weeks ago) they still had it on the shelf. > >http://www.sears.com/stanley-8m-26'-x-1-in-metric-english-tape-rule/p-00972788000P?prdNo=4&blockNo=4&blockType=G4 > > >Carleton > >From: Kilopascal [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 08:09 >To: [email protected]; U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:52422] Re: Metric only 2 m folding ruler available at REI > >Is it possible the one in the picture is metric only, but the one they sell is >dual? > > >This brings an interesting question that I have yet to find a reason for. > > >Basically as far as I have seen, countries in Asia and South America have only >dual scales available to them. Metric or inch only doesn't seem to exist in >these areas. If the whole idea for a dual scale is so that the same tape can >be >sold to the whole world, then why does the US still have inch only and Europe >have metric only tapes? > > >I would prefer metric only, but would settle for dual if metric only was not >available. I have yet to find a dual tape in a US shop for sale. Why must >much >of the world be forced to be exposed to a scale they don't use if Americans >aren't equally being forced to be exposed to scale they don't use? > > >One advantage to the dual scale, especially in the world is that every user >has >proof at their fingertips as to how unfriendly inches are. If the appearance >of >inches on tapes sold in metric countries was meant to promote USC, it has >failed. It has had the effect of turning people off to USC as the metric >scale >is obviously much more user friendly. > > > > > > >[USMA:52422] Re: Metric only 2 m folding ruler available at REI >John M. Steele Sat, 02 Mar 2013 02:54:35 -0800 >Yet it is described purely in Customary units. I don't quite see how it folds >down to 4.6" when the picture clearly shows it to be about 23 cm long. > > >________________________________ >From: Scott Hudnall <[email protected]> >To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> >Sent: Fri, March 1, 2013 11:01:28 PM >Subject: [USMA:52421] Metric only 2 m folding ruler available at REI > >I found this folding ruler at REI this evening. It is a 2 m folding >carpenter-style ruler, only made of fiberglass instead of wood. It is >available >on their website, as well as in stores (ski/snowboarding/snowshoeing area with >the avalanche gear). > >http://www.rei.com/product/807497/backcountry-access-2-meter-fiberglass-ruler
