I didn't purchase it (I already have several metric-only tape measures). I just picked it up and admired it in the store :-)
On Mar 02, 2013, at 07:40 , John M. Steele wrote: > 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
