anyone using a folding rule?

[matt]

I fancy one of these (watch the video).

I've also got one of these in my basket (waiting to reach the £50)

Currently I use a steel tape for measurements over 1m. I then have 1m, 30cm, and 15cm steel rules. I have a couple of folding rules but never use them these days.

 

[doorboy]

mtnwinds is right on.
For inside measurements--such as fitting a door--they are indispensable. Mine is an eight footer--roughly 2.4 meters--and that's pretty rare here in the States. As a matter of fact, when it's used up, I'll retire.

 

[Derek Willis.]

I preferred them years ago, but, I had a disaster using one once, I laid out the measurement on the underside of a worktop, and being near dusk and just staring to rain,(Iwas outside), managed to fit the cutting batten to the wrong mark, so being a metre short it cost me another top, not good practice.
Derek.