Looking to buy digital caliper - NON Fast tech preferably

http://www.fasttech.com/products/1004/10002323/1167600-digital-150mm-6-inch-caliper

As above. Where can I get those guys? I’ve had 3 non delivered items from fast tech so far and do not want to waste time. I have to mention that they have always refunded me even past 60 days.

I need the item and do not want to wait for something that might probably not turn up :slight_smile:

If you live in the US, try Harbor Freight. You can walk into their store and pick 1 up. (500 locations) Right now with coupon they are 11.99. They often sell at 9.99. Same exact caliper.
They also ship.

Grab one of these also. Great for measuring batteries. No worries about short circuits :bigsmile:

Hum seems good but I need one that ships to Mauritius and preferably reasonable shipping too!

I was going to stick one in an envelope and mail it to you, but the US Postal Service wants $47 to ship a 3oz envelope to Mauritius.
You’re on your own :slight_smile:

Haha damn :slight_smile: Small shipments are like under $10 afaik though :slight_smile: Thanks for trying!

Got mine from Aliexpress. Cheaper than FT, plus much faster shipment, registered too. Aliexpress shipment normally reach me under 20 days for everything.

Damn you just beat me to it! I was going to post these 2 linkies
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Accuracy-6-inch-150mm-Digital-LCD-Caliper-Vernier-Gauge-Micrometer-metric-Measuring-Tool/1346230584.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Accuracy-6-inch-150mm-Electronic-Digital-LCD-Caliper-Vernier-Gauge-Micrometer-metric-Measuring-Tool-Carbon/655164225.html

Think I’ll get one. Never got something from AliExpress but fasttech has lost all credibility to me. I might check there for knives too!

Oooooohhhhh, cheap tools. :open_mouth:
I’ve bought a few flashlights and related parts from AliExpress with good experiences so far. I hadn’t even thought of looking through the tools there.
I might be busy for a while. :bigsmile:

What a PITA to pay…Registered all the way until check out. Had to input credit card details. Any other way to pay easier there?

Were the items from FastTech sent by tracked airmail?

Why don't you use ebay.com:

$9,16 and it looks like the fasttech model (without the case)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150mm-15cm-6-Electronic-Digital-LCD-Steel-Vernier-Caliper-Gauge-Micrometer-Tool-/171171445288?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27da9cfa28

or this for $6,98, which looks like the one from Aliexpress

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbon-Fiber-Composite-LCD-Vernier-Digital-Caliper-Measurement-Tool-6-150mm-ESY1-/121298616818?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c3df601f2

In general:

ebay: non-registered mail
FT: non-registered, option to pay for registered
Aliexpress: registered mail

Which may explain why certain listing on ebay can be cheaper.

But in general, I receive ebay shipments in like 35 days or something, vs under 20 days for Aliexpress. Makes it all worth it. All my previous Aliexpress shipments were sent through registered mail… my smallest order is like $2.80 or something and still sent registered. I think it’s probably an unwritten rule there.

Fiber (non-conductive) $7.69 for 100mm, $8 for 150mm:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-100MM-4inch-Digital-Caliper-Carbon-Fiber-electronic-vernier-caliper-plastic-digtial-caliper-measruing-tools-Free/1754749653.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-150MM-6-Digital-Caliper-Carbon-Fiber-electronic-vernier-caliper-plastic-digtial-caliper-measruing-tools/1403927524.html

If you’re in no rush, just save the items in your wish list. Once they’re on sale (happens more frequently than you think) you’ll get notified of the discount.


I think it isn't a unwritten rule. It is similar to Paypal and the dispute time. If you aren't happy, the seller do not get the money.

Amazon! :slight_smile:

They sell the exact same caliper as FT at a slightly higher price iirc.

http://www.amazon.com/Inch-Digital-Caliper-Extra-Battery/dp/B0002JFMIO/ref=lp_2476630011_1_2?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1396394761&sr=1-2

20 cents cheaper and 2 day shipping if you have prime.

Edit: Nvm, you’re one of those guys out in Mauritius. So difficult to ship to the middle of nowhere! :frowning:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/331071931594 ?

a lot of guys that own “cool name” calipers? will POO POO anything budget-caliper…

i was a machinist at a tool an de shop for a little over a year a ways back? go figure, they had expensive calipers there. I wanted to bring in my OWN digital caliper that i was used to using for benchrest reloading? (mine is the 10 dollar harbor freight model, lol)

the main machinist there kept cutting a fit i wasnt allowed to use a cheap chinese “clunker” that was only accurate “to the nearest inch” and that a “ruler would be more accurate”.

I brought mine in anyways… he smiled, and said i had to pass the “reference test” to be allowed to use it on the job (we made tungsten carbide tool bits for other machine shops, stuff is expensive metal to take a bad measurement on)

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he goes and takes a KEY out, and goes to the always locked secret cabinet… and takes out another LOCKED box, and opens it up… inside, in a velvet case? with a polishing rag? is the “holy reference piece” which has been carefully ground and polished to EXACTY one inch cube on all sides, and on all flats.

its an expensive “certified” chunk of metal, used to “set” other measuring tools to exactly one inch… (like a high quality dial caliper)

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i smiled through all this? because i already KNEW the result…

he measured it like 12 times, and said he couldnt believe it, it was less than one half of one thou “off”… which by the way? i made him admit it “beat” his Mitutoyo expensive personal caliper, LMAO…

so… how did i get this “lucky”?

Oh… i wouldnt call it LUCK exactly, lol… i had a machinist with a very expensive high quality ball micrometer, measure a PROJECTILE for reloading several times… i already KNEW the exact size to the 1/10,000 of a inch before i went to harbor freight store, LMAO…

i just waited till they were real busy? and opened up like 6 caliper packs? and bought the one that measured “right on” to the projectile in my pocket, LMAO….

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if my 10 dollar harbor freight is good enough to pass “reference test” in a carbide tool and die shop? it will do nicely to measure batteries and such, i think…

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PS - calipers work by GEARS… if its “on”, then its “on”… and if its OFF? its off, and off CONSISTENTLY.

by this, i mean… if you find something that you know the exact sie of it? say… like having a machinist with good equipment measure somthing and tell you, like i did?? if YOUR 10 dollar caliper is, for example, reading 1/1000 too big? it will ALWAYS read 1/1000th too big… gear theory is gear theory.

in such a case? 1.609” actually reads 1.608”

a lot of people spend WAY too much on calipers…. IE, they purchase typically an expensive caliper, then spend their time USING IT doing “rough” work where it doesnt even matter that much anyways, they could have gotten away with a cheap dial caliper…

I agree sedstar, but it depends on what you use your caliper for. For my use a £7 one from ebay or Amazon, I forget which does the job nicely. The caliper looks identical to ones I’ve seen people using on here, generic On/Off, Zero, mm/inch 6” capacity.

If you like Amazon, I picked up this caliper. I picked it up b/c it has good reviews, and it qualifies for prime (which I have). So for me, it was a no-brainer. I don’t use it to measure batteries, but for my flashlight modding needs, I’m finding it quite useful.

Would I want to depend my life on an instrument that doesn’t keep its zero well? Of course not! But for what I do, I’m more than happy w/ it.