NEIKO 01409A 12” Electronic Digital Caliper | Extra Large Display | 0-12 Inches | Inch/Fractions/Millimeter Conversion | Polished Stainless Steel

I rarely need a digital caliper this long, but when I do this works well. Accurate, compared to some high end scales. Well made, operates smoothly, good battery life,

Fit and finish are pretty good, it didn't come full of grinding grit like the uber cheap calipers tend to be. You might need to tighten up the gib screws before use, mine were a little loose. Be careful though, they are easy to strip.The newer ones with the screw-on battery cover seem to have improved battery life over the old ones. I measured the quiescent current to be 14.4 µA (15.7 µA with it on). Assuming a somewhat conservative 120mAh of battery, that'd result in just short of a year of standby battery life.

Hi. This is a very nice tool for the price. I'm very happy with it. A couple of little annoyances though. First, the unit was received and the battery needed replacement. The unit came with a new battery so it was no big deal. The directions did not include how to replace the battery. I finally figured it out and it was easy. However, there was another door to inside the unit whose purpose is unknown. Next, the thumb roller has a bit of play in it. If functions fine but the fit could be better. Lastly, the case is very nice. It would have been nice to have a place to stow directions in the case.

This review is for NEIKO 01407A Electronic Digital Caliper | 0-6 Inches | Stainless Steel Construction with Large LCD Screen | Quick Change Button for Inch/Fraction/Millimeter Conversions. Let me start of by saying that if you need a gauge that is highly accurate and highly precise, you are going to need to shell out some good coin for something like a Mitutoyos.I picked up this NEIKO caliper, because I wanted something that was quality and not expensive. This caliper has been excellent so far. It is stainless steel, which was a must. I want it to last, and I wanted something more precise/accurate than plastic. I also wanted something digital for ease of use. This gauge is extremely easy to use. You can scroll through millimeters, inches, and fractions of inches. The display is also easy to read. This also comes with a nice storage case, one battery installed, and a spare battery. The owner's manual fits inside the case, and there is room for a spare battery in the case. The only thing I can say remotely negative is that the installed battery arrived dead, but the spare battery was good. I've already used this multiple times around the house for various things, and I wish I had bought one of these sooner. It has been extremely helpful for multiple projects.

I'm used to using my Mitutoyo 505-626 analog caliper. I figured "It's not the seventies any more, analog calipers went the way of bell bottoms" & decided to "upgrade" to digital. I read a bunch of reviews and watched a bunch of demo videos. I didn't want to spend a fortune, I already have a caliper, and new Mitutoyos are like $200 for a digital one. Analog Mitutoyos are $80! So, I bit the electron & bought a digital iGaging IP54. By the looks of it, I suspect other companies make this same caliper.The good: cheap; digital display makes it easy to read (although it FEELS weird, like going from an analog speedometer to a digital one, your brain has to interpret the numbers, it can't just "feel" the measurement); looks cool; comes with a snazzy, well-padded, although all-plastic, case; pretty accurate (see below); new.The bad: not as smooth as the Mitutoyo (I never considered the Mitutoyo "smooth," but it's WAY smoother than the iGaging); the box that houses the electronics is too large (it isn't svelte like the analog, its boxy in a big-boxy way); quality of materials and craftsmanship, including case, is a notch lower.Why it comes with a spare battery I don't know. I hope it doesn't eat batteries like I do Gummy-bears or we're in for a short honeymoon.I measured a stock piece of cylindrical material used to test and calibrate measuring tools. I guess it's 1/8". Both the analog Mitutoyo and the digital iGaging measured identically: .1265. Now, I KNOW 1/8"=.125, but maybe that is operator error, or maybe the temperature of the materials, but at least both machines were the same. I also tried measuring using different parts of the iGaging calipers' jaws and the reading was identical the entire length. I'm not sure how much more you could ask for, other than the buttery smoothness of the Mitutoyo, but for what it costs, I don't think this tool can be beat.

Can't beat these calipers for the price. I would recommend if you're on a budget. No issues, work well for my occasional need to measure precisely.