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(More customer reviews)I've ordered two of these 40" calipers now -- I returned the first, and I should probably return the second. But both these two orders have had resolvable problems, this is about the least expensive 40" digital caliper available, it is functional, and I'm tired of sending these things back, so...
Both my examples had virtually identical battery corrosion, showing up as green gunk creeping out from under the cover over the electronics module. The caliper is shipped with the battery installed, and the on/off switch is very easily activated, so I'm sure the first battery is usually drained and corroding long before the caliper is sold. And when I first opened the box on my second example, the power was on. The display was also flashing, indicating that, as delivered, it needs a new battery (LR44 button cell). Ironically the battery compartment was clean on both my examples. Why didn't they clean up the whole thing?
My first example of this caliper came well-packaged from Jack's Tool Shed -- Return was no problem, prepaid, and they were pleasant to deal with. In fact, the return address for the first unit was a repair facility, with instructions from Jack's to remove the corrosion. Unfortunately Jack's did not have a replacement. The second unit came from Toolprice, and was not very well packaged -- No internal padding on one end of the package, and no internal padding around the wooden case. The result was that one end of the wooden case arrived broken loose, and needs to be re-glued.
Also, the scale on both my examples had a joint at the 24 inch mark. I thought at first that the scale had been broken and repaired, but apparently it's a manufacturing convenience. It doesn't affect operation.
So, if you order one of these calipers, prepare to do some work on it when it arrives. Both my examples arrived pretty dirty, so you may want to do some general cleaning, and maybe do a search on battery corrosion removal methods. And, when the caliper is not in use, try to remember to remove that new battery you'll probably buy.
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