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Nice to see what model caliper Harbor Freight cloned, too. :D My cheapie HF special has the exact same case & access port. Time to find out if it is electric
by Baeocystin 7y ago
Nice to see what model caliper Harbor Freight cloned, too. :D My cheapie HF special has the exact same case & access port. Time to find out if it is electrically the same as well!
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoIsn't it more likely white-labelled, ie the same product sold under a different brand, than it is cloned (reverse engineered from a product that's on sale)?
- zrobotics 7y agoWhite labelled: these same calipers are also avaliable at most auto parts stores. Unfortunately they are all absolute garbage in my experience, simply due to poor battery life. Removing the battery when storing is almost required, as I have found they tend to drain the button cell in ~2 weeks even in standby. On the plus side, they are actually relatively accurate; all 3 pairs I have tested meet their specs when measuring guage blocks.
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoThese cheapo ones seem to be around $20, while a proper Mitutoyo is $120. Those last forever, as do the batteries in them. Why not get the good one?
- Baeocystin 7y agoIt's nice to have loaners, or ones you can share with people and not worry too much about it. And I'd rather have three in convenient locations that just one good one, as the accuracy is the same. That being said, the cheapies I have don't have the battery issue mentioned above, either. That would get annoying.
- Baeocystin 7y agoFor a lot of products of this class that come out of Shenzhen, the answer to that question is a təˈmɑːtəʊ/təˈmæto sort of thing.
- IshKebab 7y agoIt's universal at this point. Who knows who originally designed that style of case.