STANLEY FATMAX Tape Measure, 25-Foot (33-725)

I've been using this Stanley FATMAX tape measure for a little over a year now, and it's easily one of the best tape measures I've owned. As a handyman, it gets used almost every single day, and it's held up great. The extra-wide blade makes the markings much easier to read, and the standout distance is excellent. It stays rigid much longer before bending over, which makes measuring by yourself a lot easier. The lock works well, the case has held up to daily use, and it's become one of those tools I always make sure I know where it is. If I had one suggestion, it would be to offer a version that's a little lighter, but that's a very minor complaint. Overall, this is a durable, accurate, and dependable tape measure that I'd definitely buy again. Highly recommended.

A welcomed extraordinary tool, this Stanley FATMAX Tape Measure is highly preferable with its obvious solid build, its grip comfort, and its rigidity to hold form when extending the tape measure for great distance. Most of all, unique this tape measure is with is high visibility - its offering a large font for ease of reading (not necessitating need for reader-glasses when working with it). I ordered the 25-Foot (33-725), and the retraction works nicely as well as the locking mechanism. Hopefully the manufacturer/seller evaluates the product's reviews here as they would highly benefit from different packaging for the tape measure. Customers almost need work gloves to open the tape measure's plastic packaging molded around the tape measure due to risk of injury (as if sharp glass, the thick resistant hard plastic molded around the tape measure). The molded plastic packaging around the tape measure was unnecessarily overkill. It's extremely atypical and far from "frustration free packaging." I would be surprised if they experience a claim-free/complaint-free run from customers with its packaging as it's clear to anticipate its causing injury (including its being molded so tightly in and round the tape measure clip). Overall, it's a very nice tape measure which I just rec'd today, and I think it's going to be a fine tape measure for the long-haul.

Great tape durable and accurate. Belt clip is nice and snug. Has lasted 3 months so far of daily use in a machine shop environment. Will buy again for sure

Best tape measure on the market. I own 3 of these. Spend the money and don’t buy any other. The width of the tape is a great size and it can actually go around 10 feet out without snapping. The lines and numbers are easy to read and the lock works great. Also I like the color yellow making it easy to find when I don’t remember where I placed it lol.

The item 16 feet for me. It’s good I like it.

It’s funny because I heard they would stop making this so I bought one . The quality is amazing . It’s sad that we won’t have as much American made products anymore . This is very heavy duty, more for contractors in my opinion.

I love this tape. Well worth the price. Huge numbers for us old folks

Very sturdy. Worked great.

These are genuinely excellent tape measures with over 8 feet of standout and a blade that holds up to serious job site abuse. The locking mechanism, case durability, and overall build are all top tier. Only note worth mentioning is that the unit received was the standard classic 16 foot model rather than the Blade Armor version as listed, which is worth knowing before ordering if the armored blade is specifically what you're after. Not a dealbreaker, but worth flagging.

It's quite good, the only problems I had so far were that for some reason the front part scratched up right after the first use of like 20 seconds and the other problem is that it is very addictive to play with and I just can't stop using it because this mechanism is so satisfying! This also made me unable to sleep because it's so addictive.

Arrived on time. Happy with purchase.

One of the best tape measures I’ve used

Was quite happy to find a measuring tape with both metric and imperial measurements. I don't use it for heavy construction work so I don't know about how durable it is, however the tape stays stiff until a bit over 2m and I've dropped it several times onto concrete and you can't tell.