Stabila STB1607 Wooden and Plastic Folding Rules

Recommend by my son and it’s really useful. Much better than metal retractable tapes!

Lasts longer than a tape measure outdoors.

A good quality tool, surprisingly holds well when fully extended and folds away neatly in your bag or sewing box.

It took some getting used to but this great folding ruler is ace for shorter measurements. More accurate than a tape measure and easier to use when laying out back boxes or measuring for fixings. And the price under £4 was an absolute steal!

Neat, precise and well made. Great value for money.

This is a really nicely made rule with a very clever design - enables you to measure up to 2 metres single handed without a tape measure flopping around, but also increments of 22mm. Love the fact that it is both metric & imperial too. However, after a couple of weeks travelling around in the rule pocket of my work trousers, the paint on the edges is wearing off. I imagine in a month or so some of the edge marking will scuff off so much, it won't be legible at all. Same issue would occur if you kept it in a tool bag. I look after my tools, and I love Stabila stuff. But tools do suffer wear and tear in everyday use; this is let down by the paint finish which is just not durable enough. So - great for DIY use or for surveyors & architects who have nice briefcases or flight cases with pockets for tools; not so great for everyday trade use, carried in a rule pocket. Eventually found a plastic version with engraved markings. I keep the Stabila in the glove box as a spare.

Never owned a folding rule before coming across this Stabila 2m item. A lot of text books, refer to them as dated or rarely being used anymore. However this is a treat to go to for quick measurements and for additional calculations the folding mechanism is smooth and allows for shorter measurements. Recommended for any toolkit.

Classic ruler that folds up in a compact bundle. The positive to this style is that it doesn’t snap back like a retractable metal tape so no shocking slap in the face or injury from a slip of the lock. Love these and happy they’re still being made.

Prima Zollstock. Sieht wertig aus und dadurch das imp. u metr. Einteilung drauf sind, kann ich endlich amerik. Baupläne ohne Umrechnung nutzen. Aus meiner Sicht ist er empfehlenswert. Die Lieferung war auch zügig.

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Great item with nice price!

Every joint on the ruler loses accuracy, either gaining or losing up to 1/16" inconsistently, compared to several known accurate rulers.

Now I chose good folding rules. Lufkin/STABILA/Wiha/(vintage)Interlox/etc. Actually, Current Model of STABILA is quite good! Lock-Unlock feeling is quite nice. STB1607 Rotation Edge is metal, and Festool folding rules(made by STABILA) is different mechanical, but feeling is quite similar. I prefer STB1607, because Imperial/Metric printing. I strongly suggest STB1607. This rules is quite good quality. And this is not plastic base, Wood base.