Bargain digital vernier?

[hooblah]

I'm looking for a digital vernier that offers the most bang for buck. Accuracy and quality. Yes I know I can buy a used mitutoyo for £50, but im looking for the hidden gems in the £20 or under range new or used. Is anyone able to comment?

 

[Brad93]

I'm looking for a digital vernier that offers the most bang for buck. Accuracy and quality. Yes I know I can buy a used mitutoyo for £50, but im looking for the hidden gems in the £20 or under range new or used. Is anyone able to comment?

Buy mitutoyo.

 

[Tangledfeet]

No such thing as a digital Vernier, but we're sure you mean digital caliper..!

Cutwel have 30% off their own brand measuring tools at the moment; they're often recommended on here - else Mitutoyo.

https://www.cutwel.co.uk/measuring-...duct_list_order=price&range_mm_calipers=19600

 

[roofman]

I'm looking for a digital vernier that offers the most bang for buck. Accuracy and quality. Yes I know I can buy a used mitutoyo for £50, but im looking for the hidden gems in the £20 or under range new or used. Is anyone able to comment?

I gather with only £20 to splash out the accuracy is not top of the agenda...with this in mind all of the generic sub £20 verniers from Aldi and other outlets are just fine and offer high accuracy and build quality enough for hobby use.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainles...603265?hash=item54855b4201:g:LyoAAOSwhj9fM6Lf

 

[tom2207]

I find that my cheap digi always needs a battery when I pick it up , i never remember to take it out , but my Mitu never seems to need a battery ,, strange but true.

 

[roofman]

I find that my cheap digi always needs a battery when I pick it up , i never remember to take it out , but my Mitu never seems to need a battery ,, strange but true.

yea thinking about it me too

 

[hooblah]

I've had a cheapy ebay caliper before, and it just went wrong.

 

[My Old Landy]

I find that my cheap digi always needs a battery when I pick it up , i never remember to take it out , but my Mitu never seems to need a battery ,, strange but true.

I have the Lidl one and it kills a battery every 3 months. My old Mitutoyu also kills batteries by it was given to me so I keep it for sentimental reasons

 

[daleyd]

I find that my cheap digi always needs a battery when I pick it up , i never remember to take it out , but my Mitu never seems to need a battery ,, strange but true.

My Lidl one is still on original battery after about 3 years - I had a Moore and Wright one before that and it would go through a battery a month. It’s bang on accurate compared to my starrett one too - I’d happily splash a tenner on another if it failed.

 

[brightspark]

I find that my cheap digi always needs a battery when I pick it up , i never remember to take it out , but my Mitu never seems to need a battery ,, strange but true.

because the cheap ones still use a bit of power when turned off the expensive ones don't

 

[steveo3002]

i went with moore & wright ...known brand name for not too much money and not faked like nearly all the mitys online

 

[hooblah]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Mitu...250312?hash=item28a0ba3788:g:l4gAAOSwhkhfkO9C

Fake?

 

[roofman]

I've had a cheapy ebay caliper before, and it just went wrong.

Well dig a bit deeper in your pocket then

 

[RichardM]

Lidl have just had them in, or were when I picked up my digital angle finder a week ago

 

[ronan]

Industrial suppliers have the Mitutoyos on offer from time to time, the likes of Cromwell. I bought a set of mitutoyos over 20 years ago and they are still perfect, and are as accurate as the micrometers i have.

 

[hooblah]

Well dig a bit deeper in your pocket then

I'm already down to my socks

 

[Kram]

The lidl/aldi ones are suprisingly accurate accross gauge blocks. Batteries last ok and cheap enough. Just need go keep them dry. When they go wrong, a fresh battery and spray of wd40 will fix.
I could use a couple more, havent seen them in shops for a while.

 

[Ali]

Ask @Parm how he’s getting on with the one he bought, same thread earlier this year

 

[ronan]

The lidl/aldi ones are suprisingly accurate accross gauge blocks. Batteries last ok and cheap enough. Just need go keep them dry. When they go wrong, a fresh battery and spray of wd40 will fix.
I could use a couple more, havent seen them in shops for a while.

Bought a few sets of both aldi and lidl, they all died and no new batteries could revive them, the Mitutoyos just keep on working regardless.

 

[Parm]

Ask @Parm how he’s getting on with the one he bought, same thread earlier this year

The one I bought isn’t available anymore. It’s a year old now and going strong on the first set of batteries. It works and measures accurately for my home hobby needs. John, way up north has one too, wonder how he’s getting on with his?