...talk ta me! I've seen them as little as £10 ranging up to £50+. They won't be used everyday but don't wanna buy some cheap tat. So engineers, what do you think of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3209089541...ht_1224wt_1110


or what else do you recommend?

 

I find the digital verniers to be a bit awkward tbh

Being used to a normal type I find the digital verniers can vary by upto 0.3mm depending on how hard you push the jaws together and it always makes me doubt myself/

If you're not working to tolerances of around 0.2 then I'd stick with a decent set of manual verniers. Mitutoyo are a reasonably priced make

 

Verniers are fine upto .05 if used properly,anything tighter get a Mic
Mitutoyo are the most common but buck and Hickman are pretty good

 

Thanks for advice lads, it will mainly be used for measuring cam lobes and basic things like that.

 

i have a mac tools one i use alot at work and its never let me down for i use it for in general workshop use!

 

mitutoyo never let me down brilliant feature to convert metric to imperial

 

The problem with those two verniers is that the wheel mech can play up, even in the short term.
I use my normal type everyday and you soon get a good feel for the clamping of the jaws.
If i doubt myself i calibrate mine againt a 1" slip gauge or a 2" slip just to get the "feel" about right.
What i would say IF you can find a pair with a valid calibration cert then they could be a decent pair.

 

Heres a few nice pairs-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mitutoyo-D...item2a1e5fc59d

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIMIT-vern...item3f186c1d2a

 

The Laser one on ebay is utter shite. The maintenance Engineer at work has one and it gives a different reading every time on the same thing. I use Mitutoyo ones at home and at work, can't fault them and reasonable price too.