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JCJC
15-02-2008, 08:11 PM
Spotted in Lidl -not that I have ever been in there-

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080221.p.Digital_Caliper.ar2

Digital, £5.99 and availiable from next week.

josh_smaxx
15-02-2008, 08:16 PM
I cant see it when i click that link :confused:

Lindsay
15-02-2008, 08:32 PM
Spotted in Lidl -not that I have ever been in there-

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080221.p.Digital_Caliper.ar2

Digital, £5.99 and availiable from next week.

Beware when buying these very cheap digital calipers they will not give accurate or constant readings. A good quality Digital vernier caliper can be bought for about £15. from any Engineers shop Cromwell Tools as branches Nation wide. This advise comes from my Engineering background of 30 years.

showtime
15-02-2008, 08:39 PM
i work in the motor trade & as a main dealer we have to have everything calibrated as part of our British Standards or whatever they call it nowadays (it keeps changing) and one of our guys gave his lidl calipers to the caltec calibration guy & he said they were spot on :eh?:

i just bought a digital vernier & micrometer set off the snapon man & tbh i wish i'd found a cheaper alternative :rolleyes:

even worse than that i found the mitutoyos i thought i'd lost in one of my hauler bags! i'm overun with measuring equipment :rolleyes:

JCJC
15-02-2008, 09:17 PM
I cant see it when i click that link :confused:

Still works for me, start with www.lidl.co.uk (http://www.lidl.co.uk) then head into Tools of the Trade.

I used to calibrate anologue equipment, these days I cannot see for toffee, I find em very handy, somehow the battery is alway flat ! but I am getting the hang of that.:D

mark christopher
15-02-2008, 10:13 PM
Still works for me, start with www.lidl.co.uk (http://www.lidl.co.uk) then head into Tools of the Trade.

I used to calibrate anologue equipment, these days I cannot see for toffee, I find em very handy, somehow the battery is alway flat ! but I am getting the hang of that.:D
not there for me either what post code u using as they are regional offers

mark christopher
15-02-2008, 10:16 PM
i work in the motor trade & as a main dealer we have to have everything calibrated as part of our British Standards or whatever they call it nowadays (it keeps changing) and one of our guys gave his lidl calipers to the caltec calibration guy & he said they were spot on :eh?:

:rolleyes:
same here cheap ones i have allways come up ok on the calibration test.

maplin do em too http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32198&criteria=calipers&doy=15m2

josh_smaxx
15-02-2008, 10:17 PM
Ive got the 100mm maplins one and its a good size to have in my pit box, doesnt need to be any longer really.