Thread: Verniers/ calipers what to buy

Originally Posted by Dead is better

Starrett 799-6/150Mm Electronic Caliper | MyTools

This is the site I used but it's $160 plus p/h. What put me off those expensive jap ones was the extreme likely hood that you'd end up with chinese rip offs really easy. So many of those floating around

Starrett has a factory in China. My genuine Starrett DTI and magnetic base are both of Chinese origin......

This from 2004. Who knows how far they have progressed with Chinese sourcing since then.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...e-tools-78300/
Makes me laugh because the Yanks pump up Starrett over Mitutoyo because Mitutoyo isn't USA made. In actual fact all the Imperial Mit DTIs are now made in the US of A.