The loose hook is deliberate, and it is not a fault · review
A plain 5 m steel tape with a 19 mm (0.75 in) blade and a lever lock, at the lowest price in this hub. No standout figure is published — as with every tape here.
What the figures leave us with The one you are allowed to lose. Nineteen millimeters of steel and a lever lock is all a 5 m (16 ft) tape needs to be.
A tape measure with no ambitions, which at four euros is the correct number of ambitions.
A 5 m (16 ft) length and a 19 mm (0.75 in) blade width. A robust metal band, stated as durable under frequent use on sites and in workshops. A lever lock for fixing the blade during measurement. An ergonomic green and black case.
Standout — the unsupported horizontal reach of the blade — is the number that decides whether you can measure a room by yourself. Not one of the five tapes in this hub states it, this one included. What is stated is blade width, and width is the main thing that sets standout: a 19 mm (0.75 in) blade on a 5 m (16 ft) tape is the normal, workable pairing, where 16 mm (0.63 in) would buckle sooner.
There is no ingress rating, no stated accuracy class, and no claim about the coating on the first centimeters of blade, which is where wear concentrates. Those are the things the Stabila and the steel long tape here spend money on.
Read on the day this page was built: $59 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 31 August 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Amazon reference | B005I4QBMY (identical on 6 markets) |
|---|---|
| EAN | 0733991453226 |
| Stated dimension or range | 5 m (16 ft) × 19 mm (0.75 in) steel blade |
| Body and fittings | lever lock · impact-resistant case |
Standout is how far the blade extends horizontally before it buckles. It decides whether you can measure a wall alone. Almost no maker publishes it — including all five tapes in this hub — although blade width, which is published, is the main thing that determines it.
A lever locks by clamping the blade and holds it under a pull; a light push button can slip when the blade is loaded. Mannesmann states a lever arrest on this tape.
19 mm (0.75 in), stated by the maker. For comparison, the wider the blade, the further it stands out unsupported, and the bulkier the case.
7.1/ 10
The one you are allowed to lose. Nineteen millimeters of steel and a lever lock is all a 5 m (16 ft) tape needs to be.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 31, 2026.
The tape to keep in the kitchen drawer, in the car, or anywhere losing it costs nothing.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 300.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for measuring instruments and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
30 m (98 ft) · 12.9 mm (0.51 in) fiberglass blade · open reel · imperial and metric
A 30 m (98 ft) open-reel tape on a vinyl-coated fiberglass band, for the distances a pocket tape cannot reach. Fiberglass does not conduct and does not kink, and it does stretch.
Best for: Garden, plot and site layout, where 30 m (98 ft) matters more than the last millimeter.
≈ $13
30 m (98 ft) · 3:1 gearing · fiberglass band · hook and marking point
A 30 m (98 ft) open-reel tape with 3:1 rewind gearing, which is the difference between winding thirty meters back in and waiting while you do.
Best for: Anyone who winds a long tape in more than twice a day.
50 m (164 ft) steel band · 13 mm (0.51 in) wide · 50 N stated tension · aluminum frame
The only tape in this hub that publishes the tension it is specified at — 50 N — on a 13 mm (0.51 in) steel band 50 m (164 ft) long, in an open aluminum frame.
Best for: Setting out plots and sites where the same distance has to be measured twice and agree.
