EZCal Fractional Digital Calipers

I purchased this caliper just to try it out. I was wanting a somewhat inexpensive one for everyday use in my hot, humid, dusty, nasty shop and to help take some of the workload off my Mitutoyo. I must say, this caliper is very well-made and dead-on accurate. I tested it against a 1-2-3 setup block, and it read exactly the same as my Mitutoyo Digimatic. Looks like iGaging reads the customer reviews too as they put the isolation shipping plastic in the battery compartment on this one. Looks like they also addressed the battery tray issue by using a screw hold down. In addition to a spare battery, they supplied a small screwdriver and a couple of extra screws as well....very nice touch: Thanks, iGaging. The first couple of days with this thing have been great so far. I've quickly come to appreciate that large digital display, especially with my aging eyesight. The overall build quality for a tool in this price range is also pretty well done. IF I had any real con at all so far, it might be the thumb wheel....it's got some play which takes some getting used to, but doesn't affect the accuracy or functioning of the tool at all. It is certainly NOT a deal breaker by any means, especially at this price point. We''ll see how it holds up (including battery life) with long-term usage. And yes, I'd buy it again IF I had to. Overall, I'm well-pleased with it for my needs (cartridge reloading and general shop usage).

I bought mine in November of 2016, and they're still working as of September of 2024. They see use almost every day, and I've almost never had any issue with them. I hope they will serve me well into the future. This brand has my recognition as being high-end and worth every penny, for such a well-made and well-calibrated device. Before I bought these, I always said "ahh, a tape measure is good enough", but no.. These types of tools change your perception, and your life. This device is quick to power on, has good physical buttons, is very accurate and fast to obtain the measurement, and then very easy to read! If I had to pick one thing to nit-pick about, it would be the battery tray. Sometimes the battery tray gets hung up on the metal contact surfaces attached to the PCB of the display, for the negative battery connection, and I have to fight with it (gently!) to release. The tab for the negative side of the battery is very thin and fragile, and pushes up from the middle of the unit to make contact with the bottom of the battery. It comes in a very nice case, with an instructional manual, the calipers, and an IP-54 seal for splash protection against liquids and dust. Even the hinges for the case have lasted longer than I ever thought they would, being that they're a plastic. The case is friction-fit to hold closed firmly, and requires a decent amount of effort to open, using both hands, on a barely-textured smooth case surface. I am a procurer, restorer, and reseller. Sometimes when I'm making 3D replacement parts, or I'm selling something to someone (like washers or bolts) the measurements need to be exact. Just a fraction of an inch off on the head of a bolt or the thickness of a washer in a set of 4 can throw off an entire project. This tool is essential to my daily life.

As a machinist or engineering student, you are most likely in the market for a new set of calipers. If you are looking for a good price but still care about quality, this is your best option. The iGaging EZcal caught my eye because of its price and previous reviews. I am a mechanical engineering student that has done a fair amount of machining and quality engineering work. I have also conducted countless gage reproducibility tests with many types of calipers. I will be focusing on criteria that you will look at when buying a set of calipers. This will include: • Durability • Measurement Consistency • Display Quality • Extra Features Durability When buying calipers, you will want to make sure they will be durable enough to maintain shape over time. These calipers show you that it is possible to achieve this at a low price point. The product is very well constructed. The jaws, or the pieces that are positioned around the object being measured, are firm and do not deflect. The sliding arm, which contains the display and is connected to one of the jaws, is smooth does not feel cheap. The main arm, or the rail that the sliding arm rests on, is solid and does not flex. Measurement Consistency Keeping consistency in the measurements that you are taking is very important. You know that correct measurements lead to a perfect part, so you want to be as close as possible. After conducting an industry standard gage reproducibility test, I can verify that you will be using a consistent tool. Display Quality The digital display on these calipers reassures you that the calipers are taking the correct measurements. It has a much larger display than most other products. It also shows three decimal places and has an option to display fractions. Extra Features iGaging took everything into account when putting this product together. The case is rigid and contains a foam insert in the shape of the calipers. This will ensure that your calipers will stay protected during transport. The sliding arm also has decimal and fraction equivalents in case you need a quick reference. iGaging even sends you two batteries in the package. Conclusion Overall, this is a very impressive product for the price. I would recommend this to any student that does not want to spend a pretty penny on a set of calipers. I am confident you will not come across a better set for this price. It makes consistent measurements and is accurate, which is all that you can ask for in a tool like this.

These iGaging IP54 calipers have many good points. I've only used them for one day, so I cannot judge long term durability, or whether they are " battery eaters" . These IP54 calipers seem to be accurate, and repeatable. I've compared them to my venerable Mitutoyo 6 inch dial calipers, which I've used for 35 years. The very large LCD numbers on the IP54 calipers are much easier for these aging eyes to read than the dial on my Mitutoyos. I can reliably read to one thou. with the IP54 , while that's a challenge with the dial calipers. The need to read in fractions of an inch is questionable, since 3/4 inch lumber reads as 97/128 . ( Ummm...where's my calculator?) And the IP54 reads in mm too, which my dial calipers do not. One shortcoming of the iGaging IP54 does bother me, however. The calipers have poor balance, and don't feel right in my hand. They are very top heavy, toward the jaw end , and, the thumbwheel is way too far down toward the 6 inch end . My Mitutoyo calipers feel so much better in my hand. There's plenty of room to achieve good balance if they shorten that huge black block that contains the readout, but the designers of the IP54 apparently do not appreciate the balance feature found in high quality tools. In addition, when I hold the IP54 calipers, there are six sharp edges that dig into my hand, plus several sharp points. I feel like I should be wearing gloves to hold this tool. The Mitutoyo has no such sharp edges , even where my fingers have never touched it over the years. This again shows a lack of concern for ergonomics in the design of the IP54. But, I do like the easy readability of the large numbers, and my dial calipers are starting to make some small errors due to wear , so I'll probably start using these iGaging calipers as my first choice . Despite what I consider as flaws, these calipers deliver a lot of precision for the money. EDIT- These calipers were so uncomfortable to hold that I spent 2 hours removing the sharp edges, and sharp corners, from the calipers. I used 220 grit wet or dry sandpaper, and a small sanding block. I did not remove the lower jaw assembly, but I always held the calipers so that sanding grit would fall away from the head end. I found that this job can indeed be done without damaging the calipers, but extreme caution and patience are required. Only enough material was removed to eliminate the " knife-edge" feel of those parts on my hand. No sanding should be done on any of the 4 flat main body surfaces, as those surfaces keep the sliding jaw aligned and tight. However, the sharp outside edges perform no function , which is almost always true of moving parts. The inside edges of the groove on the back can be sanded , since the groove performs no function , other than to contain the depth measuring rod. I used no liquids, as per the caliper instructions, but I did wipe the calipers clean frequently with paper towels. I found that sanding the edges where the thumbwheel contacts the body had no effect on the operation of the thumbwheel. Only the edges where my hand holds the calipers needed to be sanded. Now, after sanding the sharp edges, my IP54 calipers are comfortable to hold and use, and even the balance problem is not as bothersome . There was no effect on the operation or accuracy of the caliper , as I compared before and after measurements on the same items. Failure to soften sharp edges is often found on low priced tools , but seldom on premium tools.

First thing I noticed out of the box is the weight. You can tell this is steel and not plastic. I made several repeat measurements and got within .0001” of one another after zeroing out. It comes with a spare battery and four tiny replacement screws for the battery compartment. ( you only need one to secure the battery compartment).Be careful with those as I didn’t realize they were in the zip lock bag with the screw driver and I immediately lost one on the basement floor. After I measured the item that I ordered this for I replaced the plastic battery guard to prevent the battery from discharging. It’s not convenient but I don’t plan on using this very often. Overall I think for my home only use this is a fine product that does what is says. There have been times around this house that I wished I had a caliper. Now I have one that by all appearances is accurate and sturdy and won’t break the bank to buy.

I bought these because I wanted to try them, I have some of their other tools and I really really like them, they are for woodworking. These digital calipers are right on the money, I'm rekeying my home and couldn't find the one I normally use. I had a bunch of pins that I dumped out of the cylinders and I wanted to put them back into my pin box. The first pin I tried, these were right on the money. Thought I better compare them to another set that I have, actually 2 of them. The first one was a Mititoyo DC and it was right on the money too, so I decided to try measuring the pin with a set of Harbor Freight DC's and they too agreed with the EZCal by IGaging. This digital Caliper measures in MM, In's and Fractional Inches. I was a little disappointed in the screen but after wiping it off a couple of times the gunk (probably from the manufacturing process) came right off, we were good to go. They are very solidly constructed and everything works very smoothly. To my surprise, there is even a chart on the backside of the body that is an inch to decimal. Wow, you don't find that on the higher end calipers. These even came with a really small tipped Phillips screw driver and an extra battery with some nice instructions and it rests when not in use in a very nicely padded plastic case. If you're looking for a nicely priced set of digital calipers, give these a shot, I really don't think you will be sorry you bought them, I'm certainly not. Give these a try, I'm glad I did.

I can find no flaws with these calipers. While I don't have any expensive equipment to compare these against, they always return accurately, slide smoothly, and are generally not a pain in the butt to use. They can be carried in a pocket, so long as you don't find the bulky top section sticking out to be a bother, and there is a handy-dandy conversion table on the back of the reader, which you probably won't need since you can change from millimeters, to decimal inches, to fractional inches with the push of a button. So its probably more useful for rounding as the readout for the fractional inch measures up to 64ths which is probably an unwieldy and unfamiliar for most people to work with. If there were one additional button that allowed you to change from what degree of rounding you wanted these would be golden! Then using them would require absolutely no brain-work at all and they would be entirely worthy of their EZ Cal designation, as opposed to them being simply an accurate, affordable and unfussy tool. But I suppose it's EZ Cal and not Brain-Dead Cal. That would probably be more complicated and thus more costly to make, not to mention that the additional button would make it bulkier and maybe defeat the purpose of this design. Coming back from discursiveness, the actual scale is painted on a metal inlay away a certain distance away from the edge which helps protect it from rubbing off, but of course it's still not laser engraved into the bar. But then I ask for too much. I think I've rambled well enough, needing to mention only that it comes in a nice, protective case with instructions and that it doesn't come with batteries, which are of the small, round 3v variety. Having paid about 30 USD for them, and having them not be effectively useless like another pair I bought at Home Depot, I am entirely pleased with them and will be purchasing more iGagaging products in the future for their excellent quality over price.

Great Calipers, very accurate, the auto sleep feature is great. Way better than some more expensive brands. I’d definitely buy again.

RESUMEN Si buscas un vernier confiable, preciso, robusto (construcción de acero templado REAL), a un precio super accesible, no busques más. ¡Lo has encontrado! ------------------------- LO BUENO: • Confiable: La medida es siempre la misma sin importar si mueves el cabezal rápido en el cuerpo. • Material: Esta echo de acero templado. ¡Todo! Las mandíbulas, el cuerpo, la escala de profundidad, bueno el display es de plástico, pero es normal. • Acabados: El maquinado es de muy buena calidad, no es perfecto pues tiene algunos bordes afilados donde no debería. No son bordes que te pudieran cortar ni nada como eso, pero si podrían dañar tu superficie de trabajo si es por ejemplo de madera y lo arrastras sobre ella. • Robusto: ¡Nada se mueve sin que tu intervengas! Las mandíbulas no se mueven de un lado a otro como en los vernieres chinos. De igual manera, si fijas la mandíbula a cierta medida con el tornillo de bloqueo, no se moverá. • Legibilidad: El display es grande, y tiene muy buen contraste. • Escalas: Medidas en milimetros, pulgadas decimal y pulgadas fraccional. • Batería: Usa pilas CR2032, que no sólo suelen durar más que las típicas baterías super pequeñas que usan otros vernieres, sino que al menos para mí son mucho más fáciles de adquirir. (además incluye 2) • Precio: Por alrededor de 650 pesos (30usd) no hay ningún otro vernier que pueda competir con la calidad de este. Al menos yo no lo he encontrado (y estuve buscando por más de 8 meses). • Extras: Incluye un par de baterías además de un estuche de plástico duro (se ve bastante más resistente que donde vienen los otros chinos) con espuma recortada a medida para conservar el dispositivo. Se agradece que no sea el estuche genérico de todos los demás. LO MALO: • Es muy difícil ponerle peros a este vernier, pero si no considerara que cuesta 1/4 de un mitutoyo económico podría pedir que la rueda del pulgar tuviera menos juego, y tal vez que las mandíbulas superiores (para mediciones internas) fueran un poco menos afiladas.

I only use it once in a while, so want it to remain in good condition and not lose fidelity when stored - the better quality case helps with that too. So far it's done that well - I'm by far no expert but feeling it has some weight to it and the moving parts don't wobble or jerk but move smoothly, that unlike the [identical looking] $5 knockoffs can sense it really is better made and of good quality steel and other parts. Note for others: if like me it is not used for longer periods do close the jaws AND lock (firm but not over-tight) the slider when stored.

It has its own box, its also very accurate. I test this by running it up and down the scale quiet fast 2-3 times in a row, if it lands at zero after that then this is generally a good test (it means it wont lose count as your moving it). Ive read the reviews before buying it, and they said it was a good unit, with the above test i can confirm it appears good. Very easy to read display.

Anderswo schwer zu bekommen. Dieser Messchieber aus den USA (in China produziert) ist wegen des Re-Imports leider nicht ganz billig, hat aber eine ausgezeichnete Qualität und Genauigkeit, wie auch die vielen Rezensionen von Käufern in Amerika belegen (Amazon.com). Kein Vergleich zu den unzähligen billigen China-Teilen, die unter diversen unbekannten Marken verkauft werden. Besonders gut: Die Anzeige in Zoll als Bruch. Wer mit amerikanischen Maßen hantieren muss, weiß das zu schätzen. Einziger Kritikpunkt: Das Batteriefach schließt bei dem vorliegenden Gerät nicht so stramm wie es sollte. Das ist vermultich nicht bei jedem Gerät so, aber auf einen Tausch habe ich wegen der hohen Versandkosten verzichtet.

I’ve been surprised how often I use these! Accurate, long battery life, easy to use.