BM8M Brick-Mate Pocket Tape 8m (Width 25mm) (Metric only)

Used tapes for years,excellent for setting out brickwork & for finished blockwork, only fault with them blade rusts on them if constantly getting wet in bad weather,with Matt finish,no protection for wet weather,like normal metric tapes,I'm a bricklayer of 30 years plus,always buy 3 tapes at one time for that reason,always have a cloth in tool box to clean blade

You should always set brickwork out dry but it's handy for measuring quantities

Superb piece of equipment supplied VERY PROMPTLY as mine had broke.....TIME SAVER

Perfect for setting out.

Made life so much easier than dry bonding

I thought it abit pricy. As never brick laid before and did a diy 1000 brick project.This is a real mate ! Easy to use !This has a belt hook where the tape detaches from that hook and attaches so easy !Tape has concrete block and STANDARD brick size markings. Please note handmade bricks might not work well with this tape depending on the style/type course you are laying.This is because handmade bricks could be slightly thinner or less depth than machine cut. So eventually the tape and course go out of sync.The markings include mortar joint of 1cm

The quality of these products are terrible for the price. My first one started to stiffen after a week or so until one day it just wouldn’t retract any more. The second one, I knocked off a pack of waist high brick, which proceeded to not retract after as well. For the money I cannot say quality wise these are worth it. Just get yourself a pack of two Stanley 8m taped for half the price of one of these, then mark the gauge on it yourself.

So well made useful and accurate should have bought one 50 years ago rather than the cheap Stanley I have been swearing at for those same 50 years. Can of course be used aava class 1 ordinary tape measure. And unbelievably made in the uk!! What more do you want!