Rapala 60 Inch Retractable Fish Measuring Ruler

As someone who reviews a lot of fishing gear and products, this is by far one of the best rulers you can get your hands on. Leave it to Rapala to be the first to really nail this retractable design and market it perfectly. At 60 inches long, unless you are planning to haul in an absolute monster, this thing is going to cover almost every single fish out there. Because the overall footprint is so compact, it is incredibly easy to travel with and toss right into your tackle bag. What really makes this earn helpful votes is the durability—the tape material itself is thick and heavy-duty, meaning it lays perfectly flat on a deck and won't get easily whipped around by the wind or ruined by the rain. The retraction mechanism is smooth and operates easy peasy every time. So far, the quality is absolutely top-notch and I have zero complaints.

Easy to use & versatile! Like that we can use lower in the boat to help protect them from flipping back into the water!

very well made and useful, a bit pricey but worth it

Very nice

The tape is adequately readable and durable. It's rather heavy and bulky though, at least for in a backpack situation. I purchased this tape for my surf fishing backpack. It feels well made and is retractable, which is cool and all, but it's bulk is kind of hard to find a place to put it. And it feels heavy. The triangular shape makes it take up a lot of space in the top of my backpack, that I would rather use for a jacket. I think if they made this a manual wind instead of the spring loaded frame, that might help a lot, or just make a roll up surf tape.. that would be awesome. It would be great for the bass boat, but I already have a measuring board on the boat.

Good for old fisherman with bad eyes!

Works prefect to measure fish. Easy to throw in a tackle box. Sturdy, holds up well. Easy to read and big numbers. Material feels like a tape measure. Easy to carry around like a tape measure.

⁃ I purchased this item due to the large numbers printed on the ruler and the ruler’s non-reflective surface. ⁃ I sell things online and a lot of prospective customers have always asked me to send them a digital photograph of the item with a ruler/measuring device side by side, or asked me for the measurements themselves. If the item is very long or wide, even if you use a normal measuring tape, the numbers don’t show on the photographs where the smaller measuring tape has been used and are illegible, defeating the purpose of using the measuring tape to show the length of the item/items. ⁃ With this retractable ruler, the numbers show up clearly and since I take the photos in a room with light, there is no reflection on the photographs. ⁃ When using the ruler, when pulled gently, the ruler opens up and there are clicks on the ruler to get it to stay at the last position/length you have pulled/placed it in. ⁃ Retracting the ruler after use is easy; there is a button on one of the sides which when pressed, retracts the ruler back to its ‘original/initial’ position, zero measurements. It’s spring-loaded, so do it slowly. ⁃ I compared it to a ‘regular’ Sure Bilt 25 ft measuring tape and the measurements are similar which is a good sign as the Sure Bilt is an accurate measuring tape. ⁃ It has a belt loop looking holder at the beginning which allows you to hang the ruler vertically on a nail/screw/bolt or lay it out horizontally while clasped onto a nail/screw/bolt. ⁃ Since this is my go-to measuring tape from now on for online sales’ photographs, I’ll be using it a lot. I will update this review in case the ruler stops working for no reason/prematurely.

Great little measure tool that takes uo little room and easy to read

Solo le falta traer centímetros

Does the job, easy to retract and compact

Muy practico !!

Es bueno, útil por su flexibilidad, tamaño de número bien visibles, largo de la cinta apropiado muy apropiado para mediciones en superficies irregulares, pero definitivamente si hace falta la escala en centímetros, pero la cinta es buena