May be unfair, but bought my first 40' Fat Max. 3rd pull in, measuring 33', the internal spring gave out and no retraction possible. Very irritating.

Great tape measure dependable amazing length is great

I have been using Stanley fat max tape measures for a long time now, 30 foot has been my go to but this time I wanted to buy a 40 foot for laying out and making my job easier. However this tape measure only lasted me about six months and the spring on it is already gone, the spring has been very weak since day one when I bought it it would never spring back right away. I would not recommend this product as somebody in the trades for over 20 years has had nothing but issues with the specific tape measure. As you can see from the pictures yes it looks worn, but that is from putting in and out of my pouch. The second one you can clearly see I am only 2 1/2 feet out without the lock on and it still does not retract back in.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I found one 40' tape measure in my life. FatMax. I bought it. On the first day, it snapped back too quickly, and kinked at the 4" mark. That renders it useless for standouts. Or even just trying to trace up a 2"x6" that's laying on the sawhorses. A lot of money for something that didn't last one day.