I've taken over 400 measurments with this and it's spot on. My house was flooded and I'm redoing close to $200K in repairs. With close distances of less than two feet, it appears to be accurate within about a 1/16th of am inch. The backlight and buttons are easy to see and use. I love all the calucations it can do for square feet and total distances for adding up measurments. this saves so much time. I'm also painting a 22 foot tall roof and there is no way I can measure everyhing with a normal Tape measure.
It's the perfect size, rugged and and fits perfectly in my tool belt .