Customer Reviews for DEWALT 100 ft. Steel Auto-Rewind Long Tape

Its tough, dependable and worth every penny.

I use these in a manufacturing environment and they are much faster and easier to use than a traditional windup type 100" tape. Be advised that you should not let these retract without giving it some guidance but otherwise they great design.

Bought this to speed things up on the job site. Literally didn’t get a full day use before the spring quit winding. Now have to manually wind with no crank. Sending back for a refund…

Very handy for one handed measurements of long surfaces and buildings. Reels up well with no need for winding. I wish it had a little more tension as it sometimes needs to be shaken to assist retracting tape.

Loved this tape. Much more convenient than manual wind up.

Very solid, and the ONLY auto retractable 100’ tape out there! Doesn’t retract fast, so no danger of getting cut from the blade. Only one flaw preventing it from being 5-star. It’s heavy, like... really heavy. Good tape, and will last many years.

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Good so far. Seems rugged.

The tape or blade wouldn’t retract. I had to manually thread it back into the reel. I appraise houses and bought it to save time but it ended up adding time to the process so I returned it.

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Great item

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I am not sure why everything DeWalt makes that is NOT a power tool is such garbage. Once again, I should've known better. This is a cheap knock off of the Spencer loggers tape. The DeWalt barely winds itself back, weakest spring I think I have ever encountered in my years in the trades in any tape measure. DO NOT BUY THIS LOW QUALITY PRODUCT!!!!!

The auto rewind is a great feature BUT the metal tape is thin and twists and bends easily. The tape material needs to be redesigned to a more durable material.

Good quality

The tape and case seem robust enough but the auto rewind is pretty weak from 0-20 feet and the lock that prevents the tape from rewinding does not secure very well and won’t support its own weight.

These are the same as all the loggers use for measuring saw logs you can tighten the spring and replace the tape if it gets broken I recommend to framers and anyone that needs to pull diagonals to sqaure .

I used for construccion two times and it's no working anymore

Eliminates hand winding tape back into the case. Hefty, nearly 2 lbs. short cylinder shape (1-5/8" x 4-1/4"). Made to be used hooked on your tool belt with a spring loaded split ring clasp. Fat disc shape makes holding it in hand while spooling out tape a bit cumbersome. Spring loaded tape reel retracts nice & easy. Faster than hand winding. A couple of work associates asked where I got it. Home Depot, of course! Took off 1 star for no provision of a hand grip.

I have an old style manual wind up 100' tape measure. This one is the difference between night and day. The new one makes every long measurement quick and easy.

The 100' tape with the auto rewind works perfectly. It replaced the shorter Stanley product that I had and works far better. Thank you

I appraise houses and routinely carry a 35' for most walls and a compact 100' manual rewind in my back pocket for longer stretches or barns. I was excited about the idea of a 100' auto rewind and only carrying one tape. The tape is rather heavy but feels durable. The swivel hook is useless for me, due to the weight and small size of the hook it takes two hands to attach it to your belt loop, and I get the feeling it might break a belt loop. I wish it had a belt clip like retractable tapes. Overall its a good tape, just cumbersome if you are holding anything else.

The auto rewind feature on my unit stopped working after 3 months -- it never was that strong/effective -- so I exercised the DeWalt lifetime hand tool warranty and traded to a fiberglass manual wind tape. The auto-rewind tape is nice in concept, but failed in execution; in addition to having a weak retraction, it was heavy. This tape was compact; I have a big hand and it fit nicely in my hand.

This is a Heavy Duty Tape measure all metal construction, easy to clip on your belt and measure without holding the tape in your hand, after your measurement just let go of the tape and it will rewind on its own.

Heavy duty & heavy weight. It is a bit too heavy to wear on waist/belt for me. Item performs well.