The S50 is packed with cool and weird features. First off, it’s a tape measure: It can measure out to a whopping 400 ft (120 m) and offers an incredible ±1/16 inch accuracy. It works in all sorts of conditions — indoors, outdoors, in bright sun, rain, mist, or snow, and you can even see the laser when it’s shone on a low-reflective surface.
Also: I tried a laser-powered tape measure for my DIY project – my only regret is not switching soon
As for the weirder features, you can use the S50 to do things like measure the distance between two points from a single location, measure the area of a wall, the volume of a room or cylinder, it can work out various Pythagorean calculations, and even use the side laser to make out intervals for things like fence posts.
The amount of stuff that this little gadget can do is quite staggering. Some of the features I’ve been using a lot, others I’m not sure why I’d need them, but one day will probably have one of those “a-ha” moments and figure out that particular feature will be useful.
