Stanley STN33-740L Tape Rule FatMax BladeArmor Coating 1-1/4" x 40' Yellow/Black

The Stanley STN33-740L is a FatMax tape rule with BladeArmor coating, 1-1/4 inch x 40 ft, yellow and black.

At 40 ft this is a long tape and it is worth being clear about what that changes.

Length is not free. Forty feet of 1-1/4 inch steel is a lot of blade, and it makes the case big and heavy — this is a tape that lives in a bag rather than on a belt. It also retracts with real force. A 40 ft blade being pulled back by a spring wound for 40 ft is genuinely dangerous: it will take skin off a hand, and the hook arrives at the case hard enough to break things. Long tapes are fed back rather than released.

What the length buys is measurements that a 25 ft tape cannot take at all. Room diagonals, building layout, site work, and anything where the alternative is measuring twice and adding — which is where errors come from.

The 1-1/4 inch blade is what makes it usable. Blade width drives standout, and a narrow 40 ft tape would collapse a few feet out, which would make the extra length theoretical.

BladeArmor coats the first few inches, which is where every tape actually wears out.

Yellow and black is FatMax's identification, and a yellow case is one you find on a site.

Brand

Stanley

SKU

STN33740L

Category

Hand Tools

Weight

1.97 lbs

Dimensions

4.00 x 4.00 x 2.25

Price

$50.00

Availability

Call for pricing

Rating

4.8 / 5.0