Dahlonega
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
Calipers that are accurate at a fair price.
Alan D Phelps
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025
Great product. Great customer service.
Martine
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025
What a search it has been, phew! I finally found a DIGITAL set of calipers at a reasonable price. The number of FAKE Mitutoyo calipers flooding Amazon and Ebay and FB Marketplace is dizzying and alarming. I found genuine Mitutoyos for $107 + shipping $15 but these were much less. So, why buy M when my need to measure is not scientific? I use these for DIY, jewelry, and fixing watches, sewing machines when I have to measure replacement parts. I love that I can switch from mm to decimal inches to fraction inches easily.Zero out at origin. There is also a stand you can set this upright, to lower the depth gauge and measure below the base. Very cool feature - check the sliding rod at the back. That is for depth gauge measuring. Comes in a nice box with new battery. Very very happy with this. My Nerdy neighbor has one too, and he recommended it. Buy with confidence.
MR D.
Reviewed in Canada on January 22, 2025
Very high manufacturing quality, lot of extra-items provided (batteries, screws drivers, calibration certificate, etc...)Very satisfacted.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2024
No need to spend big bucks, accurate with long battery life. Best feature is inch fractions along with decimal inch and mm. Polishing and finish excellent.
Craig B
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
Regardless of the savings this thing rocks. As a CNC machinist I use calipers daily and have several. Spend the big money on your micrometers. As calipers go this is close enough to the big $ boys at half the price.Yes the display could be a bit bigger and it had a couple sharp edges I had to soften on the scotch bright wheel but it's solid and very accurate. Well worth $66.00
CplSkiUSMC
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024
I never intended to get a digital caliper and was happy to stick with the good ol' dial caliper. But... there are things you can do with a digital that you can't do with the dial. So I came around to the decision to get one and did a little research. The iGaging Absolute Origin scored high marks from a number of sources so I went with it. I'm not disappointed. The readings match up with my dial caliper and this unit has some great little features. It has an auto off at 5 mins unused and I started out hitting the power button to turn it back on, when one time I picked it up and started moving it without hitting the power button... it turned on just by moving the jaws. Nice. The accuracy has been excellent and the only thing I could say even mildly negative is that it was a little stiff to move at first. It has loosened up a bit now and is easier to move with no effect on accuracy. All in all, I'm liking it.
Jesse James
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
I may end up returning these for a replacement as the one I got had dirt and grit on the slides and there are noticeable binds when sliding the jaw. My other Igaging calipers are smooth as silk, almost as good as my Mitituyos for reliability.For repeatability, these are great and always go back to .0000 and to the same dimension when using high quality standards.For accuracy, they read .9990" with my 1.00000". Standard +- 5 millionths. Thats... not really terrible, but my cheaper igaging calipers read 1.000 (.9996" -.1004"). That being said, It could be reading something like .9986" and rounding up to .9990 or .9994 and rounding down since the resolution is .0005.I understand if I want to measure sub thousandths, calipers aren't the way to go but the full one thou discrepancy means that these barely passed the certification test of their 2 thou tolerance, +- .001".I'm a bit shocked that what looked like grit was still in the slide and around the jaws. Cleaning wipes helped a bit but the binding is still a problem (yes the screw is not tightened) and while I've taken apart many many calipers before to clean and fix then, I won't be doing so with a new pair.I will update when I receive a new pair. So hopefully they will have better qc.
FELIPE
Reviewed in Mexico on March 23, 2023
LO COMPRÉ PARA USO LIGERO EN CASA Y LA VERDAD ME HA FUNCIONADO PERFECTAMENTE, SE VE QUE ES DE CALIDAD. LO RECOMIENDO.
Salvador Echeagaray
Reviewed in Mexico on May 9, 2022
Producto de muy buena calidad, los felicito. No duden en comprarlo. Vale cada peso invertido.
Carlos Brito
Reviewed in Mexico on February 24, 2021
Se utilizó para medir 45 piezas en primera instancia, de cada una se tomaron 32 medidas, al final, se puede decir que es una buena herramienta, hay que tener cuidado, si se usa con las manos húmedas o una gota cae en el riel, dará mal la lectura hasta que este se seque por completo, de resto ha cumplido con todo lo que promete, incluye batería.
GerryO
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2017
I purchased this caliper and the compatible USB interface at the same time (see "iGaging SPC USB Cable for OriginCal 100-700 Series" for my very positive comments). The caliper itself arrives in a sturdy reusable storage device, with a battery installed & a spare battery in the case. The fit & finish of the caliper is above average, with no loose or poorly-fitted parts.Test measurements were accurate & exactly repeatable. If you've used this type of instrument before, you know that it's best when they don't do anything unique or creative. This caliper operates smoothly, the buttons all feel exactly alike, the display is clear & uniform. The model I purchased also included a base attachment that allows stable depth measurements.The instructions were easy to understand and completely explain the various features (purists may complain about the quality of the translation). A NIST-traceable calibration test certificate was also included, unusual for this price range.Besides the obvious quality, a key reason I selected this product is because all the reviews I've read state that the "average battery life" estimates are not hype. The problem with many similar products is that even when turned "off", they simply blank the display but are still consuming power, and may kill those tiny, expensive button cells in a week. The OriginCal series uses the much more common CR2032 coin cells, and other reviewers have reported shelf life of a year or more (the instructions list 2 years with typical usage). Of course actual battery life will depend most on how much you actually use the caliper.I did a ton of pre-purchase research because I was convinced I'd need to spend USD300-500 to get what I wanted. I even contacted the manufacturer by phone & they quickly transferred me to a person who could answer technical questions. So far, this product is everything I was hoping for & more.