Yeah, I had a sighted friend look at the vox tape measure, and he said it
doesn't look any more durable than the cobalt one. He also saw many
descriptions saying it is good to use in a home setting, or something to that
effect.
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Fowle
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] The Bosch Talking tape measure.
The two tapes ave very similarly made, button functions and layout
are a bit different and the battery compartments are different, but the
basic case etc. looks nearly identical.
Tom Fowle
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:51:16AM -0400, Eric wrote:
> I just got onto caretec's web site and added this thing to cart. It's 99
euros which equals out to $149.49 in US, ouch! I wish I knew if it was more
rugged than the cobalt one. Then it would be worth the extra money.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dan Rossi
> To: Blind Handyman List
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:53 AM
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] The Bosch Talking tape measure.
>
>
> I got an email back from CareTec the UK distributor of the VOX Talking
> tape measure. They got an email from the manufacturer saying that the Vox
> is available through LS&S or MaxiAids, both here in the states.
>
> However, I just visited both sites and only found the 9 volt cobolt model.
>
> --
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
> E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu
> Tel: (412) 268-9081
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