I only have dial at home -- two Chinese and one Mitutoyo. I have a couple of verniers, but it's not worth making a mistake. I wouldn't buy the chinese digital, but there are many of them out there working fine.

our Ace managed to put itself out of business by keeping to hours from 10-5. Don't know what they were thinking. I do miss them. We're down to big box stores now.

Can't think of how many times I stopped by there after work only to find them closed. Now it's less annoying because I know they are closed for good.