This measuring tape is very easy to use by yourself. If you are wanting to measure your arms, just extend the tape out in a big loop, then slide the plastic nub at the end of the tape into it’s notch. Stick your arm through the loop, and press the button in the center. It’s that easy. If you do it like I do it, you can measure without flexing first..get your measurement, and then flex, and get the new measurement. You dont have to redo the tape, it just pulls out a little more for ya.

I only have 2 gripes about this. The first one is minor. I wish the plastic nub at the end of the tape had a rubber lining. Because the notch is plastic also. And plastic against plastic tends to slide. So instead of firmly being in place in the notch, it can slide out sometimes. So I’ve learned to just hold the nub firmly while pressing the center button to tighten the tape. The second gripe would have to be the tape itself. It’s not bad, but it could be a better quality. Mine had a fold in it. I’m guessing the measurer had been in the package for a bit. So I had to rub the fold out. Not that big of a deal, but it just irked me some.

But if you want a cheap measuring tape, then you should give this puppy a try.