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Denali 11-Inch Digital Angle Protractor | 
| Brand: Denali
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $23.63
as of 11/22/2009 01:03 CST details
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  55 reviews
Media: Tools & Hardware
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 3 x 1.6
UPC: 820909000082
EAN: 0820909000082
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| Features:
| • | Digital protractor; includes horizontal and vertical bubble level for use as level | | • | Easily transfers miter angles with no calculations necessary; computes angles accurately to +/- 1-degree | | • | High-quality anodized aluminum body | | • | Includes protractor, carry case, steel belt clip | | • | 15.36-ounces |
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Amazon.com Review
Take the guesswork out of measuring, marking and reading angles—no tricky geometry or complicated calculations required—with the Denali Digital Angle Protractor. Simply swing open the tool's pivoting leg and immediately read the angle on the digital display window. The tool is accurate within 1 degree, and will read angles ranging from zero to 185 degrees. The anodized-aluminum protractor is also fitted with two bubble vials for use as a conventional level. The Denali Digital Angle Protractor weighs less than a pound, and measures a slim 1 in. x 2 in. x 11 in. It's powered a single 9-volt battery (included) that typically lasts about 100 hours of normal use. The tool comes with a protective carrying case that's equipped with a convenient steel belt clip. The protractor provides a quick and precise way to read existing angles, such as roof slopes, wall corners, handrails, and mitered trim work. You can also use it to mark any desired angle up to 185 degrees. It's an indispensable tool when installing crown molding; use it to determine the angle of outside corners, which are rarely 90 degrees. This versatile tool will also do many of the jobs typically reserved for a sliding T-bevel square. And if all that weren't enough, the Denali Digital Angle Protractor costs about three times less than any comparable tool on the market. --Joseph Truini What's in the Box
Denali Digital Angle Protractor with battery, Soft-sided carrying case with belt clip, Instruction manual
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 55
 Zero stars not a valid rating?! November 11, 2009
Eli Stair
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Doesn't take much space to describe the relevant points here, however I'll go into all the exciting and absurd revelations since they're so far from what a measuring tool should do! Even free, an inaccurate (and inconsistently inaccurate!) tool is not a deal.
From power-on the delta between zero (closed) and the readout value VARIES between 2.4 - 2.9 deg; you can set it on a stable level surface, and amuse yourself by watching the apparent effects of gravity-wave distortions from nearby stars... either that, or the sensor is faulty. Interestingly, after my swearing at it my girlfriend decided to play with it and see if I'd missed the zero/recalibrate button out of impatience. Oh, note the momentary button hidden in a 1mm hole in the bottom is NOT apparently a re-zero... strange, since turning the unit ON while holding it DOES result in the display reading '0.0'... but only while the button is held. Releasing the button, turning the unit off, or waiting 10 seconds (or any combination of the above) results in the unit returning to "normal" behaviour.
On with description of that, after our break there: as the second reviewer here was playing with the tool, it was noted that rotating it along the long axis appeared to (for a time) change the closed-position readout (which again varies between 2.4-2.9 deg), to the point where it almost appeared to be a digital level! This wasn't even useful as a creative way to utilize a buggy product, since achieving 0.0 on the readout didn't relate to any angle in relation to the horizon that approximated something useful. Then, mysteriously, that "feature" disappeared as some part undoubtedly returned to its proper indexed place within the unit.
In the end I can find no way to make the device functional as a measuring tool of any worth, your mileage may vary but I'd suggest against picking one up as paying for shipping (or even utilizing your Prime free shipping and wasting resources for "free") is a waste of precious time. As other reviewers have noted, even if zero is zeroed, it seems the readout is not linear across the range which is just as useless. Pick a better tool, preferably a low-cost accurate analog protractor/compass type or an expensive well-engineered electronic one. Definitely NOT something you want to use as a basis for setting the angles of larger precision tools which will be used to make parts intended to fit together, all I expected was to be able to confirm and set the configuration of jointer/router fences and saw blade angles.
 Easy to use October 28, 2009
Rupert Smellfungus (Castle Rock, CO USA)
I have a geodesic dome with a gazillion angles to deal with.
I had one of those flimsy see-through angle finders that you had to loosen a wing nut, spread the arms, tighten the wing nut and then try to read the angle. A real hassle.
All you have to do with this one is match the angle and read the readout.
One complaint: it could have a light in the readout.
A Disaster - DO NOT BUY March 19, 2009
Avnish Aggarwal (Pune, India)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was so happy with this electronic protractor that i showed it off to everybody i knew had its use.
Until one day, i found that the angles it showed were completely inaccurate.
The inaccuracy ranged from 2.5 to 7 degrees.
The main problem is that this does not have any 'zero' button, where i can calibrate the device. It has a pre-fed zero which can sometimes be inaccruate due to jerks or falls.
That is a disaster. I could get get better accuracy with an analog traditional protractor.
It was a waste of previous money.
I've now ordered a Wixey digital protractor. Because i've got a couple of their other products and they rock.
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I suggest - DO NOT BUY until a major upgrade
 Get square August 28, 2008
Rudra N. Das (Norwalk, CT)
Very efficient and amazingly accurate for its price. It did show a 0.3 degree reading fully closed once and when I loosened and retightened a screw - things were back to normal. Great value for what you need to do ... oh ... and no more miter guesswork.
 Useful but not handy May 24, 2008
David M. Hughes (Kansas)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Oh I thought it would use it more than I have, it is fairly accurate. I don't really care for it much mainly because of preference not quality. It is fairly compact.
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