Trend E/SCRIBE EasyScribe Tool, Black, 700 mm & DLB Digital Level Box, Black

Throw away your other scribe tools because this is the one. Really easy to use and as a perfectionist I can say that the results are good. Only one word of warning, keep your spare leads in a safe place because I had to buy two of these after loosing the first lot. I couldn’t find replacement/spares anywhere!!

It's pretty good apart from the fact that the lead slides back when you are using it, no matter how tightly you tighten the grab nut.

This a good little scribing tool, but I feel a common mistake amongst buyers of scribing tools is that they tend to be searching for 'the-one-scribing-tool-to-rule-them-all', whereas such a tool does not, in reality, exist.A variety of different scribing tasks in the real world necessitates a variety of different scribing tools, to best handle each type.For example, I include the following scribing tools (and others, including hand-made) in my scribing tool box:Trend Easyscribe (E/Scribe)Compass-type (by which I mean a cheaper generic version of the Veritas 'Transfer / Log scribe').Vitrex profile guage (also known as a finger guage).Trend 'Perfect Butt' (used mostly for rapidly scribing long shallow scribes, such as kitchen worktops to walls, but Trend's 'Easyscribe' could handle the task, too; it's just that it's more fragile so needs a little more time & care to draw over long distances, especially if it's rubbing against a wall with a rough or textured surface). The Trend 'Perfect Butt' is a nice addition to ones scribing tools, but it is not strictly essential.The above scribing tools, and others, all have their specific pros and cons, so, as long as one understands that no single scribing tool is best suited to all scribing tasks, no matter how good, then the Trend Easyscribe is a worthwhile addition to one's scribing arsenal, and can be warmly recommended.The only significant downside to the Trend Easyscribe (which most tradesmen, including me, find obnoxious, but nonetheless tolerate, as it's a sufficiently useful tool) is the APPALLINGLY-expensive 2H flat-profile replacement graphite/leads. These wear down very rapidly during use, because they are so thin, and they also snap very easily. This means that anyone who uses an Easyscribe 3 or more times a month is definitely going to have to buy these replacement leads from time to time, so had better be prepared for the cost of these.Still, I do, grudgingly, like the Trend Easyscribe, and I would purchase it again. If you're a kitchen fitter / bedroom fitter, then don't even pause to think about it - just buy this tool, as it pays for itself over & over, in that line of work.

Very happy with my purchase

Works. No real complaints. The flat edge is great for fairly straight-ish surfaces. Doesn't work on curved surfaces (notice how the video stops at the skirting profile). The flat edge can't follow the contour very well.

Product is supposed to make my job easier when scribing to walls but it takes 5x as long because the lead keeps snapping even if your not pressing very hard and you end up fiddling with the tool instead of working.Can't return or get refund. Just a waste of time and money!

This tool was just the job to make some wooden shelves and a mantlepiece fit just perfectly in our 1930's terraced home where none of the walls seem to be square. After a little bit of reseach into scribe tools i found this one to be one of the ones that are commonly mentioned in reviews and honestly for a DIYer it does just the job, unfortunately cant comment on what it would be like to use as a tradesman but personally i think it would be fine, just would advise not being a brute with it thats all.

Item works fine but it is quite bulky