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If you are measuring minuscule increments I wouldn't trust plastic to be honest.
PS - I know this because I bought a couple of pairs
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I got a cheaper than normal set from somewhere (can't remember where!), and I only realised the internal jaws didn't line up when I measured a bearing, and realised it was about a quarter millimetre of what it should be. That set quickly got chucked in the scrap. Talking to other people, they'd had the same problem, and the general consensus was buy from a respected source, not the cheapest you can find.
You don't have to buy a known brand, as with callipers, a reasonable generic Chinese set does just as good a job as known premium brands.
The better ones turn themselves off after a few minutes.
Working in an engineering company I wouldn't touch these with your barge pole, let alone mine.
This is the measuring equivalent of "I'm fine with this budget version of an Encore strat, I only use it occasionally so I don't need to waste my money on a fancy Squier".
Or something like that.
Look it's still early and I'd rather you not judge me.
I bought mine to measure neck thickness. I'm going on a Crimson guitar building course soon, and I wanted to take some measurements of my favourite necks.
Now I've got them though, I'm finding all kinds of uses for them.