Roto Tape Compass | Rotating Tape Measure Beam Compass Alternative Circle Drawing Tool to Draw Arcs (Not 2 inches Short!)

I loved this unique tool. It really helped me draw perfect circles.

I was somewhat skeptical because of some negative reviews. Honestly have no clue why anyone would have anything negative to stay about this product. It's literally perfect for drawing perfectly sized circles.

I’ll be honest I never leave reviews this is probably the biggest waste of money ever the quality is so bad and the $20 price tag is ridiculous I wouldn’t pay $5 for it very low quality

I was able to draw circles okay. The small plastic set screw that is used to hold the pencils is not overly strong. This particular one was hard to screw in because little bits of plastic were in the end of the screw hole.

There was no central axis needle with it. So I just used a finish nail. Otherwise, I would have given 5 stars because it works great!

This little product does exactly what it is supposed to do. Used it today to draw two arcs. Took a couple minutes to figure it out then it worked nicely. Nice product.

Does the job it’s intended to do but I wasn’t overly impressed. It’s hard to know what length you are actually measuring at. The tape measure portion has a bottom lip. I wasn’t sure if I should be lining up the measurement to the top part or bottom part. When drawing circles, the tape measure part was flimsy and I was worried I would pull the pencil out further as I went around the circle. There was no way to “lock it” into place. The center pin fell out not long after we opened the package. We never did find it. We used a small nail in its place

I bought this just so I could draw a crescent moon on a canvas. It is easy to use and light weight. The only issue I had was sometimes it wouldn't turn when drawing the arch but that could just be user error.

Soo perfect tools with my art project with making circle line, but expensive

Considering how much this costs, I'm very disappointed. I have been searching forever for a compass that can actually draw large circles. It is almost impossible to tighten pencil holder screw, it's extremely hard to turn and actually hurts. I ended up having to use my shirt over my thumb. Not sure how the pin actually works as when you put it in the designated hole, it's not exactly sitting in there tightly. Quite a bit of give. Save your money. 😑

The device is ineffective because there is no way to stop the tape from extending out when drawing the arc. There should be a way to lock the length because while drawing the tape keeps extending due to centrifugal force.