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[QUOTE="Bunya, post: 1230179, member: 77196"]
Folks, you're not splittin' tenths here.  The chicom stuff's accuracy is perfectly adequate for working on bikes.

The choice of screw in or magnetic base is really up to the individual.  The screw in base offers quick, easy, foolproof readings but is limited by it's single purpose use.  Using a DI on a magnetic base is a little more cumbersome and takes more time to get set up.  I agree that they can be a PIA to get them stablized on a bike, but it's certainly not less accurate or repeatable when set up properly.  It has the huge benefit of being able to do a large variety of measurements routinely required on both 2 and 4 stroke bikes.  If you plan on doing much of any work on bikes, you pretty much have to have one on a mag. base no matter what.  If a DI with a standard point (tip) won't reach deep enough, you can purchase point kits with a variety of styles and lengths the extend the reach.

If you have more money than time, you could pick one up that screws in. But if you can only afford one of them, get the mag. base and learn how to use it.  Mitutoyo and Starrett are silky smooth and just about bullet proof, but unless you're doing this day in and day out, they are overkill.
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