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Be honest, can you really tell the difference between 2" cuffs and 5cm cuffs?

Spatlese

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Yes, the difference is about equal to the length of ".."
 

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Originally Posted by freefinancialadvice
30 thousandths of an inch.

Yes, but I need digital calipers.


Actually, it's only 30 hundreds of an inch (i.e. 0.8mm).
 

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Originally Posted by merkur
Be honest, can you really tell the difference between 2" cuffs and 5cm cuffs?
- What are you smoking?
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yeah when I see the 2" fellas, I rub my own cuffs smugly and think "I guess you cheaped out"
 

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Originally Posted by lee_44106
5cm= looks good
2" = trying too hard.

- LOL
- an example where the progressive nations have moved on from imperial to metric..
 

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