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Yes by and large, but the Starretts are no chopped liver. They make lots of precision instruments.

Adam Booth, abom79 on YouTube appears to swear by his Starrett collection of instruments. I've also never seen him use a digital calibration/measuring tool, everything is precision mechanical.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdtolQ6acak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRB9SXSYZ2Q

I've seem him use the Aventor brand from Shars of digital calipers.

Ah, ok, fair enough. If I could I'd edit to say "less often". I didn't think, in my five or so years of watching his work, I'd seen a digital caliper set in his hands.

Starrett models may vary by manufacturing origin, USA vs global/China.

I even have one for home use, they're wonderful

I think you are saying that:

Mitutoyo are the best.

When you’ve visited professional shops they use Mitutoyo tools.

When you’ve visited hobbyist shops they are always using substandard (non Mitutoyo) tools.

Did I parse you correctly?

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who struggled a bit with the triple negative.