I have 3 different Wixey instruments, The Angle cube, the Digital Protractor and the Digital Dial Calipers and each and every year I have to take the batteries out, make sure they are not in a cold spot and baby the instruments so they'll work. I understand they have a new Angle cube that has better batteries than the #2032 they used in the original cube. This year I left the batteries in, made sure they were "off" and put them in a warm spot in our house. All 3 are shot and I'm so tired of Wixey's crap I'll never buy another one. Anyone have a better digital instrument? I've tried IGaging and they're not quite as bad but still eat batteries at a slower pace.
Since Wixey has decided that they needed to upgrade to bigger/more batteries in the Cube it would be nice if they'd let those of us who bough their to trade for a new one. However, knowing Wixey it will be another