The HF $35 micrometer got me looking into web reviews on it and it seems to be fairly accurate, comparable to the mitutoyo it was tested against. But one thing about it that's not obvious from looking at it is they made the bigger knob the ratcheting one, so its a lot easier to do a one hand measurement without having to reach too far to spin the (normally) little ratcheting knob way at the far end. Nice. Also, since the digital mics have an order of magnitude more resolution than I'll really need, if its not 100% dead accurate its still plenty good for what I'd use it for. It is a bit cheezy with the plastic knobs, but at $28 with the coupon, I might just pick one up and put my other 3 mics up on CL.
Also, regarding my earlier post about returning one of the Pittsburgh digital calipers because it didn't seem to be accurate enough, that was several years ago. I suspect the Chinese may have improved their accuracy over the last several years and the calipers might be better now than they were a few years ago.