Crescent’s Lufkin EX6 NITE Eye extendable rafter square just hit Amazon at $32.99, and there is a reason long-time users are doing a double take. This is the same fold-out extension design as the EX6 layout tool that sells for about $17. The difference is the new NITE Eye treatment: green high-visibility markings on a black blade. Whether that reads better on a sunny roof deck is a fair question, because nearly doubling the price for a color swap is a bold bet on visibility being worth it.
What You Get for $33
The LSSP6NE is a 6-inch extendable square built for rafter layout, and the fold-out extension is the whole point. Slide it out and you get a longer marking edge for stair stringers, rafter tails, and wide sheet layout without carrying a full framing square. Apex put its NITE Eye branding, previously reserved for Lufkin tape measures, on the blade. The listings show it shipping now from Buy Now on Amazon, with Home Depot and Acme Tools also stocking it.
- Model: Crescent Lufkin EX6 NITE Eye Extendable Rafter Square (LSSP6NE)
- Price: $32.99 at Amazon, around $33 at Home Depot and Acme Tools
- Blade: high-visibility green markings on black
- Also new: a 4-inch NITE Eye trim square (LSSP4NE) at $19.82
- The older version: EX6 with standard white markings, still about $17
Same Tool, Nearly Double the Price
ToolGuyd called this one a rip-off in a September 8 post, and the comparison is hard to argue with. The older EX6 extendable square sells for $17.15 at Amazon. The NITE Eye version costs $32.99. Aside from the high-visibility markings, the tools are the same: same extension, same layout, same job. White-on-black has been readable on framing squares for a century. If you lay out in dim shops or late-afternoon shade, green-on-black might genuinely help. Paying $16 more for that possibility is up to you.
There is a budget middle path worth knowing about. Husky sells a similar extendable square for around $27, though some users report the markings wearing off over time. And if you just want a quality fixed rafter square, Crescent’s 7-inch NITE Eye square (CRS07) sits at $19.99.
Why It Matters
Extendable squares are one of those quiet layout upgrades that save real time on repetitive cuts. The NITE Eye line is the first sign Apex is pushing its measuring portfolio upmarket with premium-priced variants rather than new designs. Watch how this one sells. If the $33 version moves, expect more NITE Eye spinoffs on layout tools, and expect the classic $17 EX6 to stay on the shelf for anyone who reads markings fine and would rather keep the change.
Getting your layout right before you cut matters more than the tool color. Our pilot hole and screw size chart covers the fastener side of layout, and we compared magnetic layout tools in our Milwaukee combination square coverage. For a wider look at what is new in hand tools, our Klein pass-thru ratchet story covers another tool that redraws a classic category.
Source: ToolGuyd, New Crescent Extendable Square. Prices checked September 10, 2026 via Amazon search API.