Hey I know that this is a week ago now, but I remembered it out of the blue and wanted to make sure you had seen the Project Farm video on testing different tape measures:

https://youtu.be/6517aSbzlyE

It’s worth a watch, but the conclusion of it is that the DeWalt Tape Measures seem to be the most durable. So if your father already has the tape measure belt hook I linked before, you could also just buy him a few of those, or whatever his favorite tapes are if you know that he has a preference.