I ended up buying the following from Amazon, mainly because it is metal and I am hoping it will be sturdy:
KTRIO Metal Hand Tally Counter 4-Digit Tally Counters Mechanical Palm Counter Clicker Counter, Silver
I have used it on two projects and it was helpful.
Link is here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
However, I still find that I am counting stitches as well as rows and will likely use the paper and marker methods
along with the counter. (Or I could buy two counters. 
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Last edited by donnamcr; 03-16-2020 at 01:24 PM.