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www.laser-level.co.uk
I would highly recommend upgrading the receiver to one with a bigger pickup window and digital readout
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www.top-lijnlaser.nl
Company is easy to communicate with.
brightspark
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i have a nice pacific laser for internal work it will work outside as well though .also have a good set of water levels for accurate setting up of drives founds and buildings
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If buying a laser level for outdoor use, get one with a heavy tripod that will be stable in strong winds.
Water level: Unlikely to go wrong. Will not get mis-aligned when you throw it into the back of a truck. Will not wobble on a windy day. Does not need direct line-of-sight (can "see" round corners, or level from one room to another).
Also a lot slower for most tasks And pretty impractical on a building site.
We don't even have leads on site let alone a length of pipe trailing around.
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The one I used recently had an eye in the base of the too bit to hang a ballast bag from.
I've seen screeders using the new digital version of a water level, absolutely fantastic tool perfect for this application. It's amazing, still needs a long tube but accuracy that you wouldn't believe. And really good value.
Have you seen the ones I linked to above? Takes them to a whole new dimension, but I might not be throwing it around.
Have you seen the ones I linked to above? Takes them to a whole new dimension, but I might not be throwing it around. The fastest level I've ever seen. Way faster than spinning a line.
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Very interesting. Never come across that one (but I retired 20 years ago).
My remarks about water levels were just tongue-in-cheek. Modern laser levels are of course far easier and quicker to use, but even high quality tripods can wobble in a strong gale (something I learned when working in the north of Aberdeenshire), and expensive instruments can lose their calibration. That is why we old-timers were taught to check calibration on-site before the start of each job, and again at the end.
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bought my water levels for a fiver from bootsale . they have lovely brass fittings on them not cheap plastic they probably get used once a year and have 25 meter length hose on them. set the 1st for height and you can soon go round leveling with them nearly as fast as a lazer level
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Been using a water level today. Brilliant and super accurate. I have got a Bosch laser level, but the trouble with it is that it is hard to see outdoors in daylight. I did have a receiver, but it had an accident with a water butt, and has not worked since.
Green line ones are better outside, and cheap ones do not have much range, as the beam is weak and hard too see.
Green line ones are better outside, and cheap ones do not have much range, as the beam is weak and hard too see.
