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Wasted $180 on a fancy level that wasn't worth it
I bought one of those digital smart levels with the laser guide built in about 6 months ago. Thought it would save me time on foundation blocks and retaining walls. First week it worked fine, then the display started glitching in direct sunlight. Couldn't even see the numbers half the time. Then the laser drifted off by about a quarter inch over 6 feet, which threw off a whole corner of a raised garden bed I was building. Ended up ripping it out and doing it over with my old 4 foot spirit level. The digital one is sitting in my truck cab now. Has anyone else had bad luck with electronic levels on actual masonry? Stick with the old bubble levels?
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nancyw971d ago
Has your buddy tried one of those Bosch digital levels? My buddy Tom bought one for his deck project, paid like $150 for it, and the laser dot was off by a half inch over 10 feet within a month. He had to level his whole ledger board twice before he realized the tool was the problem. Now he uses a good old 6 foot aluminum level and says he'll never go back to anything with a battery.
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lane.eric20h ago
$150 for a spirit level that lied to you. Sounds about right. Your buddy basically paid for the privilege of doing his deck twice.
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