Laser Levels

[stag]

Just wondering if everyone is using a laser nowadays and what brand.
I just bought a bosch Quigo self levelling laser but was using a Stanley cross laser before it took a tumble

[jay]

yeah stag use laser level on bathroom walls handy bit of gear sometimes on floors only big long ones bosch i think will check tomorrow

[Notch Away]

I'm a bit slow on the uptake on this piece of technological kit.... I have to get myself one very soon. Whats the best one to use?

[jay]

they vary a bit in price look for features like self leveling and check out the strength of the laser some are hard to see over distance also one with a variable rotation helps (one you can stop and rotate slowly)

[stag]

My Stanley one was around $500 and in all honesty wasn't any better than the Bosch one i just bought for i think $150. They were both accurate to within .8mm over 7 metres. The stanley one was more for outdoor building work i think and was a rotating laser, the bosch just shoots a vertical and horizontal line which is all I need. Oh well live and learn.

[oldtiler]

whats a good floor laser level, does anyone use a floor laser just for the floors?

[ttek]

i mainly use a laser for the walls...comes with a pole. Only use the floor laser to check measurements for setting out more complex floors.......i.e if there are lots of rooms .....opening into each other...makes squaring alot easier.

[ttek]

also use a laser distance measuring device.........for doing measurements for quotes. Saves heaps of time.

[supreme tiling]

I'm a bit slow on the uptake on this piece of technological kit.... I have to get myself one very soon. Whats the best one to use?

I'm in the same boat Notch. I use them on occasions but haven't purchased one as yet.

We had a demonstration on site a couple of years ago by one company flogging them . We squared a section of floor using the old 3,4,5 method to test it's accuracy. It was off by some degree so I wasn't too impressed.

I think they are great for bathrooms though, where the tiling is full height . Pretty hard to make a mistake with them and they seem pretty accurate over small distances.

[oldtiler]

the pls 360 was the best laser i ever used, it was also the first.I was blown away how much time it saved me the first time i used it.This laser is very accurate and casts a solid line around the room, a 360 degree line.Other lasers i currently use do not do this, i have to manually move the laser around as i progress.Heres a link to the pls 360, this laser can be purchased in australia but its probably around 600, but if you do lots of wall tiling, its the best.. PLS360 LASER LEVEL | Line Lasers | Pacific Laser Systems