pewter
Conspiracy Theorist™
I have been wanting to get a cross laser level of my own for the last year or so.
I have used my friends Dewalt DW88K over the years and have found it fantastic. It comes with a tough case, magnetic multifunction adapter, self leveling feature, can be screwed to a Tripod (had a cheap Aldi one). I have used the vertical line to set ceiling lights in large commercial areas. Leveling function i have used for setting socket heights and wall lights out. Nice bright laser. Easy to use. Has 2 buttons to operate the laser, one for horizontal and one for vertical.
I needed one 2 days ago. I checked prices for the DW88K at 5 places near me. One place near a wholesaler i was going to said, they also had a Leica one in stock ( i had never seen the Leica one befor). I have a setting out engineer friend who always raves on about the Leica stuff he uses so i thought it was worth a look.
-Both were the same price £165+ .
-The Leica came with a 3 year warranty, Dwalt 1 year.
-Both have multifunction adapter.
-Both have tough cases.
-They did have a different angle around the machine which the salesman showed me. I think the DW88K was slightly better.
-Dwalt has 2 buttons for each laser, Leica only has one that has to be pulsed which is not as good.
-Leica can make laser less bright in a dimming function, which saves on batteries also.
-Leica can lock the laser off self leveling. This protects it during transit, and also gives it the feature to set angles , as the Dwalt is always swinging around trying to self level, it can not set angles.
So i chose the Leica. They also had a Leica tripod to go with it for £30+ which has its own carry bag.
After using the Leica i am so glad i got it. It self levels better as it can level off at 5deg compared to Dwalts 4deg, i really notice the difference. The tripod is fantastic, a must have and worth every penny. Only thing i dont like is the one button to choose horizontal and vertical lasers.
Really pleased i chose the Leica, its fantastic.
I have used my friends Dewalt DW88K over the years and have found it fantastic. It comes with a tough case, magnetic multifunction adapter, self leveling feature, can be screwed to a Tripod (had a cheap Aldi one). I have used the vertical line to set ceiling lights in large commercial areas. Leveling function i have used for setting socket heights and wall lights out. Nice bright laser. Easy to use. Has 2 buttons to operate the laser, one for horizontal and one for vertical.
I needed one 2 days ago. I checked prices for the DW88K at 5 places near me. One place near a wholesaler i was going to said, they also had a Leica one in stock ( i had never seen the Leica one befor). I have a setting out engineer friend who always raves on about the Leica stuff he uses so i thought it was worth a look.
-Both were the same price £165+ .
-The Leica came with a 3 year warranty, Dwalt 1 year.
-Both have multifunction adapter.
-Both have tough cases.
-They did have a different angle around the machine which the salesman showed me. I think the DW88K was slightly better.
-Dwalt has 2 buttons for each laser, Leica only has one that has to be pulsed which is not as good.
-Leica can make laser less bright in a dimming function, which saves on batteries also.
-Leica can lock the laser off self leveling. This protects it during transit, and also gives it the feature to set angles , as the Dwalt is always swinging around trying to self level, it can not set angles.
So i chose the Leica. They also had a Leica tripod to go with it for £30+ which has its own carry bag.
After using the Leica i am so glad i got it. It self levels better as it can level off at 5deg compared to Dwalts 4deg, i really notice the difference. The tripod is fantastic, a must have and worth every penny. Only thing i dont like is the one button to choose horizontal and vertical lasers.
Really pleased i chose the Leica, its fantastic.