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posted on August 13, 2009 at 05:38PM Inappropriate?

Does anyone know if the Digital levels are worth it ?Wich size should I buy ? Or should I stick with the reagular ones ?

replies: 2 latest post: August 18, 2009 at 09:46PM by AdamO
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posted on August 13, 2009 at 06:16PM
 

Whether it's worth the money depends on how often you'll be using it and for what purposes. For household use, it's probably not necessary for most things, unless you have to build wheelchair ramps for your home. Otherwise, a standard bubble level should be fine.

If you're a plumber and you're doing lots of renovation plumbing or piping homes from the ground up, or if you work in the septic industry setting up septic tanks for homes, a digital level can be extremely handy in determining pitch.

If you're a homeowner who likes gadgets and you want the neatest thing out there, a digital level is fine. It will do everything a normal bubble level will do and then some.

However, for standard homeowner tasks, a 10" and 24" bubble level should take care of almost all of your needs. And, if you're ever doing fence work or building rock walls, I'd also suggest some line levels and a post level.

posted on August 18, 2009 at 09:46PM
 

Sometimes its good to just "Laserfy it"!

We put us some sign letters on a freshly painted white background, using a Laser level to keep the letters' baseline even.

This particular sign was using a mixture of Upper and Lower case letters.

It was SO handy to just have a beam of light to align the letters to.

The letter descenders did not bend the red light (like string) and worked where using a standard level would have been a PITA.

I just got a Craftsman drill with a plumb and level Laser-Trac set of lights built in to the drill.

However, There is still a need to use the drill's built-in spirit levels to get the Laser beams "right".

:)

I own all sorts of levels.

They're all handy in their specific niche's.

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