Ryobi self leveling plumb/cross laser
Ryobi SELF-LEVELING PLUMB / CROSS LASER
Wandered into the HD and found a display of the new Ryobi TEK4 line of toys. Nice styling and interesting products.
The plumb bob/cross level laser combines what my PLS2 and Bosch laser plumb bob do. However, I cannot find any mention of the accuracy of the thingie. For a reason?
As I was once given an Xmas gift of a Ryobi laser, +/- 1/2″ in 30′, I remain leery. Had to get rid of that gift. Back to Sears it went. PLS I can trust.
<http://www.ryobitools.com/catalog/tek4/measurement/RP4000>
They also have a laser range finder. Claim 1/16th at 195′. If it will read in inches/fractions instead of feet/inches/fractions as my Bosch does, I might get interested. Before I have my coffee I find that 4′ 9″ tends to become 49″, followed by comments.
Aside from this glaring flaw, I have found the Bosch quite handy in various applications.
The ToolBear
“You can’t save the Earth unless you are willing to make other people sacrifice.” Dogbert
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I am curious about these as well. I have a Johnson laser level that is great, but it is huge and heavy and doesn't work well on laser pole (read: doesn't work at all).
From the Ryobi manual for the tek4:
Horizontal Line Accuracy............................. +/- 1/8 in. at 15 ft.
Vertical Line Accuracy.................................. +/- 1/8 in. at 12 ft.
Upper Dot Accuracy...................................... +/- 1/4 in. at 9 ft.
Lower Dot Accuracy....................................... +/- 1/4 in. at 6 ft.
It doesn't look good. Maybe okay for cabinets? Probably only really good for what it was designed for: hanging pictures ;)
On the other hand, I do like their "Portable Power Source" which is basically a USB power supply. It looks small and rugged enough that I could keep one stashed in my bag for when I've managed to kill my cell phone battery and it's only lunch time. The batteries are inexpensive for 6000mAH of li-on juice, and it's definitely more rugged than a Minty Boost.
Z
I am curious about these as well. I have a Johnson laser level that is great, but it is huge and heavy and doesn't work well on laser pole (read: doesn't work at all).From the Ryobi manual for the tek4:Horizontal Line Accuracy............................. +/- 1/8 in. at 15 ft.
Vertical Line Accuracy.................................. +/- 1/8 in. at 12 ft.
Upper Dot Accuracy...................................... +/- 1/4 in. at 9 ft.
Lower Dot Accuracy....................................... +/- 1/4 in. at 6 ft.It doesn't look good. Maybe okay for cabinets? Probably only really good for what it was designed for: hanging pictures ;)@@@@Thanks for looking this up. Sounds like my late Ryobi laser level with +- 1/2 at 30' is right in their ball park. Put the wallet away. DIYer might get by with these loose tolerances, but for us it would be callback time. PLS is the space. Wish they would have a half off sale. The ToolBear
"You can't save the Earth unless you are willing to make other people sacrifice." Dogbert
I am curious about these as well. I have a Johnson laser level that is great, but it is huge and heavy and doesn't work well on laser pole (read: doesn't work at all).@@@I got new life out of my old PLS 2 with no daylight receiver by coming in before dawn on a siding job this winter past. Put it on a videocam tripod and set all my horizontal control lines around the house so much faster than with a receiver on a stick. No noise was a benefit.Set it up off a corner and there was a nice red line running down two sides of the house. Just go along and tick off marks for the chalk line. Set up on the next corner and adjust the tripod until the new line overlaid the previous, then onward. On the second floor I set up inside and projected the HCL out the windows and marked the edges of the frames with blue tape. When we had the ladders on a side, we snapped lines from these marks.Closed the lines with appx. 3/8" error around the house. Learned that the siders really want to set the outdoor lights. Check the pair on the sides of the garage door with care. Sparkies were 1.5" off, left to right. You can see this when siding <g>.The ToolBear
"You can't save the Earth unless you are willing to make other people sacrifice." Dogbert