Bernmc
23rd October 2022, 09:19 AM
I'm doing a lot of outdoor work on a steep block. Some retaining, fencing and landscaping. So far, I've been waiting for dusk and then heading out with my cheapo green line laser to make measurements and plan, but it's not really practical or sustainable, and I'll need better when I start digging.
I've been looking, and getting bogged in the detail, at laser measuring devices, and rotary laser levels.
Hilti and Leica both seem good, but pricey. The Hilti PD-E (https://www.hilti.com.au/c/CLS_MEA_TOOL_INSERT_7127/CLS_LASER_METERS_7127/r587776)looks like a good laser measuring device, and I like the kindle-like paperwhite screen. It's expensive, but it'd be a buy-once-cry-once purchase. They come up 2nd hand occasionally.
Price-wise, the Leica Disto D510 (https://shop.leica-geosystems.com/au/buy/disto/d510) is close. Fancier interface and screen (which likely means shorter battery life and possibly more to go wrong). It does a bit more in terms of bluetooth etc. There are a few more of these on the 2nd hand market - can be around the $500 mark.
Does any one have experience with either make?
Rotary lasers are another quagmire! Hard to decide whether I should get a 'cheapish' $1000-1500 price range machine (hopefully around half that for a decent 2nd hand specimen), or look at something more upmarket (in which case it would have to be a 2nd hand unit).
Leica, Imex ... vs a dewalt which would use my current battery line... any advice? I like the Leica's detectors with their distance up/down displays.
I want self-leveling at a minimum, not too fussed about vertical, but slope work would be nice.
I've been looking, and getting bogged in the detail, at laser measuring devices, and rotary laser levels.
Hilti and Leica both seem good, but pricey. The Hilti PD-E (https://www.hilti.com.au/c/CLS_MEA_TOOL_INSERT_7127/CLS_LASER_METERS_7127/r587776)looks like a good laser measuring device, and I like the kindle-like paperwhite screen. It's expensive, but it'd be a buy-once-cry-once purchase. They come up 2nd hand occasionally.
Price-wise, the Leica Disto D510 (https://shop.leica-geosystems.com/au/buy/disto/d510) is close. Fancier interface and screen (which likely means shorter battery life and possibly more to go wrong). It does a bit more in terms of bluetooth etc. There are a few more of these on the 2nd hand market - can be around the $500 mark.
Does any one have experience with either make?
Rotary lasers are another quagmire! Hard to decide whether I should get a 'cheapish' $1000-1500 price range machine (hopefully around half that for a decent 2nd hand specimen), or look at something more upmarket (in which case it would have to be a 2nd hand unit).
Leica, Imex ... vs a dewalt which would use my current battery line... any advice? I like the Leica's detectors with their distance up/down displays.
I want self-leveling at a minimum, not too fussed about vertical, but slope work would be nice.