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Aimed at: Pros and demanding DIYers who can appreciate the extra accuracy and quality needed for a good job. Pros:well priced and also well made with some unique features and good dial visibility.
What I particularly like are the large ergonomic handles that are lined with
ridged grippy rubber that makes this solidly made level easier to handle, and even to hang on the end of a handy batten or nail. Finally, the end caps are thick, solidly made and very shock absorbing; they
provide sound protection against accidental knocks and drops. The end caps also include four rubber bumpers that protrude through the body, ideal for gripping on smooth surfaces. Draper Expert Optivision™ Boat Level Boat levels have an even tougher life than site levels so need to be strongly built
and this level is milled from a solid piece of cast alloy. It has three Optivision red vials that all have a lifetime guarantee. The middle dial has three lines on each side of the level indicators so users can gauge gradients. The right-side vial is a plain red with just two lines so that its main trade users, namely scaffolders, will find it easy to read and quick. Interestingly the left-side dial has an angle finder function on it. This is easy to use and very useful – think scaffolders determining the angles of angled cross poles that are necessary for the stability of a whole scaffolding set up. Big rubber bumpers on each end protect against dropping, and two powerful
magnets mounted in a groove on the levelling surface are used to hold the level in place as the poles are levelled. My end users all thought that the quality was self- evident and robustness built –in. This is definitely a level that will find a space in many toolboxes. Prolaser 5-Dot Self Levelling Laser Pointer This is a simple and compact piece of laser technology that we wonder how
we did without - it makes layouts so much simpler, since all dimensions can be done at the same time relative to each other. In the black nylon case there is the laser, a laser target, a magnetic auxiliary
occasionally and would therefore want included. The vertical vial is also shock resistant that can be read from the front and side
of the level or indeed from the curved topside via the side view vial feature. I could see that there are some situations where this arrangement would be very useful, but most of the time the front view would be fine.
mount and two AA batteries so it is ready to go on unpacking. The device is quite compact at only 95mm long,80mm high and 50mm wide. It has only one switch with indicators for power and laser on and a locking switch on the front releases the self-levelling mechanism. Underneath there is the all-important screw thread for a tripod that would be needed for setting the dots at the correct level needed. With a range of up to 30m, using the laser target and a self-levelling accuracy
of+- 4mm in 10 metres this little device is accurate enough for most layout tasks, and at a price tag that will soon see it pay for itself. The Draper Range This review looked at only three of the many levelling and marking products in
the Draper range just to give a taste of what is available. Draper Expert products are aimed at trade and professional users, but keen amateurs would be wise to aim at this higher price point. Occasional users could look to cheaper Draper ranges that match their demands and skills, but truly, we have a range of kit that will do a good job – any blame for sloping brickwork will only attach to the user!
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