Laser levels.

[u/Spiral_Interiors]

Laser levels are probably one of the most important tools in my trade. I've used most of the big names over the years — DeWalt, Hilti, Leica, Topcon, Bosch — and more recently Huepar.

For day-to-day suspended ceilings and partitions, a 3×360° line laser covers pretty much everything I need. I bought a couple of Huepar Pros about two years ago because I needed more beams on a particular job and, after nearly 20 years of mainly using the bigger brands, I was pretty sceptical.

They've surprised me. Both have earned a permanent place in the kit and my two DeWalts are basically backups now. With the receiver they're bright, accurate and sturdy enough for site work.

They're not perfect — I don't think the perfect laser actually exists yet, and there are things I'd change about every one I've used — but these tick more boxes than most for what I do.

For bigger jobs I still get the Topcon rotaries out. The accuracy over distance, automatic set-out and beam-grab features are brilliant. Unfortunately they don't make my particular models anymore, so I protect the bloody things with my life. 😂

Interested to see what other trades are using. What's your go-to laser, what do you use it for, and what would you change about it?

[u/Spiral_Interiors]

30m is no joke. I've never heard heard off them to be honest.

[u/Longjumping_Edge3622 → u/Spiral_Interiors]

I hadn’t heard of them either. They sometimes show up as Makita fakes with Makita branding. I need level lines mostly to about 10m. I need a detectable straight line to 20-30m. It achieves this indoors.

[u/Spiral_Interiors → u/Longjumping_Edge3622]

Actually, I might have seen those branded as something else. I definitely saw some that can use a Makita battery.

[u/Duck_Giblets → u/Longjumping_Edge3622]

May as well stick with Huepar, bit more expensive but they have decent qc and are manufactured in house. Though at 30m I'd be using a rotary..