Pro Tool Reviews: Quality craftsmanship sometimes suffers that same fate as Rodney Dangerfield: it don’t get no respect. Rarely will a layperson walk into a room and think, “wow, those cabinets are really level!” or, “look at how square that window is!” or even, “that conduit sure does look plumb!” If those newly-hung cabinets look wonky, or if the window sits off-kilter, or if that conduit appears as if it got thrown together by random time and chance, you might wonder who the bum was that did the installation. I guess it’s just our nature to take quality for granted.
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This tool review actually makes a really poignant comment about quality craftwork: "Quality craftsmanship sometimes suffers that same fate as Rodney Dangerfield: it don’t get no respect." After all, few people outside the relevant industries pay attention to something if it works. However, we as a society are drawn to errors. No matter how many times you have gotten it right, people remember the one time you get it wrong. As such, it is so important to use tools like levels in order to ensure that you build things right. Though I agree with the author on the premise that some craftsmen, women, and other people, will still prefer a good old bubble level or plumb bob to any fancy shmancy tech, Makita's laser level is overall pretty impressive. Usually, I argue that the more 'features' or tools that are packed into a single tool tends to degrade the quality of said tool, but this is clearly not the case. Despite the high price point, this tool definitely would make any craftperson's job a lot easier.
This seems to be a pretty standard Makita product, keeping up with the competition while also doing just a little bit more design-wise to make someone have a preference. I like the idea of the two button interface because of its simplicity, however I can imagine inevitably getting annoyed with having to click through different settings just to get to the one I want and then accidentally clicking past it and having to do the whole loop over again. That being said, this is a pretty cool level and seems durable and user-friendly. I like the idea of multiple attachment options so you aren't restrained to just using a tripod for every application and I can imagine quite a few scenarios where the mounting holes and magnets would be useful. Overall, not a very exciting review, but as always the author does a good job covering all the bases and I feel like I know enough to decide on the product.
This level reminds me again of the usefulness of the laser level. While it might not be extremely useful it the quick glance like a bullet level, but go task that you have more time to actually set up and use your time appropriately than I believe that a laser level like this show its worth. I could see this being really being useful on the load in where normally you would use chalk lines and tapes this would allow you to setup sets with a more accurate base line that would let you make sure the walls of the set are set a lot faster. This could also be useful is placing rigging points, because with the point function it lets you know it the grid where exactly you want to drop your line for the point. All in all this is a pretty cool tool that while it may not be a extreme upgrade compared to standard laser levels but it’s still useful.
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