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  1. 15th July 2010, 03:24 PM #1
    JohnLyn
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    Default Spirit levels - best brands (including digital levels)

    Hi,

    I have always been told Stabila is the top of the line for spirit levels (including digital spirit levels) - they are certainly the most expensive. But a thread on this forum (dated 2006) was pretty harsh on Stabila with a few guys commenting that they were not what they used to be.

    I would love to get an update on this. I was thinking about buying a digital level from Stabila (about $315) but Bosch and others do much cheaper ones. Is Stabila the best?

    Also, any thoughts on Stabila line lasers vs their competition (specifically the LAX200)?

    Cheers

    John
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  3. 17th July 2010, 10:46 PM #2
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    We have a CMI CX304R crosshair laser at work for kitchen and cabinet fitouts as well as wall panel installation and it has worked very well for the past 3 years, never needed calibration or any other maintenance.

    It's got 4 floor-to-ceiling vertical and 1 horizontal lines (independently selectable) and plumb dot straight down (the verticals meet to do plumb up as well), also self leveling and comes with a remote, glasses (sensational in high light areas where seeing the beam is hard) and a beam detector for outdoors as well. Runs on 3 AA batteries that last many hours and has a tripod thread.

    They go for about $1k but its been worth its weight in gold.
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  4. 18th July 2010, 03:44 PM #3
    sinjin
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    Default Levels

    I have 3 levels..1.2 m stabila and 2m stabila also a 2.7m BMI also made in Germany. I think the BMI is a way better level than the stabila.
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