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Bosch DLR165K Laser Rangefinder Kit | 
| Brand: Bosch
List Price: $280.00
Buy New: $107.00
You Save: $173.00 (62%)
New (12) from $107.00
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 34
Media: Tools & Hardware
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.6 x 2.5
MPN: DLR165K
Model: DLR165K
UPC: 000346357516
EAN: 0000346357516
ASIN: B000T7LISM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New in Retail Package! Never Opened or Used!
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| Features:
| • | Precision Laser Measuring Technology - Laser beam does both pointing and measuring. | | • | Four Measuring Reference Points - back, front, swing-out extension pin for measuring from inside corners or channels, or center of optional tripod | | • | Three Measurement Systems - Feet and inches, decimal feet, and metric | | • | Length, Area, and Volume Measuring | | • | Continuous Measurement Mode - Measurement automatically adjusts when walking-off distances |
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Product Description
Pocket-Sized Only 4" tall; Four Measuring Reference Points - Back, front, swingout extension pin for measuring from inside corners or channels, or center of optional tripod; Three Measurement Systems Feet and inches, decimal feet, and metric; Length, Area and Volume Measuring Capability ; Continuous Measurement Mode Measurement automatically adjusts when walking-off distances; Continuous Laser Mode Reduces the number of key strokes when making rapid sequence of measurements; Indirect Length Measurement Mode Calculates inaccessible distances that cannot be measured directly due to obstruction or lack of reflecting surface using Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2= c2); Ergonomic Soft-Grip Area For sure grip and comfort
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Great device February 2, 2008
busrey (Raleigh, NC)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I do trim carpentry and build cabinets and needed something to give me fast accurate measurements for doing crown moldings and the Bosch delivered. It comes with a handy case that you can hang on your belt keeping it in reach. I use it for any measurement that would require me to bend the tape and try to guess what the reading would be or where the distance makes it difficult to accurately do with tape measure. It also has the ability to do continuous reading allowing you to aim at an object and move yourself forward or backward until you are the desired distance from the target object.
A steady hand does help but the uses are endless due to its ability to read off its front edge, a tripod mount hole, off its back edge, or its extendable rod. It would be a good idea to make sure the tape measure you use for transferring the measurements matches the rangefinder before starting a job. The only negative I have discovered is that a measurement in feet and fractions of an inch are stored in memory and then redisplayed in decimal forcing me to then convert the number back into fractions. That said the display holds my measurement long enough for me to get my molding, measure, and make the cut before the display shuts off. I have recommended this device to all my friends who do a lot of measurements on their job.
 okay- UPDATED January 16, 2008
space kaiser (nj)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've only had this a few days and still have to learn some more of the features but the biggest issue i have with it is that there are no levelers on the device. If I am shooting 100', just the slightest angle up or down or side to side will throw off the measurement making it longer. it's hard to see a red dot 100' away and harder to know if it "looks" lined up straight. I guess I don't find this to be as accurate a tool because of this and it's probably good for rough estimating. Hilti makes one that has levelers but I think it's 2x as much. there is a some sort of mark on the top of the case that is supposed to help you align it but it doesn't really solve the problem. you have to hold the thing to your face and sight the laser against this mark. this isn't possible when you are measuring from wall to wall. might as well go with more expensive model if you need that or cheaper if you don't.
** UPDATE- I've had the rangefinder for a few months now and I feel better about it. I haven't been able to test out how inaccurate it becomes without a leveler but it has been very handy and a timesaver overall.
PS- I suggest the glasses that help you see the dot better.
 I Love Bosch, but they should have gone the extra yard. April 8, 2008
J. Shinn (South Carolina)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is another well-built and extremely accurate tool from Bosch.
A bright and easy to locate laser highlights your target, and with another touch of the button will supply measurements accurate to within 1/16th of an inch at 165 feet CONSISTENTLY; I personally tested the unit before trusting the readings.
Internal math functions for area, volume and even calculating height from a distance are all built in to the unit and work effortlessly.
The unit is solid, light and very manageable.
Now for the BAD NEWS... it only has 3 measurement formats available: metric, feet w/ decimals, and feet and inches w/ fractions. My industry deals in inches w/ fractions such as, 100 7/8" - and the only two non-metric formats available from this unit would display this same measurement as either 8.4063' or 8' 4 7/8" and would then require conversion.
This inconvenience may or may not effect everyone; however, the price of this unit will defintely continue to turn every head. The other laser units with this accuracy and quality are all over double the price of the DLR165K, making this unit affordable, if not perfect.
I'm very happy with mine.
Excellent Product May 7, 2008
pg2007 (Massachusetts, USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I will use this tool in locating reference marks related to finding survey benchmarks outdoors. Based on an afternoon's testing, it appears to be effective to about 75 ft. in outside use, which makes it fine for me in typical situations (like measuring distances to reference marks like telephone poles across busy highways)
While I wait for the Dewalt targets I ordered to arrive, I tested it out on a standard size traffic cone wrapped with a couple of bands of 4" 3M-type reflective material. This makes the laser beam's dot MUCH easier to detect (looks like a flash of fire). The red-tinted Dewalt laser-enhancing glasses make it about 20% easier for me to detect the beam, although their shape makes them a bit awkward to wear over ordinary eyeglasses.
The beam reflected well off of dull fire hydrants and mid-bright telephone poles. It's swallowed up by black materials and whites that are too bright. Almost impossible to detect the beam in full sunlight (but something like the reflective traffic cone makes it possible).
The maximum "natural" range I was able to attain was about 110 ft., in dusk conditions, bouncing off a yellow-colored wall. Since there isn't really a sighting mechanism, it's hard to "hit" a target much smaller than 3'x3' at 100 ft. In addition to difficulty tracking the dot, it's hard at long distance to hold it on-target for the 2 sec. or so it takes to compute the range.
 missing "Inches only" feature June 7, 2008
P. Mair (Austin, Tx United States)
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was very excited to get a electronic tape measure for half the cost of a Hilti.
Unfortunately it can not display "inches only", but "calculates feet and inches" combined or metric.
I am concerned about making a mental conversion error from 6' 3 9/16" to 75 9/16 and had to return the device without using it. Looks to me a engineer designed this that is not familiar with the standard system.
I would hope the next release would add this basic feature.
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