Customer Reviews

Black & Decker BDL110S BullsEye Laser Level Stud Sensor

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

Pretty good overall, but seems kind of pricey for the functionality. The stud finder isn't all that great. If you don't find a nail location it often misses the stud. The electrical wire detector function, on the other hand, works just fine. It is a very nice safety feature that I didn't have on my old detector. The unit sticks reasonably well to clean walls so long as they are not textured too heavily. It's really good in bathrooms to line-up tiles on the green board. Had real problems on lightly textured walls though. The laser level line is easily visible for about 10' on either side of the tool, plenty long for most household applications. It's larger and bulkier than expected, making it less ergonomic than desirable (unless you have pretty big hands). If I had it to do all over again I would almost certainly choose another brand.

This is a good tool but like so many B&D products, it falls a little short. I've used this twice so far to install metal shelf supports on the walls of a finished garage. The accuracy has been better than if I had used a level plus it's a lot faster and convenient. That is the good news. Two problems have been that 1) the laser doesn't show if the wall isn't flat enough and 2) I haven't figured out how to make it show a mark on a different wall. The first problem is "fixed" by using an adapter (provided) to space the instrument away from the wall by an inch or so, but when you gain that, you lose the ability to use the stud finder. The second problem would be fixable if they supplied a 90 degree mirror attachment so the laser would find the same height on a different wall from the one it is on (like to go around a corner). If it has one, I didn't see it. Also, the centerpin (pins the laser to the wall temporarily) should have been mounted in the instrument housing rather than having to go back to the carrying case every time you need it. I rather doubt the laser would be easy to see outdoors in bright sun conditions. Multi-lingual directions are annoyingly similar print.

It feels like B&D had a good idea but rushed it to market before they worked out the details. It could have been great.

I purchased this laser product thinking I would use it for various applications around the house. After trying it in several application I noticed some major problems with the unit. First off it is very large and bulky. The mechansim to affix it to the wall is very unreliable and mine fell off the wall several times. The last major problem is that the self leveling device does not acutally self level. I used a level and found the laser to be very inaccurate. The price does not warrant the tool.

This product is a wonderful idea, but isn't quite there in execution. It seems to me that a lot of B&D products are like that--very nifty and very creative but poorly made. The laser level on my unit just isn't level. There is no way to adjust it, and even if you buy it in a store, no way to verify it before you buy, as you should with all levels. I've found that only about 1/4 of all bubble levels off the shelf are accurate. What good is an inaccurate level? I now have a $60 studfinder sitting in my garage. 1 star for creativity, and 1 star for the studfinder.

The Bullseye Laser has many good features such as handsfree,studfinder,self-leveling and price. However it could be nearly perfect with the addition of a vertical laser line. This would provide the ability to stay vertically on the stud once located and to align several points or objects on a plumb line. One more laser eye perpendicular to the other two and pointing up through a hole in the top of the Bullseye should not affect the self-leveling machanism and would give the user right, left and vertical choices simultaneously. This addition would make this a 5-star tool.
If I have missed this capability or if B&D has an upgraded series or model with the vertical option please let me know.

I didn't realize you needed to hammer a nail in the wall to keep it in place. I tried to use it to run a hand rail for the stairs and discovered it only works on a true horizontal, you can't use it any other way but horizontal, not vertical or any angle in between. The size of the unit surprised me. It was too big to put in my tool belt. If you want to hang a shelf or picture it works fine, but that's about all you can use it for.

My recommendation is don't buy this product,It's overpriced, I realize that tools of this kind which employ laser are all the rage these days (I mean there are so many kinds when I looked around, the choice is bewildering; ones that measure distance like a rolling tape; ones with both horizontal and vertical lasers ; ones with 360 degree lasers that you mount on a tripod and ones with laser at any angle and there are some combos like this one with a stud finder with a horizontal laser line but there isn't really a good swiss army type of laser combo with several functions) but I am not sure if they are really that much more better than good old fashioned leveller and an old fashioned stand alone stud-finder that you can buy separately for about $10 to $20 bucks. To begin with the stud-finder in this product is not very accurate or sensitive or reliable. Second the laser beam is weak, third it has a self-levelling pendulum mechanish for automatic levelling, so the beam is always at 180 degrees provided that you hold it against a vertical wall (this was a bummer too) and hold it as close to horizontal as possible within a few angles, although the self levelling feature is a great time saver and might prevent some errors one would rather see it project a light at any chosen angle, if I need 180 then I would choose to hold it at 180, this would increase the usefullness of the product.

I also question the benefit of this product at this price point, imagine you want to hang a picture frame, first task might be to find a stud (depending on the weight of the picture frame and type of wall), how would you go about doing it, first thing is you need to turn this unit into stud finder mode and run the unit along the wall horizontally to mark the location of the studs, how would you do that ? ideally you would need a horizontal line on the wall to begin with which then you would trace with stud finder. So you are better off getting a simple stand-alone separate stud-finder and use this laser to project horizontal line or you can just get a straight edge with a built in bubble horizontal and vertical level.

Also, I just posted, Please see my review of STRAIT-LINE 6041101CD Laser Level LL120, it addresses all of the short comings that I mentioned above and would be an excellent alternative.

This is a really good product idea, but unfortunately mine didn't live up to expectations. My laser level is about an inch out of level over 10 feet. That's probably within building specs, but I figured a product packing a laserbeam would be a lot more accurate.

I have some walls that are 20 feet long. I'd hoped to put this level on the wall and hang a bunch of pictures along a level line, but I can see the few inches of error when I look for it, and that'd drive me nuts.

I only use it for jobs that my spirit level can't span, but that are still under about 10 feet. Anything bigger and I get the chalk line out.

I love this tool. We built a new house and I used it for hanging curtain rods, verticla blinds, pictures and shelves. Our wall decorations look organized and very stylish. I like the fact that you can mark on the adjacent wall.

We have these shelves for my kids room that are beautiful but are a total nightmare to hang. It took me 3 tries at our previous house to hang them because there is no room for variance. I hung them in 1 try using this tool.

I have read other reviews where people complain about the holes left when hanging the device and it's nonsense. It really is a pin sized hole.

This is the best tool I have purchsed in 10 years because it saves me so much time when doing projects.

The Bullseye Laser level in my opinion is a five star tool that has many features such as hands-free, stud-finder, and a self-leveling horizontal laser. With these features I see that this tool is going to be used around the home a lot. So far I have found it very helpful when mounting pictures on the wall in the living room, to set up a series of shelves in the den, to mount the electrical boxes in the basement and mounting the mirror in the bathroom. I see as time goes on that this handy tool will be used for many more operations.

A couple of cautions: First, this is a laser tool, which makes it important to keep the laser from making direct contact with your eyes. The second caution is about the tool accuracy. To ensure tool accuracy it is a must for you to handle with care and use properly. To help keep this tool in perfect working order, Black & Decker has designed a handy carrying case to hold the laser and all of its accessories.

Finally, the price reflects great value and in my opinion should be in all homeowner's toolboxes.