Customer Reviews

Black & Decker BDL500S BullsEye Auto-Leveling Interior Line Laser/ 1/4-Inch at 40 Feet Sonic Measurer Combination Tool

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Update***** I exchanged it and found that my new one is much more accurate. It is only about 1/16 inch off at 16'. I am very happy with this one. Once again, I reccomend checking it.



I bought this last night to mark a small room for chair rail. I started at one point and went around the room in both directions from the starting point. By the time my two lines met, I was almost an inch off. The room is not even 10' by 10'. After playing with it for awhile, I discovered that at 10' I was approx 3/8" off. The spec says +/- 1/8" off at 10'. Maybe I got a bad one, I intend to exchange it and try again. Bottom line is if you get one, check it. One simple way is to hold it on a wall, mark it approximately 10' down, then turn the device around and hold it's face up to the wall and check the line again at 10'. The marks should be no more than 1/4" apart worst case.

Even with this kind of innacuracy, it can still be useful for some jobs. Like I said, I intend to exchange it and see if I can get a good one.

This thing is great! Easy to use. Saves time hanging up pictures and making sure things are levelled. The digital tape measure works well and so does the picture hanging tool. You measure the wall length and select how many pictures you want and it will beep wherever the nail needs to go. Great tool!

I recieved this as a gift at christmas, and so far, it works pretty darn well. Small nail in the wall and let it draw a nice level line to hang things by. I am shortly going to be putting shelves in a closet, and this will be very handy. I also have a craftsman laser leve, and it works well too, but does not have the hanging feature. A plus. The rolling measure is likely not going to replace my manual tape measurer, but in a pinch, can help. Overall, good product, check it out if you do a lot of hanging.

Great product. A must for hanging large pictures that require 2 level hangers, quite a distance apart. The self leveling feature far exceeds the bubble type of level that requires human input. The distance measuring function may have some use at a later time. A practice run on an existing wall seems to indicate it will work very well.
Highly recommended.

First of all, there is nothing 'SONIC' in the measuring capabilities of this tool. You need to roll the tool across a smooth surface to measure distance between two points.

The unit is made of cheap plastic with a couple of rubber grips. The leveler on/off button feels as if its going to come off if I use it one more time. The buttons in the front get stuck into the unit sometimes and need to give them a few seconds to come out.

When I ordered this tool (my bad that I did not read the complete description of the product on Amazon), I was expecting a tool to measure distances that uses 'sonic' (ultrasound, to be more precise) waves. Rolling the unit on a surface to measure distances is absolutely not something I had in mind.

Though I didn't like the bulkiness of this unit, I was prepared for that already as I read that in a couple of previous reviews on this product and checked the product dimensions. But if you need to roll it to measure distance, you need a wide rolling path.

I don't think it's worth even <$40 price I paid. I am sending it back to Amazon.

My wife and I just moved in to a house and had tons of pictures to hang. This tool made the job a piece of cake! It replaced both my tape measure and leveling bubble. The measuring tool makes finding the center of a wall or spacing multiple pictures evenly almost automatic. The laser is bright and easy to see making the leveling process a snap. I would say it cuts my time in half if not more.

My only minor issue would be the way it attaches to the wall when using the laser level. The unit comes with a holder that uses a small nail. You hang the tool from the holder on the wall. When you are done you have made an extra hole in the wall from the holder. I would suggest having someone hold the unit against the wall if possible avoiding the use of the holder. When alone, I try to mount the holder way off to the side of the wall where the hole is less visible or spackle and paint. This is a minor problem but one I did not anticipate when I bought it. It would not have changed my purchasing decision and I still give it 5 stars (that one little hole has probably saved me a lot of other bigger holes).

The bottom line is if you hang pictures or shelves, you will love this tool! It saves a lot of time and the result is perfectly hung pictures and shelves every time.

Although we're fairly avid do-it-yourselfers, this is our first laser level. It is very easy to use. I love the vertical/horizontal feature. It does require a small hole in the wall to hang it on, but we haven't found that to be a problem.

It also works well lying on the floor for aligning tile, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it for the average DIY-er.

**UPDATE**
I would no longer recommend this product. I realized a few months after purchase that the level isn't level!! I was painting stripes (horizontal) around a room, and discovered that the "level" line is off -- nearly an inch off by the time I made it across two walls.

We no longer use this level because it is just "off." No good.

This item works fatastic and the measuring options to evenly split a space are great. The only drawback is this thing eats batteries. I can put new batteries in, use it, turn it off and put it in the closet and two weeks later the batteries are dead.

Great product. Had a need for this in making a level block wall in my yard. Obviously, it worked much better after sun down, but great to know I was doing a great job.

Black and Decker has an excellent idea but needs to make this out of harder plastic.I broke mine while hamming of a wall and it fell on carpet from 3 ft
give me a break.I was able to fix it but still the point.Otherwise a good tool marks around corners and shoots a great beam no "special glasses"Like the older ones.Good tool for a homeowner but not up to par for daily use.Also the sonic tape measure is good for estimating but I would cut anything by its measurement if thats what you have in mind.