Customer Reviews

DEWALT DW096PK 26X Automatic Optical Level Kit with Tripod, Rod, and Carrying Case

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All in all a nice transit for the price. Optice are clear and good enough for long distance shooting.
Directions for calibrating the bubble are vague and inless your bubble is way off, I would suggest leaving this alone.
The pre-sighting device on top of the unit is completely worthless. On mine, the lens is completely hazed over and you are unable to get any kind of a sight picture through it. I just eye ball down the top and then use the regular optics to find my target. Slower, but it works.
Mine was also missing the allen wrench for calibrating. I should have taken this as a hint.

No problems so far. Unpacked and in operation in about 10 minutes. Focus is good, and optics are powerful and clear. Auto level is a cool idea - which is, by the way, a prism (on some kind of pendulum acted on by gravity) inside the device that levels what is seen in the viewfinder.

I purchased this for to fix a drainage problem at our home this summer. Every spring we have a lake where are driveway is suppose to be. This year we also had some water get into our basement. The plan is to grade the driveway better, put in some drain tile and get rid of the water. We havne't actually used it productively yet, but I have set it up to see how much we need to grade. The level set up with ease, was easy to focus and seems like it will work well.

We are midway through our project and I'm extremely happy that we bought this level, it's working flawlessly.

I purchased the Dewalt level two weeks ago and have used it in my consulting business twice already. I have been pleasantly surprised at the ease of set-up and use of both the level and the tripod. I am the only one that uses the set so I am not overly concerned about it being banged around too much. The tripod is not as sturdy as some of the more expensive models I have used over the years, but it seems to be well made for the money invested in the set. My only disappointment so far is I would have liked the option of having a decimal rod measured in 10ths in lieu of feet and inches. I know that feet and inches work best in building construction, however my field is in civil engineering and I need 10ths of a foot,not inches. I do appreciate that the size of the rod is convenient for carrying in my car. I do have a four foot extension foot, left over from my old Lenker Rod. This just happens to fit the shipped rod. Eight feet is not really very much when shooting grades in a rapidly changing terrain. I would recommend that the manufacture provide some type of extension base for those that need it.

This is an excellent product - it far exceeded my expectations for accuracy and ease of use. It has excellent optics and is ruggedly built. I have used it for grading drainage lines as well as for getting walls level. I would have liked the included rod to be a bit longer, and it would be nice to have a horizontal angle vernier, but overall it is an excellent product.

hey there i'm not a pro just a do it yourselfer but anyway heres my two cents i got the best deal with amazon free ship and no tax and cheaper than lowes or home depot anyway the level is easy to setup an level came with good carrying case tripod an plumbob anyway i'm satisfied.
thanks treedog

OK - just received the quote from dewalt factory service to calibrate my dw-096...... $471. It was just out of calibration - it was not smashed to pieces. Can't recommend this unit to anyone. Need to find a replacement.Not what I expected from dewalt.

Well worth it, Still working 4-5 years later. No problems at all. I use it (students) for about 8 weeks of the school year.

Although a very nice unit, I returned it. The telescope was so powerful (very small field of view) that you have to be pretty close to level or it won't work. It wouldn't work for my application. I bought a transit level instead. This came up under a search for a transit but it has no transit functions - a level only.

Works OK, but does not "auto level"; manual levelling using an air bubble should not be advertised as auto level!