- Take critical layout measurements accurately with the press of a button
- Accurate to 1/8" at 300 feet
- Battery powered, hand-held, and durable, 2 AA batteries included
- Save valuable time and re-work costs with each project
- One-year warranty
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Pacific Laser System has redesigned the popular PLS1. The new design incorporates a more user-friendly keypad and a built in 2 X scope for use in the bright sunlight. The built in optical scope with viewfinder lets you use the tool when the laser is not visible in the bright sunlight. The PLS1 is ideal for indoor or outdoor use and has a range in excess of 300'. The accuracy is 1/8" at 300', clearly more accurate than a conventional long tape when you consider the human error involved. A laser line is always straight, and can be shot at any height a clear path is available. The keypad will allow you to easily change the functions, some of the functions included are: Measuring distance from the front or back of the tool. Scan an area to get the minimum or maximum distance. Take 2 readings to create square footage or 3 to get cubic footage. Track distance to provide a continous reading while you are moving. Triangulate distance, measure from one point a distance between two other points. Scanning for a minimum distance assures a perpendicular measurement or allows you measure a minimum opening size. Scanning for a maximum distance allows you to check the square of a room from corner to corner or measure the top of an arch. The PLS1 has a memory, it will always remembers your last 15 measurements. Measure 15 studs on a vaulted ceiling, bring the tool back to the saw and accurately cut 15 studs at a time. The PLS1 comes with a padded belt pouch and two AA batteries.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Choice,
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This review is from: Pacific Laser Systems PLS1 1/8-Inch at 100 Feet Laser Measurer (Tools & Home Improvement)
Have been using this measurer for 5 months now. Common usage has been in theatres measuring the distance from stage flooring to the grid and from floor to the pipes our stage lights hang from. The beam is bright enough to see at great distances, 300' and more. The bright beam definitely helps me when measuring the trim heights of our pipes as there are usually dozens of pipes with inches of each other and 30' to 50' above my head. The quick sampling of the device and return measurement is very handy even when the objects are in motion.My only complaint was that of the base end which is tappered. I quickly overcame this when I discovered that the red half-moon, which you can see in the picture, rotates to create an X base allowing the device to stand on end. The ability to choose measuring from nose or measuring from base is a real plus. The ability to add and/or subtract dimensions is very handy as well. Without a doubt PLS provides great quality and features for the money. Their other laser devices, PLS3 and PLS5 have proven indispensable to me over the past several years and the addition of the PLS1 is very welcome.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sick Of Measuring With A Wheel.,
By alejandro (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pacific Laser Systems PLS1 1/8-Inch at 100 Feet Laser Measurer (Tools & Home Improvement)
I'm a real estate appraiser, and I can't think of anything more goofy looking, than how I must've looked using a measuring wheel, circling around the house with a squeaky grinding toy. Especially when I could've been using a PLS1. Well now that I have bought one, and have been using it, I don't understand why I didn't have one sooner.
If you're an appraiser like me trying to decide if you should switch to laser: do it, the dark ages are over, stop using toys and rulers. Or if you're weighing the scales between: Stanley FatMax TLM200, TLM300, or a Disto Classic, or Disto A5. Choose the PLS1. It looks like a field professional's tool, and is engineered by the same company that engineers the Distos and Stanley FatMax's, known as Leica Geosystems out of Austria. The PLS1 also costs $150 less than the A5 or the TLM300 (though it retails the same or more than these two). The TLM200 costs $50 less than the PLS1, but has less features. My main thing was that my laser meter had to have a Pythagoras function, or the ability to triangulate. What this basically does is allows you to measure a wall, say the outside rear of the house, while you're just looking at it from a distance. So what you do is: measure 2 or 3 points on the wall (the instrucion manual is pretty clear) and the meter figures out the measurment of the rear of your subject house. Not all Laser Meters out there carry this function, and the ones that do, other than the PLS1, will cost a lot, or if it costs less, it may not offer as many functions as the PLS1 for instance, the TLM 200. One con for the average joe is that it's clunky, though solid. I have big hands so it doesn't bother me. Some random notes on features: If you work late during the winter months and it starts getting dusk, the unit has a backlight. That funky looking rudder that sticks out from the bottom is removable. It has a view scope to pinpoint your laser at far distances, which comes in handy under bright light conditions: this is the only laser meter I know that has this feature. It comes with a black nylon velcro case. It has a mini level on the side like most of the laser meters out there. If you're buying it anywhere else on the internet other than Amazon, make sure the ad photo is of the updated PLS1 model, not the old PLS1 with only 6 buttons or so (Ebayers beware).
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic unit,
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This review is from: Pacific Laser Systems PLS1 1/8-Inch at 100 Feet Laser Measurer (Tools & Home Improvement)
I use this thing every week. It works great and is highly accurate. Allows you to reach out to places impossible otherwise. Just how high is it from the footings to the brick freeze? Easy. Just place the tail of the laser on the footings and shoot the brick freeze. Whammo! 18'5". Great. How far is it from this stepdown to that stepdown? Whammo! 16'8". How far is it from this layout string to the footings? Whammo! Is this side of the porch header the same height as the other side of the porch. Shoot both sides, allowing the PLS1 to display the difference and whammo, you know if you need to level it or not. I could go on and on. Just cost too much.
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