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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #266 in Home Improvement
• Brand: BOSCH (S-B Powertools)
• Model: DLR165K
• Number of items: 1

Features

• Precision Laser Measuring Technology. Laser beam does both pointing and measuring
• Pocket-Sized Only 4-Inch 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

Amazon.com Product Description
The Bosch DLR165K Digital Laser Range Finder Kit uses precision laser measuring technology. The laser beam does both pointing and measuring and is truly pocket-sized only 4-inches tall. It has four measuring reference points: back, front, swing-out & extension pin for measuring from inside corners or channels, or center of optional tripod. It uses three measurement systems: feet and inches, decimal feet, and metric and had length, area and volume measuring capability.

From the Manufacturer
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Customer Reviews

Great device
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.

I Love Bosch, but they should have gone the extra yard.
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
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.