Levels

XanadooLTD

I dont know. Irwin levels are pretty sweet too. Same price as the Stabilas though. But it will give you another option.

Tom M

Im due to update my levels. Are you telling me that Stabila dont have a different size bubbles in the reading glass? I dont think I have ever purchased a level that doesnt favor one side and I have to split the difference between them. 2 6ft 100 dollar levels and both are moody since day 1.

chippy uk

stabila levels are all i will buy, you dont see many carpenters in the uk with out a stabila of some sort in there kit

neolitic

Amazing concept I know,
but they actually do tell the truth!
No guess work or interpolation
required.
Sneaky Krauts.

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JonM

What are these "levels" you talk about?...all I see are pictures of paint stirrer's in this post.......walk backwards 20 feet...hold your thumb up, sight down your arm and over the thumb....close enough....

2ndGen

Agreed. On top of that, how much are you saving if you're work isn't good? Leveling is one of those areas that has to be as near to perfect as possible.

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2ndGen

Oh yeah?

Well take this!


Oh baby!

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2ndGen

Actually, the spirits in the vials have microbes that swim to push the bubble into perfect position.

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Joining_heads

I don't even bother with a spirit level unless its a Stabila.

2ndGen

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JonM

I guess you don't walk around the site with your thumb up your azz...

DrewD

That is a big thumb. I can't really think of anything else to say about it....its just a big thumb.

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joasis

I have an antique brass bound 48 that has always been true, but Stabilas are all I buy, except for the magnetic levels I use in steel erection....you hit a beam with a 2# hammer and drop a Stabila, it will make you cry....you drop a box store special, you shrug and reset the vial and go on.....checking it with the Stabila.

Absolutely the best I have seen.

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KillerToiletSpider

Funny you mention this.

The local tool store recently had a Stabila promotion day, one of the things they did was hold a level toss, whoever could throw a 4' Stabila level across the parking lot the farthest won a new 4' Stabila level. After that level got tossed around all day it checked out as still true when compared to a new Stabila level. I don't worry about mine getting banged around a little bit.

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Tom M

Are you for real? Thats incredible.

2ndGen

That is so cool!

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Joining_heads

I've saw this too awhile back.

jarvis design

I just bought my first Stabila levels last summer. I got a 32", 48", and 8' plate level. They are simply awesome. Will never buy another level again!!

The other thing I bought last year was a set of "set-up" blocks made by Veratis(from Lee Valley). The set comes with 1/16", 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" and a milled steel block that is 1"x2"x3".

When you are leveling, rather than trying to hold the level steady while using a tape measure to measure the gap (not very accurate), you simply stack whatever combination you need under the end of the level you need to center the bubble. This set will go from 1/16" to 4 7/8" in 1/16" increments. I use this set almost every day!!

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TempestV

They did that at one of the stores around here as well. One of the other stores also has a demonstrator level with a big stick on label that says "drop me", and it's always on compared to the other levels on the shelf.