I have the same one, but branded Duka LS-P (Xiaomi).
It’s the best product I bought so far from China for the price ($17).
It’s very small, strong aluminium case, accurate and can measure volume too!
Much better deal compared to a Bosch plastic brick that has the same performance for 5x the price…
I have something cheap off the ‘zon that looks similar. I compared measurements to tape in the 8’–12’ range and found it to be better than tape…
Only thing is, get it level.
How can it be better than tape? Is your tape giving you wrong results? And if so, how do you verify it?
Try measuring a room, with the laser you just need to put it against a wall and aim at the opposite wall to get a precise result (Select min. and sweep it a bit around if you have problems with aiming straight), with a tape you need to place it in a straight path from one wall to another.
In most cases laser is both faster and more precise than tape.
This does not mean a that it always is better than a tape measurement, I uses both depending on what I want to measure.
I can only read the tape to 16ths.
But mostly I was talking about quality measurements. Yes, I can take my time and get a very good measurement with tape. Or I can measure in five seconds with laser and get the value that takes over a minute with tape.
i use this https://www.gearbest.com/laser-rangefinder-electronic-distance-meter/pp_009386177695.html
had no problems in tunnels or my house
did not check if it works correctly on the mm
I got a UT393B cause it can do 150m, one of the longest laser meters you can get before going into laser rangefinders.
cool
mine was ~15 USD and helps me for cd measuring
that was the only reason why i pulled the trigger
I understand all that.
I was interested in knowing how he was determining that his tape measurement result was less accurate. In order to do that, he would have to be using yet a third tool (not his laser measure) with known accuracy do determine which of the two (tape or laser measure) is more accurate.
A few years ago I was involved in a job that required inside residential buildings measurements. Within an inch or so was ok but due to furniture etc. using a tape was awkward. I bought and used a Bosch DLR165 and was very happy with it. For outside measurements I carried an aluminium clipboard and targeted that with the Bosch. It worked very well except in bright sunlight.
The Bosch was expensive but measured far more accurately than I required.
John.