Kiprim Laser Distance Measure High Accuracy 165ft Kiprim LD50E Laser Tape Measure 50M Compact Laser Measurement Tool with Larger Backlit LCD Display,ft/m/in Switching,Bubble Level

Easy to use, saves a ton of time. Great gift for a carpenter.

This laser measuring tool makes measuring so much faster and more precise. It’s really easy to operate, fits comfortably in my hand, and has helped me get professional results every time. Definitely worth it!

The product works great. As far as I can tell, it is accurate, though I haven't checked it to the fraction of an inch. The four stars are just to let you know the limitation in bright sunlight. I was measuring a 78-foot fence line. In the bright sunlight, the laser wasn't able to measure beyond 55 feet. Later in the day, in the shadow of the house, it worked fine and measured it at 77" 5". So, bright, sunny days may give you problems—otherwise, it's a great little device.

The item was received as described.

Off by 0.25 inches at 6 feet and 1.29 inches at 20 feet. Plenty good enough for rough measurement like room dimensions, but don't count on it for anything needing real accuracy (like cutting a board to fit). As others have said, the screen is too dim for outside work. I compared to my Bosch laser measure and an actual line tape and the Bosch was much more accurate and visible in sunlight. Get the more expensive Bosch-buy once, cry once.

Works great

OK, I've had the classic Stanley black and yellow tape measure for years. For some things it is quick and easy. "What's the size of that table?" But a while ago I needed to get the measurements of a very oddly shaped room in order to make a model of it. My mental estimate was that the longest measurement was mayb 60 feet. Lay donw the 8 foot tape and move it perhaps 8 times? I don' think so. This came to the rescue. Just push the button and point to the opposite wall with the red spot at the same height, and read the length in feet and inches (or metric if you would rather. Need to measure a distant height, there's a way to do that. How about X, Y and Z for volume? Sure.It comes with a little belt holster, wrist loop, a playing cad sized reflective 'target' an assistant might hold, and multi-language instruction sheet which explains the icons for selecting measurement modes, etc. It has bubble levels in the body so you are sure of straight-line measurements. What it did NOT reveal is whether the distance measurement includes the length of the device. (My old Stanley tape says "include 2" for body of case". So is the measurement from the lens on the end, or the butt of the device if you press it against a wall? You will have to run a little experiment to find out - As my old physics text book used to say: "It is left as an exercise for the student."

This thing just messed up our whole project. I took a measurement with this laser measuring tape and assumed it was accurate, went downstairs and ripped my board to the distance required, got back upstairs, and the board is a whole inch too short. I checked the measurement, and the problem was that this measuring tape gave me a reading that was off by over an inch at only 13 inches. The distance was 13 11/16", and this thing reads it at 12 5/8". It wrecked my whole project, because I've been working with the assumption that I had over an inch to work with, and I never did, and now I've further ripped my board down, and the whole thing is just hosed. I have an inch and a half gap in the wall desk I was making, all because I had the audacity to assume that the measuring tape I bought would actually give me semi-accurate measurements. We have a second laser measuring tape that was much cheaper than this one that is perfectly accurate and we've never had a problem. I've double checked everything to make sure I wasn't measuring from the wrong place. I've checked it against my other laser tape, and against my normal measuring tape. This thing was definitely the problem. Would not recommend. You can't use it for anything more than making rough estimates on large distances. It would probably be adequate for measuring the square footage of a room or your yard, where an inch or so isn't going to matter. Do not use this when you're taking measurements where the exact distance is important.Even before I realized that the measurement is inaccurate I wasn't happy with this device, as it's unintuitive and difficult to use. You can't just push a button and have it show you a measurement. You have to click the button to save the current measurement before you can see what the measurement was. I want to be able to hold the thing up and see the measurement adjust in real time as I move the thing back and forth, but you can't do this.Just not a great product.