Bosch GLM165-27CGL 165' BLAZE Ergonomic Cordless Green Laser Measure w/Bluetooth

Whoa!!!!!! Serious tool. In 2025 i believe this is the minimum to spend for a laser measure that isnt a toy.Homeowner creating as built plans. I previously used a dewalt dw055pl which is a tiny $40 thing with nice color screen but no bluetooth, no tripod mount and no inclinometer. It was very difficult to point level and keep steady so measurements were not square and results were poor.Tried out the leica but screen is awful to read in crawlspaces and unit i wanted was >$150 more.Finally ordered this bosch because of the positive reviews and it claimed to have all the features i wanted. From description I was unsure what i was getting and am very pleasantly surprised. This GLM165-27CGL is a kit that comes with a soft case and a lithium battery, a charge cable, a tripod screw mount AND can still accept AA batteries. The non-‘L’ version is still available for the same price, but to be clear the ‘L’ version is the same but also includes the $30 lithium battery upgrade.The lithium battery plugs into the AA battery bay and replaces the back used with AA batteries. This is awesome because i can swap in AA batteries if the lithium battery loses its charge or gets old. I will be using the lithium battery until it has a problem, but that means i must store the AA battery back and not lose it.The device has nice rubber buttons that yield with satisfying dull click. The laser is bright green and very easy to see.There is a dedicated units button on the face so you can change quickly.When a reading is taken the device gives a quick buzz to affirm.Device is able to interpolate distance or height using the inclinometer. This allows double indirect height measurement meaning you take a reading at the base of a vertical wall, then a reading at the top of the wall and device will tell you the vertical distance between the points.More useful is that device has a mode to use inclination to give you horizontal distance even if you don't keep the tool flat. For example if you set it in Pythagoras distance mode you can point it at the base of a wall and it will give you the horizontal distance to the wall. This is convenient because it will still give you reasonably accurate readings even if you don't keep the device perfectly flat.What this device will not do is a true point-to-point measurement, meaning you cannot point it at two random spots on a house and have it compute the linear distance between them. This cannot be done in the device because the device cannot sense the horizontal angle.I thought i would use the bluetooth connection but have not because i use a pad of paper and input my measurements into freecad on my pc. The measureon app wants me to use their process and im uncertain how to export raw data from my iphone to my pc, im wary of anything that needs a subscription.In conclusion: this is a rockin good tool. Everything about it is simple and obvious, i never needed to read any instructions. Excellent efficient user interface. The device has the feel of a pro camera. I own tools from a wide variety of vendors and am not a strong fan of any. I do own a bosch die grinder, their big belt sander and their fabulous jigsaw, i love those tools - and i like this measurement device at least as much. $135 shipped with tax and it has already saved me hours. Very very nice. Thank you bosch for the well designed device. The tool feels like an experienced person designed the tool of their dreams.I wish youd sort out the subscription software, it feels like youre giving the MBA/Game Theoreticians too much control. I just need a reliable way to get raw numbers and angles onto my phone, then onto my pc, ideally something that is simple enough to work forever without software support from you. The one invariant of connected devices is that their supporting software becomes unsupported before the device's end of life.

This distance measure works well when making individual distance measurements and it comes with phone software to help you draw room floor plans but to fully utilise its power you should look for third party software that can generate multi floor whole house floor plans. I used Magicplan, but there are many other choices.

Es una gran herramienta para realizar alzados de proyecto, fácil de usar y se complemente tremendamente bien con la aplicación para trasladar las medidas a un plano.

Simplemente excelente

Esta hermoso en comparación con el anterior GLM40 como el de la foto y que ya poseía (que también es bonito y es más compacto). Al usarlo en nuestro terreno donde vamos a construir nuestra casa el láser rojo se pierde con la luz del día, veremos si este láser verde se percibe un poco más. Lo compré por que trae Bluetooth, clip metálico y por que fálsamete indicaban que trae las celdas de ion litio, (el que realmente entregan es un GLM165-27CG), ver el nombre que resalté en la caja.Después del mal sabor de boca puedo ver que es agradable al tacto, tiene buen tamaño, es relativamente fácil de usar, y además me gusta traerlo como “WEARABLE” en su estuche de tela junto a mi navaja suiza grande o mi Leatherman Surge.