[PHIL] What's up everybody, this is Phil with Ohio Power Tool and I'm here with Jeremy from Bosch
Tools and today on Power Tool Rundown we're going to take a look at some laser distance measures.
[PHIL]Let's get right into it! So Jeremy, um,
today what have you brought us, model wise, for the laser distance measures?
[JEREMY] Yep so today we're going to look at two of our new second generation blaze measuring
uh devices--this is the GLM165-25G and this one is the GLM165-27CGL.
[PHIL] So I noticed CGL at the back end, what is that difference was between these two models?
[JEREMY] Yeah, so that denotes that this one is connected, so it has Bluetooth. The G stands
for green, both of these are green, and then L is for the lithium battery that this one comes with.
[PHIL] What's the range, like what distance
can you measure to? [JEREMY] 165 feet.
[PHIL] 165 feet and that's with both models? [JEREMY] Yeah.
[PHIL] Yeah, very cool. So it comes with the case, I see that,
and then um if you notice on the back here you also have a clip,
so you can easily clip that on your belt and take that with you. So, um...
[JEREMY] And then they all come with a lanyard too, so plenty of options on how you want to keep
up with your device--belt clip, pouch, lanyard, you've got all of the options there for you.
[PHIL] All right, let's talk about power. So, um, how are these powered?
[JEREMY] So the entire new lineup of our Gen 2 distance measuring devices are dual-power source,
meaning they run off of alkaline and lithium. [PHIL] Oh, very cool.
[JEREMY] We have a lithium battery pack that you can purchase
that they're all compatible with. The GLM165-27CGL is the only one that comes with the pack.
[PHIL] So in the back I also noticed, uh, that's is that a tripod connector right here?
[JEREMY] There is a tripod mount for these, so yeah, so if you're especially at further
distances, if you want to be real steady or super accurate with what you're doing,
uh, the best option is always to mount it on the tripod to do that.
[JEREMY] so with turning it on you place it up against an object typically and then you have
an end point that you're measuring to and then you hit the capture button, which is the little
arrow, and then uh, so we can capture that distance. So from our countertop here to the wall,
it's precisely three feet eleven and a quarter inch. Most of the new models have haptic feedback,
so that's a vibration you know, similar to getting a text message on your phone.
[PHIL] So kind of just alerts you that hey...
[JEREMY] Yeah it's a little, a little physical feedback. We got
a lot of feedback saying it's great that it beeps but if I'm out on the job site
and there's a lot of machinery it's loud, I'm wearing hearing protection,
I can't hear that beep, and so they wanted physical confirmation, so that
little buzz in their hand gives them that physical confirmation that it's captured that measurement.
[PHIL] You definitely can feel that.
[JEREMY] We've done a lot of uh user research in what could we improve from our first generation
where we're already leading the marketplace and to where can we go next with this and how can
we improve it further, so adding haptic feedback, improving run time with lithium battery options,
doing a green version now, which we're the first ones to do green.
And so you'd probably say you know why, why green? Green is four times brighter than red, we see
green four times better than we do red, and so now it's improved visibility out on the job site too
for your measuring. One of the other big improvements that we did with these models was,
um, adding a rounding feature. So we've added this rounding button here on the bottom of the tool
and with a simple press of the button we can round, even after capturing a measurement,
uh, we can round it from a 32nd of an inch to a 16th, an eighth, a quarter,
or a half inch intervals. Yeah, so that was one of the big improvements to was doing bigger numbers,
um, with higher contrast to be able to see it easier and especially in bright light conditions.
[PHIL] So other than the point-to-point measuring just the distance,
are there any other functions or anything else that these do?
[JEREMY] Yeah, so these, uh, cover a wide range of doing square footage. So with using those
point-to-point measurements, doing length times width, it'll calculate square footage for you
and you can use these plus and minus buttons from going room to room and adding those up.
It'll do volume, so length, width, height. It has a wall area measuring feature on there so that if
you're doing the area of walls, if we're trying to figure out how much paint or wall covering we
need instead of having to do the height over and over, if it's a set height throughout you know
an office building or a residential place that's you know typically about eight feet, you can take
your first measurement and then just do the length and it'll keep adding that up for you. Yeah and so
that all of that helps with estimating and making that a lot, uh, easier and more efficient for
capturing those measurements so that you don't have waste, and saves time and energy for, uh,
for doing the same thing over and over.
[PHIL] So here's the rundown: Features are 165-foot green beam laser measure. Green
beam laser generates a point dot that's up to four times brighter than the standard red beam.
Easy-to-read backlit color display. Accuracy long range measuring.
Bluetooth smart 4.2 technology allows you to measure digitally and transfer to a smartphone.
Full rubber overmold protects major impact point with a design similar to a roll cage.
Jobsite tough--laser is IP65 rated. Inclinometer shows you the tilt
angle up to 360 degrees. Default real-time measurement mode. Add and subtract measurements.
Multiple measuring features. Rounding button. Haptic feedback. Belt clip. Includes the model,
the connected green beam 165 foot laser measure, and GLM battery 3.7 volt lithium ion battery.
[PHIL] Well that about does it for us here on, uh, Power Tool Rundown. Hopefully you learned
something or found a new product that works for your job! Thanks for having Jeremy in from Bosch.
Look forward to talking to you soon! Like and subscribe as always and
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