Green Laser Level Comparison

Comparing Milwaukee, Dewalt, Bosch, Cpi, and Prexiso green laser levels to see what works best in certain areas. The Results were fascinating!

part numbers:
Milwaukee 360: M123PLA-0C
Milwaukee 2 plane: M12CPL-0C
dewalt 360 12v: DCE089D1G-XE
dewalt 360 18v: DCE089D1G18-XE
Cpi 360: PI3TG
Cpi 2 plane: CL101G
Prexiso: PLC3-360G
Bosch 360: GLL3-80CG
Bosch 2 plane: GCL2-15G

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2 plane laser:

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0:00 - Intro
0:45 - intro to the lasers
1:35 - laser brightness
4:12 - 2 plane laser plumb dot
5:39 - 17m indoor test
9:13 - outside test
13:09 - wall bracket magnet test
17:54 - micro adjustment
18:45 - conclusions

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[adamroos]

I own the dewalt 12v 360 and it's my most valued tool now. Can use it for everything! 12v lasts me for 2-3 days (16-24 hours) The 18v would seem like over kill plus more weight. Also the 12v 360 is light enough the magnet will hold itself on metal corner bead which is awesome. I wouldn't trust to leave it there since I have a pole for it. But it's nice for quickly picking a height and just checking things real quick. I highly recommend using any green laser for work. Nothing looks better then your tile grout lines going around the whole room all lining up on the horizontal laser level when customer walks in :D

[fransdebruijn]

Thank you for your very impressive review of all those laser levels. From that I went out and bought a Bosch GLL -3-80 CG and am very happy with the performance. I have added a couple of observation that may be of interest. There are 3 intensity levels for this laser that can only be changed through the use of the phone app, they are medium (default level), high and low plus the laser can be turned off, this was mentioned by others. The high level is considerably higher than the default output but not enough to see it in direct sun light although laser line can easily be seen in indirect sun light up to 3 to 4 metres. From my estimates it would be on par to the brightness of the Milwaukee that you tested. The laser seems to work fine on 4 rechargeable AA batteries with amount of charge correctly indicating it battery capacity on the display. I found that I had no problem doing fine adjustment in the horizontal plane by just rotating the laser level but the vertical adjustment on the mount is very stiff and the adjustment knob is too smooth to get a good grip. The AA battery holder is very difficult to remove and it is easier to open the AA battery holder in the laser to change the batteries than trying to remove it.
There are two versions of the laser. The earlier version has “Cal guard” were as in the later version this feature has been removed, including the “cal guard” button. The Bosch 360 laser level is made in China.
In Australia there is an extended 6 year warranty by registering the laser level on the Bosch website. To do this registration process is rather challenging as it doesn’t like Mozilla Firefox web browser and gives no indication of the problem. The Bosch web site is also very slow.

I"ve been running the Dewalt 12V for at least 5 years now. I have a 2nd one now and still it keeps beating the drum...unbelievable. I only got the second one because I thought it would give up the ghost soon....still hanging in there! Commercial carpenter using this literally hours daily on average 3 days a week I'd say. Only thing I would say is battery is starting to fade slightly after 5 years, but still runs 4+ hours. Outside of that I have dropped it over 12 feet onto direct concrete 2 times and 2nd reason why I bought number 2 unit....just in case, but it's still just as accurate and I like the older case better so it's my go too for 100 foot max distances. Always put up center of max distances to cut your deviations in half. Excellent product!

[NathanaelD]

I had a DeWalt 360 laser. Withing 2 years all the diodes died and DeWalt refused to cover it under their limited warranty. $600 laser that didn't last 2 years, they wanted $275 to fix it. Nope. I'll never buy anything from DeWalt ever again

[Esli]

As an electrician the Milwaukee m12 2plane laser is perfect with the plumb points aswell

[JohnathanAulabaugh]

I do wish my Bosch was a touch brighter for outdoor work but I like how it syncs to a receiver for longer distances.

[alexxuhk]

Thank you for so detailed review. It is really helpful!

[fraserlewis]

This video helped me greatly with my decision. Was going to go with Milwaukee as I’m on the platform but ended up purchasing the bosch. The accuracy and warranty was what sold me as well as not needing to buy bosch specific batteries to run it. It has many many pluses over the other brands so for me it was an easy decision

[TimberTramp]

Man I’d love to see the Mikita represented…. That little 360 Bosch is pretty handy size wise

[jantlotus]

If you have the possibility you should take a look at Leica Lino L6G and Geo-Fennel 6X-Green. Both 3x360.

[wilcandou]

Didn't talk about beam error compensation ...have any of these got any sort of mirror calibration to make sure the mirrors sit plumb. Mirror quality? If the mirror(s) are actually sending the beam straight?

[MehdiRF]

Awesome man! This review is exactly what I was looking for, Great comparison for green laser technology. I use Bosch 360 and the only complain is lack of that micro adjustment knob, the laser on BM1 mount rotates itself with even small wind or vibration on the site and there is no lock or knob to avoid/adjust it. I think Bosch will release new model to address this issue soon because these major brands are in great race for laser measuring devices these days. Thank you 🥂

[chicoxiba]

Which one had the thinnest vertical line? thats the most important feat for me

[LeiChat]

Thanks for the comparison.
Do any of these support use with main adapter, rather than just battery?

[adammillar]

Legend! Been looking at getting my first laser and on apprentice wages it ain't cheap! Takes the guess work out for me cheers big fella 🤙

[ryan]

Boys at work have the CPI 2 plane but I'm going to go with 3P Milwaukee since that's the batteries I have. I was looking at a dewalt before Milwaukee announced their laser

[TimothyOwen]

I wanna see the Makita 3way 360 12v as I'm on the platform .. but I don't actually have anything 12v so I could go any of them. I need distance for fencing though. Currently got a Bosch 2 way but it tears through double a's

[ricof]

Did you check the Laser Power of the bosch gll 3-80 cg in the App?
Here you can Adapt the intesity of the Laser. So the Max Level is much more intens/Bright than Standard Mode.

[eskimo]

I was hoping to see a test showing how good the self leveling was in each laser... I have a cheap eBay 3x360 and after a slight bump or adjustment it is quite slow compared to DeWalt that I have used before... I'm currently looking at a Milwaukee 3x360 because I'm a Milwaukee user... I was hoping to get the model that takes the 4v lithium battery but I couldn't go back to a non 360 laser now 🤦🏻‍♂️

[waynerobinson]

Hi did you try holding them on an angle with locked laser, which one can do 45 degrees