The Leica DISTO Laser Measuring Device is a multi-functional instrument which provides you with simple, quick and reliable measurements. You can measure distances with absolute accuracy, past obstructions and determine angles quickly and precisely.

We tried it out on a variety of applications, both indoors and out and found it to be very consistently within 1/16 of an inch of our reference tape. In fact, whenever we thought we had “fooled” it, it tended to be operator error with one of us moving the Laser Distance Measure or not having the tape completely lined up against the surface as intended. Before, if I wanted to measure something high, I would have to climb up and have a helper hold the end of the tape. Or I might have to climb up on platform and ladders on which I was not familiar and expose myself to a risk of a serious fall. Throw out the measuring tape and rulers, the cool new laser measuring device is a multi-function distance measuring tool and laser targeting device that fits in the palm of your hand. Just aim this innovative gadget at something up to 50 feet away, press the button and it accurately measures the distance away in feet or meters.

As the innovation leader, Bosch offers professional users a product range that includes the world’s smallest laser measuring device. Bosch was also the first company to successfully introduce a laser measuring device in the European DIY market.

Operation is simple – just point, press on the ‘action’ or ‘read’ button, and a precise measurement is returned – perfect for a weekend do-it yourself enthusiast or a contract professional. Calculations can return in metric, decimal feet or feet and inches. Most of us don’t know how to use regular measuring tools correctly. But a laser rangefinder like the Leica Disto D5 is basically the answer to your prayers when it comes to getting an accurate measurement each and every time.

You can shoot the laser on one side, walk to the other end of the wall and used the addition function and shot the laser on the other side and get the correct wall length. The light beam produced by most lasers is pencil-sized, and maintains its size and direction over very large distances; this sharply focused beam of coherent light is suitable for a wide variety of applications. Lasers have been used in industry for cutting and boring metals and other materials, and for inspecting optical equipment. Of intermediate sensitivity are optical systems that pass a laser beam through a gas sample and detect whether some of the laser light is absorbed by the gas sample. A weakness of this method is that the amount of absorption is very small compared to the overall amount of laser light, so the signal is hard to detect.