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hey everyone welcome to another review by gyms review room today I am looking at the botch laser rangefinder the DLR 165 now I bought this product two years ago however it is not currently for sale anymore on amazon.com where originally purchased it however there is a equivalent model with these basically the same specifications and performance it is the model DLR 130k and that's for sale on Amazon for eighty two dollars and ninety nine cents as of this upload of this video now I just want to give you a little bit of background I was a field adjuster for five years for property damages for a pretty big insurance company and every day I would look at either claims such as fire damages burnt down kitchens lightning hit homes and burned down their the attic and a roof I have looked at the homes where they have suffered water damage is a pipe burst in the second floor water spews and damages all the first floor suicide that's cars through buildings etc and I would use this tool to measure you know drywall framework doorways for great rooms that are 18 to 20 feet high I can place this on the ground and shoot all the way up to the ceiling and measure that one length of a wall many many uses for this tool and as you can see I'm used it every day and there's a lot of wear and tear on it so I just want to go over the products exterior and construction style the products features and specifications and also the pros and cons at the end of this video on its performance and usage so let's get started here the product itself it is small and lightweight again it fits easily in your pocket and it does come with a pouch as well the pocket can be attached to your belt which is very convenient as well now the unit does take triple-a batteries 4 of them in total and you can see in this video here I just take off the cap and reveal them the battery does come in the box for you which is great so that's a head plus and the box does come in the that 4s green color that box is known for and it's all of its tools and gadgets and also features the black rubber grips as well on the sides and also on the very top of the tool where it protects the laser and also be lens as well now the my particular model shoots up to 125 linear feet the current model but that is for sale it's the DLR 130k it measures up to 130 linear feet now this particular unit it does measure inches inches and feet decimals and also in metric as well so there's a wide variety of measurement readouts that you can select on the fly by just pressing one button on the tool for you it also features measurements of not only linear feet but also measures area and volume as well now as you can see in the video right now I just turned on the laser and when I press the button it does offer a measurement and I'm pressing the button on the lower right hand corner and it changes the formats like I said inches or inches and feet or metric and it cycles through that process for you in selecting what you would like or desire now here what impressing on the upper left hand corner is changing the amount of area that I would like to measure again linear feet square feet or volume of a particular room or area as well and lastly I press the center top button and you can see the abbreviation for Co n comes up it's basically a continuous laser where I don't need to press the button wherever I move the Bosch laser rangefinder it will measure for me and once I press it again it's turn it off as you can see the number stays fixed so let's start with the pros here again it's ridiculously easy to use it's literally just pointing shoot and see what a red laser is and it would spit out a measurement for you I like that metric or the USA system of measuring it it's very durable they said I've used it for two years straight five days a week and I'd use it multiple homes in multiple areas I've 95 98 degree weather I've been through you know three floors and condos probably shoot over 500 different measurements a day if not more for those bigger losses dropped it several times at least you can see a lot wear and tear on there but again all the buttons filled still feel perfectly fine some of the cons I would say is in bright sunlight or in very very bright rooms when you shoot the laser sometimes you can't see especially in far distances as well you can't really see the laser Amazon does sell in glasses that you can put on the pricey the laser a little bit better I didn't purchase those I did read some of those reviews and it does help a little bit so that's one flaw the other flaw is the the screen to LCD screen I will show is a backlit screen as well sometimes when I do go into basements and I do measurements of the area down there or even crawl spaces just measuring a certain area I can't see it as well as I should maybe that's just a recommendation to have that improved or have that as a feature on that is it a buy is it a try or is it not buying at all I would definitely say if your contractor a claims adjuster if you do a lot of handyman work yourself at home or remodeling project it's the way to go I'll definitely definitely use it but if you're rarely cutting anything cutting any wood doing some drywall etc the old-fashioned $10 you know fat max tape measure by Stanley might be the way to go okay so that's it for this review guys I hope you enjoyed it again this is the bosch laser rangefinder model DLR 130k as found on amazon.com for the price of eighty two dollars and ninety nine cents as of this upload and if you haven't done so please like the video and or subscribe to my channel as well so you get future updates on other products again thank you very much take care bye