Dovoh

What to know about shopping at Dovoh

Dovoh has built its own laser levels since 2014, and the range is organized by how many planes the tool projects rather than by trade. A cross-line model throws one horizontal and one vertical line and suits hanging, mounting and straightforward tile work. A 3x360 projects three full circles — one horizontal, two vertical — and wraps the beam right around a room. A 4x360 adds a fourth plane. The numbering is the specification, so once you read it that way the lineup stops looking like a wall of near-identical devices.

The decision most people get wrong is buying more planes than the job needs. A 4x360 is genuinely useful for squaring a full room or laying out flooring across an open space, but for putting up shelving or a run of wall tile a cross-line unit does the same work for less. Buy for the job you actually do repeatedly, not the largest one you might attempt once.

The second decision is indoor versus outdoor. Green beams read more easily than red in daylight, but no beam stays visible outdoors at distance, which is what the laser receivers are for — they detect the plane well beyond where your eye loses it. If any of your work happens outside, budget for a receiver at the same time rather than discovering the limitation later. Grade rods, tripods and mounting poles do the rest of the positioning, and battery life is worth checking against how long your sessions actually run.

On savings, shipping is free from US warehouses to the contiguous 48 states, and the tools carry a two-year warranty with 30-day returns. There is no standing public code at the time of writing, so this page is where to look when one appears.

— MoneySaverCodes Team