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Old 09-13-2008, 09:01 AM   #1
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Just wondering if anyone has used one. A guy I work with has one(25100) and I must say that it is pretty accurate. With his showing dead level and looking it, mine and another guys using the small greenlee and the larger greenlee were just a hair right of center. Now it has me wanting to pick up one just because I'm that anal about being precise. Just curious if anyone has used and what was their experience.
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Just wondering if anyone has used one. A guy I work with has one(25100) and I must say that it is pretty accurate. With his showing dead level and looking it, mine and another guys using the small greenlee and the larger greenlee were just a hair right of center. Now it has me wanting to pick up one just because I'm that anal about being precise. Just curious if anyone has used and what was their experience.
If the two other levels read the same why think his was the correct one?
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If the two other levels read the same why think his was the correct one?
Well I also checked them all against my fatmax and it was closer to the stabila. But the worse part is that on the greenlee there is some slop in the accuracy, because there is space on both sides between the bubble and line. Plus stabila's are suppose to be the most accurate level there is. Also I check all the level's by first leveling them and marking both sides and then rotating the level and making sure that the bubble was in the same spot.
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I have a stabila and personally think my checkpoint 880 is more accurate although it doesn't have space between the bubble and the lines it is dead on. The stabila is a good level I just don't find it to be more accurate than my checkpoint.
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wow - people actually use levels in the rest of the country - wow
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Stabila and Checkpoint are the ONLY two levels to buy.

I have had a Stabila solid aluminum level now for over 5 years and it is as accurate as the day I bought it, which is dead on.
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