Black & Decker BDL100AV Holiday Season Review

I had my husband hang curtain rods in our house this last weekend, and I gave him this to do it with. The laser showed up nicely on the wall, and all we did was measure where (height) I wanted my first holder, and the rest lined up from there. The red/green indicator light made it easy to tell when we were in line. We have textured walls, so we had to use the push pin to hold the level, but did not have a problem with that. the hole was so small we could not see it (but we did fill it anyway). Then my husband went wild and started checking all our appliances for level, as the unit has an audible beep signal for level, so you don't have to be looking at it while turning the levelers on the feet. Now we are all in level. Since we did not use the suction cup, for a test we hung it up on our fridge, and it is still there 4 days later. The only thing we did not like was the switch to change the unit from level to laser, as it is easy to slide, and would go past the off position and turn on the other funtion (it is a three position slide switch, with off being the center position). All in all, it works, it is a good price and I can see us using it for everything from picture hanging to leveling everything in the house. Because of the switch, I really wanted to give it between 4 and 5 stars, but that was not an option, but it is a very usefull tool.

I wish the suction cup worked better.

Like a lot of "modern" houses, mine in mainly textured wallboard. The suction cup does not work at all, not even for a few seconds.

Once you put in on a smooth surface, it holds fine, but I don't normally hang pictures on my doors or jams.
If you don't mind pin holes and remember if you are off a little in your placement, another pin hole or two is in your future, then this does work.

Another complaint I have is that the level is connected via magnet and cannot be "locked". When mounted, the slightest touch will take the level out of alignment and while it is not hard to get it level (green) again, there is a little "play" in between the level lines. So once it is moved, it may not be exactly in the same place again. There should be a lock.

You also need to note that the laser only comes out of one side. If you are using this to hang pictures along a wall you need to mount it all the way to one side so the laser shows the line on the whole wall. You wouldn't want to start in the middle and flip it over since there is no guarantee that you will get the magnetic attachment exactly at the same level you did going the other way.

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