Leica Disto - which one?

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wfwenzel, post: 426097, member: 7180 wrote: I lost my good ole Leica Disto, probably in the woods, but I may have left it where it "walked off".

Well, I liked it to sketch up buildings, and used it to shoot them with offsets by GPS. Are there other uses for the more modern ones? I have a reflectorless TS12, so don't need it for survey grade stuff, except when I don't want to set up the gun. I think Bluetooth and maybe even memory would be overkill, but convince me.

The old one was also almost invisble in daylight. A real pain. Brighter would be better.

Which one then should I aim for? I do ordinary land surveying most of the time, and don't get into scanning.

I do have the built in Disto in my CS20 collector, but I'd prefer to have a stand alone unit.

Thanks.

I love my Leica Disto S910 with precision kit. I've shot hundreds of feet with that thing. The red dot is brighter but you don't absolutely need it because it has video. It also has a tripod. I even used it to measure wall to wall for crown molding. It converts slope to horizontal. Really handy for measuring to New bearing trees.

I got one of these after TC made his post

https://surveyorconnect.com/community/threads/tacklife-hd40-or-hd60-distance-laser-25-30.330432/

Don't know if the discount code still works and without it still less than $50.

A Harris, post: 426103, member: 81 wrote: I got one of these after TC made his post

https://surveyorconnect.com/community/threads/tacklife-hd40-or-hd60-distance-laser-25-30.330432/

Don't know if the discount code still works and without it still less than $50.

Me too.

I got the D1 recently for around $99. It has Bluetooth capabilities and syncs with the app on your phone, but like you I don't need all that hoopla. Just needed something for semi accurate ties. I believe the accuracy was 1/8" and you can change the measurements to decimal feet. I can't believe how useful it has been in the short amount of time I've had it.

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I don't know what application your Disto is intended for but for me, I just need the one with horizontal and vertical angle capability. I do have the D8 but not totally happy with its performance. Though with long range capability, the D8 does not provide compass. With horizontal and vertical capability, a rangefinder like disto could be a great tool for some offset routines using GNSS.

I've been using the Disto E7500i.

I use it for vertical measurement ,so I don't have to pull out the TS for building, tree and pole heights. It can measure horizontal distances and perform some area measurement, but it's just vertical for me. I use the bracket and tripod from Leica. Effective range is about 600 feet.

The red dot is only visible indoors or before or after the sun comes and goes. Video screen allows for very precise placement. I have seen "lazer " goggles at tool shops that supposedly enhance the visibility of red colored laser levels and such, but never found the need to try them.

I tried using a TruePulse unit with a compass and found that the calibrations required for every occupied position too much to deal with. Without running through the calibration process correctly every single time, results were unreliable, for azimuth. Every ferrous object within 10 feet rendered azimuth measurement questionable. Distance measurement was adequate for my needs but I traded down to a cheaper, non-azimuth Disto.

Disto does vertical for me and does it well.

JA, PLS SoCal

I use the D5. I hated the price (around $500) but I cant live without it. The red dot sucks in the bright daylight but the video screen works good in its place.

I hate advocating cutting costs on equipment, big fan of spend the money and get the results, but, a few months back I found an Ebay import knock off of the Leica Disto, price was less than 30 dollars. It works great, has a few neat functions, I've checked the accuracy at the 30'+/- range and its dead on. Like most, my total station has reflectorless, disto just a tool for the area's my tape can't quite reach, or with out help is a hassle to measure.