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Huepar Laser receiver, red and green, 200 ft

The only receiver here that names what it will not work with — fifteen of its own maker's lasers, by model number.

Huepar LR-6RG laser receiver with three-sided display and rod clamp

Huepar Laser receiver, red and green, 200 ft

The only receiver here that names what it will not work with — fifteen of its own maker's lasers, by model number.

Functions
Detects red AND green pulsed beams in bright light to a working range of 200 ft (60 m) — stated, and stated three times over that the laser's PULSE MODE must be turned on and kept on. This shelf's buying tip says to confirm the laser has a pulse or manual/receiver mode before buying a receiver at all; Huepar does not leave that to the buyer
Also stated
FIFTY-TWO compatible Huepar and Huepar Pro models are listed by number — and then a second bullet lists FIFTEEN that are NOT, naming the 9011G, 9211G, FL360R, FL360G, 8300G, B011G, B011R, FC011G, FC011R, 9300G and GK011DG line lasers and the RL200HR, RL200HVG, RL300HR and RL300HVG rotary lasers, because they have no pulse mode. No other receiver on this shelf publishes an exclusion list of any kind
Display
Readouts on the FRONT, the SIDE and the BACK of the receiver, stated. Three faces is the most on this shelf, where the next has two — and the side face is the one that matters when the receiver is clamped to a rod and read from an angle
Measuring mode
Optical and acoustic signals to locate the laser plane, with beeps when the target is found, plus a dual-sided bubble vial on the front AND the top to confirm the receiver itself is level. No accuracy bands are published, which this shelf's introduction lists as one of five comparisons
Power
A 9 V dry battery giving about 70 working hours, with automatic shut-off after about 8 minutes idle. Seventy hours is the longest stated life on this shelf and the eight-minute timeout the shortest — both of which favor a receiver that gets picked up and put down all day
Reference and mounting
A heavy-duty clamp attached, stated to mount the detector to a rod or other target point. This shelf's introduction asks about clamp fit; the clamp is included rather than optional, which two of the three receivers here manage
Supplied
The receiver, the clamp and a 9 V battery. Huepar also writes out a power-on check — confirm the battery polarity, short-press the button, look for a red indicator — which is unusual and useful on a tool whose first symptom of a flat cell is silence
Amazon reference
B07L6FP48S
EAN
0790996364544
  • Fifty-two compatible models named by number
  • Fifteen of its own maker's lasers named as NOT compatible
  • Huepar and Huepar Pro lasers only, by the maker's own list

Best for: A Huepar laser whose model number is on the list, and anyone who has bought the wrong receiver once

≈ $53
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Specifications

Functions
Detects red AND green pulsed beams in bright light to a working range of 200 ft (60 m) — stated, and stated three times over that the laser's PULSE MODE must be turned on and kept on. This shelf's buying tip says to confirm the laser has a pulse or manual/receiver mode before buying a receiver at all; Huepar does not leave that to the buyer
Also stated
FIFTY-TWO compatible Huepar and Huepar Pro models are listed by number — and then a second bullet lists FIFTEEN that are NOT, naming the 9011G, 9211G, FL360R, FL360G, 8300G, B011G, B011R, FC011G, FC011R, 9300G and GK011DG line lasers and the RL200HR, RL200HVG, RL300HR and RL300HVG rotary lasers, because they have no pulse mode. No other receiver on this shelf publishes an exclusion list of any kind
Display
Readouts on the FRONT, the SIDE and the BACK of the receiver, stated. Three faces is the most on this shelf, where the next has two — and the side face is the one that matters when the receiver is clamped to a rod and read from an angle
Measuring mode
Optical and acoustic signals to locate the laser plane, with beeps when the target is found, plus a dual-sided bubble vial on the front AND the top to confirm the receiver itself is level. No accuracy bands are published, which this shelf's introduction lists as one of five comparisons
Power
A 9 V dry battery giving about 70 working hours, with automatic shut-off after about 8 minutes idle. Seventy hours is the longest stated life on this shelf and the eight-minute timeout the shortest — both of which favor a receiver that gets picked up and put down all day
Reference and mounting
A heavy-duty clamp attached, stated to mount the detector to a rod or other target point. This shelf's introduction asks about clamp fit; the clamp is included rather than optional, which two of the three receivers here manage
Supplied
The receiver, the clamp and a 9 V battery. Huepar also writes out a power-on check — confirm the battery polarity, short-press the button, look for a red indicator — which is unusual and useful on a tool whose first symptom of a flat cell is silence
Amazon reference
B07L6FP48S
EAN
0790996364544

What the maker puts in writing

  • Detects red and green pulse laser beams in bright light, working range up to 200 ft (60 m)
  • FIFTY-TWO compatible Huepar and Huepar Pro models, listed by number
  • “NOT Compatible with laser levels without pulse mode function: 9011G, 9211G, FL360R, FL360G, 8300G, B011G, B011R, FC011G, FC011R, 9300G, GK011DG… and RL200HR, RL200HVG, RL300HR, RL300HVG Rotary Laser Level !!!”
  • “It is Necessary to Turn ON the Pulse Mode of the Laser Level… Keep the Pulse Mode ON All The Time”
  • Display on the front, side and back · dual-sided bubble vial on the front and top
  • Optical and acoustic signals · a 9V dry battery, about 70 working hours · auto shut-off after about 8 minutes idle
  • Heavy-duty clamp attached, mounts to a rod or other target point

No accuracy bands.

It names what it will not work with

Which no other receiver on this shelf does.

Fifty-two compatible models, by number. And then fifteen of the maker’s OWN lasers listed as incompatible, because they have no pulse mode — including four ROTARY lasers, where a receiver is not a convenience but the only way to use the tool outdoors.

This shelf’s buying tip says it plainly: without a pulse or manual/receiver mode the two are simply incompatible, whatever the diode color.

A buyer with a Huepar laser assumes a Huepar receiver works. Fifteen times, it does not.

That second list is the one that prevents a return.

And it says it three times

Turn the pulse mode on. Keep it on. All the time.

Which reads as nagging until you understand the failure: a receiver on a laser with pulse mode off reports nothing at all, exactly as if it were broken.

The first assumption anybody makes is that the receiver is faulty.

Three faces, because of where it sits

Clamped to a rod at head height or above.

The receiver is read by somebody standing BESIDE the rod, not in front of it. A front-only display has to be walked round to.

The side face is read in place. The back face is read by the person at the instrument, twenty meters away.

On a one-person job that is the difference between a glance and a walk.

Seventy hours, and eight minutes

Both numbers favor the same working pattern.

Seventy hours on a 9 V cell is the longest life on this shelf. Eight minutes of idle before it switches itself off is the shortest timeout.

A receiver gets picked up, held against a rod, read, and put down — dozens of times a day. Long life and a quick timeout is the right pair for that.

Availability

On sale at around 53 € on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 8 October 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What gets asked here

Why does the exclusion list matter more than the compatibility list?

Because it is the mistake that actually gets made. A buyer with a Huepar laser assumes a Huepar receiver works, and fifteen Huepar models have no pulse mode at all — including four rotary lasers, where a receiver is not optional but essential. This shelf's buying tip says it plainly: without a pulse or manual/receiver mode the two are simply incompatible, whatever the diode color. Huepar is the only maker on this shelf to publish both halves, and the second half is the one that prevents a return.

Does it work with another brand's laser?

Huepar states its own fifty-two models and does not claim beyond them, so assume not. Pulse encoding is not standardized — makers modulate the beam at their own frequencies, and a receiver tuned to one brand usually reads nothing from another even at the same diode color. One receiver on this shelf claims compatibility with most standard red rotary lasers without naming any; the other names four lasers from its own range. If the laser and the receiver are different brands, the honest answer is to test before relying on it.

Why three display faces?

Because of where a receiver sits. Clamped to a grade rod at head height or above, the receiver is read by somebody standing beside the rod, not in front of it — and a front-only display has to be walked round to. A side face is read in place; the back face is read by the person at the instrument twenty meters away. Three faces means the reading is visible from wherever you happen to be, which on a one-person job is the difference between a glance and a walk.

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