Target plates
HOZO Magnetic washable target plate for M-Cube 02
Magnetic and washable in one plate, which nothing else here manages — at six times the price per plate of the same maker's cards.
Specifications
- Reference and mounting
- Strong built-in magnets for secure attachment to metal surfaces, stated. Combined with the washable material below, this is the only plate on this shelf that is BOTH magnetic and washable — the adhesive cards from the same maker are washable and not magnetic, and the five magnetic plates here say nothing about being washed
- Material
- Durable, water-resistant material, stated — rinse and reuse for long-term performance. On a plate that gets set on a dusty slab and then on a window, a face that can be rinsed rather than wiped is the difference between a clean target and a grey one
- Functions
- Stated to improve laser DOT detection in bright or long-range conditions, and designed specifically to work with the HOZO M-Cube 02 laser distance meter. Note the word dot: this is aimed at a point laser, a distance meter, rather than at a line — which is a different job from most of this shelf
- Also stated
- NO TINT Color, on a shelf whose tag reads "a red plate for a red line, a green plate for a green one". Neither HOZO listing here publishes one, and this shelf's introduction calls the tint the one specification people get wrong
- Scale
- NONE published. No increments, no center zero and no crosshair — so the plate makes a dot visible and does not help you measure from it. At least five of the ten plates on this shelf carry a scale
- Stated dimension or range
- Not published. The parcel weighs 68 g (2.4 oz), which is more than twice the 30 g (1.1 oz) of the plate on this shelf that does publish its size
- Amazon reference
- B0DY7CCWMZ
- EAN
- 0850059742235
What the maker puts in writing
- Strong built-in magnets allow secure attachment to metal surfaces
- Made from durable, water-resistant materials — rinse and reuse for long-term performance
- Improves laser DOT detection in bright or long-range conditions
- “Specially designed to work seamlessly with the HOZO M-Cube 02 laser distance meter”
NO tint color. NO scale. No size.
Magnetic AND washable, which nothing else here is
The same maker’s cards are washable and adhesive. The five magnetic plates on this
shelf say nothing about being washed.
This is both.
Which matters on a plate that gets set on a dusty slab and then on a window: a
face that rinses rather than wipes stays a target instead of becoming a grey
rectangle.
And six times the price per plate
Twenty-nine dollars for one. The same maker’s four cards are nineteen dollars for
four.
Magnets, a molded body and a water-resistant surface cost more than a coated
card. That is real.
Whether it is worth six times as much per plate depends on one thing: whether you
work on steel.
If you do, a magnet beats glue every time. If you work on glass and plaster, the
cards are better and cheaper.
A dot, not a line
Which is what the page is actually about.
A distance meter puts one small dot on a surface, and at thirty meters in daylight
that dot is a faint smudge to be hunted for.
A plate for a dot needs contrast and a center to aim at. A plate for a LINE needs
a scale across it, so the line can be measured from.
This talks about dots and publishes no scale. Consistent — and it means a line
laser is better served by the plates on this shelf that have scales.
“Designed specifically for the M-Cube 02”
Read that as a matched accessory, not a restriction.
A target plate is passive. It reflects and contrasts, and it has no idea what
laser is pointed at it.
HOZO’s own four-card set states compatibility with alignment lasers, rotary
lasers, cross lasers and any laser measurement machine — which is the honest
description of what a plate does.
Expect this to work with any laser whose color its tint suits. Which the page
does not state.
Availability
On sale at around 29 € 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 is it six times the price of the maker's own cards?
Magnets and a washable rigid face, on the evidence of the page. HOZO's four-card set on this shelf is nineteen dollars for four — about four dollars seventy-five each — and those cards are adhesive and washable; this is twenty-nine dollars for one plate, magnetic and washable. Magnets, a molded body and a water-resistant surface cost more than a coated card. Whether that is worth six times as much per plate depends entirely on whether you work on steel: if you do, a magnet beats glue every time; if you work on glass and plaster, the cards are the better buy and the cheaper one.
Does it only work with the M-Cube 02?
The listing is written as though it does and the mechanism says otherwise. A target plate is a passive card: it reflects and contrasts, and it has no idea what laser is pointed at it. HOZO's own four-card set on this shelf states compatibility with alignment lasers, rotary lasers, cross lasers and any laser measurement machine, which is the honest description of what a plate does. Read "designed specifically for the M-Cube 02" as marketing for a matched accessory rather than as a restriction — and expect it to work with any laser whose color its tint suits, which the page does not state.
What does "dot detection" change?
What the plate is shaped and printed for. A distance meter puts a single small dot on a surface, and at thirty meters in daylight that dot is a faint smudge you have to hunt for — so a plate for a dot needs contrast and a center you can aim at, which is why one plate on this shelf uses a bullseye. A plate for a LINE needs a scale across it, so the line can be measured from. This listing talks about dots and publishes no scale, which is consistent. If your tool is a line laser, the plates with scales on this shelf are the ones to look at.
