Germany
Small, cheap, and honest about its figure
Two small, cheap products, and both of them state something the rest of their hub does not.
Not hiding behind adjectives. The mini level publishes 1 mm (0.04 in) per meter — a loose figure honestly stated. The mason line publishes 22 daN breaking and about 4.75 kg (10.5 lb) continuous, which is the only line strength stated anywhere in this catalog.
Ambition. Neither product is trying to be the best of its kind: the level is 20 cm (7.9 in) long and the line is 1.2 mm (0.05 in). They are the cheap, correct version of a simple thing.
The mason line, for its published load figures. A setting-out line is only straight when it is tensioned, and knowing the working load is what makes tensioning a decision rather than a guess.
20 cm (7.9 in) · 1 mm (0.04 in)/m stated · two vials · rubber end bumpers
A 20 cm (7.9 in) pocket level with ground bearing faces, a stated accuracy of 1 mm (0.04 in) per meter and rubber bumpers at both ends. The loosest published figure here, in the smallest and cheapest body.
Best for: The level that lives in a drawer or a kitchen cupboard for hanging pictures and checking appliances.
The only line here that publishes its strength: 22 decanewtons breaking, about 4.75 kg (10.5 lb) continuous — the figures that decide how hard it can be tensioned.
Best for: Setting out brickwork, paving and tiling, where the line is tensioned between two points and has to stay straight.
