Landscaping Laser Levels — Heights, falls, square.
Two product groups for one trade. Premium rotating lasers for outdoor levels, retaining wall heights and paving falls. Budget rotating lasers for occasional jobs and weekend work. Both project a 360° plane and read with a millimetre receiver on a staff.
Premium or budget rotating laser?
Both auto-level, both work with a receiver on a staff, both built for outdoor use. Pick by how often the laser leaves the ute and what features you need beyond plain horizontal level.
Daily trade use, grade and slope
Electronic levelling for higher accuracy, IP66-rated for tough conditions, 5-year warranty. Premium models add single or dual grade for setting falls — the standout feature for paving, drainage and retaining batter work.
Best for:
- Daily trade landscaping
- Setting falls for paving & drainage
- Retaining wall heights & courses
- Long-range work over 100 m
Occasional use, plain horizontal level
Same one-button auto-levelling as premium models, but stripped to plain horizontal-only operation — no grade. Pick if you only need level and the price gap matters more than the feature gap.
Best for:
- Owner-builders & weekend warriors
- Occasional trade levelling
- Plain horizontal-only work
- Cost-conscious purchases
Budget rotating lasers
Affordable rotating lasers for occasional trade use, owner-builders and DIY. Same one-button electronic levelling as premium models — without the grade and slope features. Plain horizontal level, 1-person operation with a receiver.
For the full budget range including kits and packages, see the Budget Rotating Laser range.
Landscaping jobs a laser pays for itself on
Where a rotating laser earns its keep on a landscaping job — outdoor work where you need level or grade across a distance, solo, in full sun.
Paving falls & drainage
Set the rotating laser to a known fall (1-in-100, 1-in-200) and pave to grade for the entire run. Receiver on the staff confirms the grade at every point — no string-and-bubble back-and-forth.
Retaining wall heights & courses
Run a level reference along the wall line for top-of-block, top-of-course or capping height. One person, every check off the same datum, courses stay straight over a long retaining run.
Garden bed & lawn levels
Set the laser plane to FFL or known datum, level the bed in to it. Lawn falls and bed edges hold true across the yard without rechecking with a tape every metre.
Pool & water-feature surrounds
Coping height, surround levels, water-feature edge — every height marked off the same laser plane. Solo, accurate, no second person on the staff.
Driveway & path falls
Set the grade laser to the design fall, screed and pave to grade with the receiver on the staff. Long-run driveways stay true to fall from start to end without compounding error.
Decking & pergola posts
Single laser checks every post height across a long pergola or carport. Tilt for a 1-in-100 fall away from the house if you want the deck to shed water.
The RedBack difference
Anyone can sell a laser. Few back it properly.
Specialist range, not filler
We sell laser levels and measurement tools — that’s it. Every laser on this page is one we’ve used and chosen because it works for landscapers, not because it fills a catalogue page.
Built to last, built to be repaired
Solid construction, built for the long term. RedBack provides in-house repair and calibration services for all RedBack lasers and most other laser brands.
Real support, real people
Call us and you’ll speak to someone who knows the products. No scripts, no call centre, no runaround — just straight answers from people who’ve worked with these tools for 25 years.
Accessories for landscaping
Tripod and 5 m staff for rotating-laser work, plus hand-held mm receivers for level checks at distance.
Pair with a machine receiver
Speccing a landscaping laser kit?
25 years of laser-level experience on the other end of the phone. Tell us what work you do — paving, retaining, garden — and we’ll point you at the right rotating laser.

