Outdoor
Line Lasers

Sadly not visibily!

Unfortunately the sun is too strong to allow lasers to be seen outdoors in 99% of applications.

To use a line laser outdoors, you need a Line Laser Receiver which allows you to detect the laser beams/lines. Line Laser Receivers can detect the Laser Lines that a laser produces, even in spots where the beam can’t visibly been seen. This makes it ideal for use outdoors where the Sun overpowers the visible beam.

Pairing a Line Laser & Receiver together can give you most of the capabilities of an Outdoor Rotating Laser, but with some added bonuses like easy vertical alignment, set-out/squares, portability etc.

Multi-Line Lasers normally have two vertical lines that are attached to each other at 90° (Perpendicular/Right Angle).

This will always give you perfect square, allowing you to easy do layout,set-out, installation,easy offsets and more with a laser.

Using a Laser with Receiver allows you to do this outdoors easily as well as visibly indoors.

Some Lasers are built around their Plumb Dot axis (Plumb Rotating Style) where moving the lines doesn’t affect the position of your Plumb point. These tend to be better than 3D Style lasers which use an intersection of the two vertical lines that is slightly offset to the laser.

The easiest style to use for set-out or square is the “Plumb
Axis” Line Lasers. Models like the XLG44 that have a central plumb dot down that the laser can swivel and turn without moving that plumb point.

Other 3D style lasers like the 360G use an intersection of two vertical lines to create a plumb point. The challenge with this is due to their design, the lines are offset to the laser, so everytime you move the laser to try and align the vertical line in the direction you want to go, the plumb point will move with the laser.

The “Plumb Axis” style lasers mitigate this as the laser can rotate/turn freely without distrubing the plumb point.

Red Lasers tend to fare better than Green Lasers for outdoor work.

They generally have longer range when used with receiver.

It’s important to note that Class isn’t as important as colour when it comes to receivers, higher power beams don’t necessarily translate into much higher range with receiver.

Red Receivers in general (Rotating/Line/Machine Receivers) all tend to be more effective and reliable at detecting laser beams.

It is and it isn’t.

Colour normally plays a bigger role than class as receivers are designed to pick up both Class 2 & Class 3 beams to a decent range for most applications. Red Beam Line Lasers tend to have much higher range (either Class 2 or 3) than Green Beam Line Lasers (which are Class 3 in our range)

Where class is more important is if you want to use your Line Laser indoors – where Class makes a massive difference to the visibility of your Laser.

A few reasons!

1. We sell Class 3 (<5mW output) Line Lasers which are a higher power output than our competitors (who sell Class 2 <1mW output)
2. Our premium Green Line Lasers use OSRAM diodes – a premium German diode that projects a lighter & brighter wavelength of Green light that most customers find easier to see.
3. Our best Line Laser – the XLG44 is powered by 9 x Laser Diodes compared to 3 x Diodes that is standard.

Not Necessarily!

It is a common misconception that Green Line Lasers are brighter than Red Line Lasers – which dates back to the days when Green Lasers first arrived in Australia. Back then – Green Line Lasers were generally higher powered than the Red equivalent.

In RedBack’s range of Premium Multi-Line Lasers, Red & Green Lasers have similar power outputs for their diodes (<5mW). This means the brightness of the lines is almost identical, so there is no advantage choosing one over the other for visibility.

Red Line Lasers are generally cheaper than their Green counterparts, and have a wider working range when used with a receiver for outdoor work (~40m compared to ~150m).

We sell premium Line Lasers that are designed to be fully calibratable & repairable – not throwaway tools!

When you are looking for a line laser in Australia, make sure to do some research about calibration before you decide on a product/brand/supplier.
A lot of the Line Lasers bought in Australia are not repairable – including those sold at premium prices by some of the biggest tool-store chains in Australia. Other Line Lasers from popular companies cost more than half the purchase price for a simple calibration!

Buyer beware – just because a laser level comes from a big & famous tool company, doesn’t necessarily mean they actually back their products up with after-sales care. Many of these brands direct people to us to calibrate their lasers, and unfortunately many of these cannot physically be calibrated & they often don’t have spare parts available either.

If you want information about which brands to avoid – we’re happy to help. Obviously we will steer you towards our products, but that’s because we genuinely believe in not only the product, but also our ability to provide quality after-sales service if required.