Best Laser Tape Measures for 2023

In the world of technology, it’s often said that the only thing that stays the same is the fact that everything is always changing. But although it means the smartest businesses and professionals need to keep up to date with industry innovation, the upside is clear: more productivity, a maintenance of that elusive competitive edge, and the gradual elimination of errors.  From surveyors to plumbers, painters to engineers, mining to landscaping, construction to carpentry and far, far beyond, one indispensable item in the toolkit is a laser tape measure.

For the uninitiated, there’s no longer a debate that a laser tape measure not only does everything a traditional analogical metal tape measure does, but much, much more. It’s more accurate, because there’s no sagging or bending.  It’s faster, because all you need to do is ‘point and shoot’. It’s more autonomous, because you never need someone holding the other end.  It’s more convenient, because you don’t need to clear the measured distance of any obstacles.  And it’s safer, because there’s no scrambling across wet surfaces or scrabbling up ladders.

But even if your organisation already has a laser tape measure in the toolbox, have you seen the latest range?  While competition and progress keeps driving the prices of existing technologies down, the result is a range that is smarter, more powerful and versatile, and ever easier to use.  Which impressive new features in the 2023 range do you need to know about?  Read on:

1. Connectivity

Connectivity isn’t exactly brand new to some laser tape measure models, but what that Bluetooth and Wifi opens the user up to most certainly is. The best Bluetooth-capable laser measures pair with the best and ever-improving measurement documenting and visualisation apps, enabling the integration of your raw numbers with striking project images and full job-site sketches – even in 3D.

2. Multi-lasers

Even top of the range laser measures are single-laser products, for a couple of very good reasons. First, the technology just wasn’t there to make good use of more than one laser, but just as important is that the price-point would have spiralled out of reach. But now, the world’s very first bilateral laser measures are hitting the market at accessible prices – so what do they do?

Basically, the user can stand in the centre of a room and point in three directions simultaneously (length, width, height) for an instant room volume measurement.  And for air conditioner specialists and contract estimators, that’s one heck of an innovation.

3. Cameras

The laser measures you’re used to aren’t difficult to use at all – just point the laser dot at what you’re measuring, and click.  But as the measurement ranges of ever-improving products go over and beyond 100 metres or so, spotting that dot became more and more difficult.  The answer?  High quality, multi-zoom, built-in cameras that enable a precise aim of out-of-sight measurement targets with full LCD colour screen integration.

That’s our top 3 laser tape measure innovations – but there’s more!  If your organisation’s existing tools need an upgrade and navigating the cluttered and competitive 2023 range is giving you a headache, our industry guides would be more than happy to help point you towards the perfect laser measure product for your industry, preferences and budget.  Happy laser measuring!