Showerthought: my old laser distance meter died mid-estimate and the tape measure won
My 4 year old laser meter just stopped reading on Tuesday while I was measuring a basement job in Rochester, so I grabbed the 25 ft tape to finish the numbers. Turns out the tape got me done faster (no walking back to re-shoot corners where the beam lost the wall) and my rough numbers matched the laser within a quarter inch on the long room. I'm not ditching the laser for tall ceilings, but I'm rethinking how much I lean on it for basic takeoffs. What do you all keep in the bag when the battery dies at the worst time?