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i was very excited to get my new Checkpoint level in the mail. As a proud union member of the IBEW, i will double check next time i purchase anything to make sure it is made in the U.S.A. anymore.
and not to mention, it looked pretty cool. it's no wonder our economy is in the tank. afterall, the price was great and it had all the features i needed and a very strong magnet.
what happened to this company. so here i am thinking i got a really good deal on my new checkpoint level, but that was short lived when i saw that it was NOT made in the U.S.A. i was very disappointed to see that checkpoint levels are NOT a product of the U.S.A.
checkpoint use to make their products using american labor but now they sank to lower levels like the other companies who look for CHEAPER labor in foreign countries to manufacture their products. and so should you.
The bubble is not big enough. There is too much room between the lines and the bubble allowing for too much variance in maintaining level.
This level will not fall off while you are using it. This is a very big plus in my book. Get this level and you will never use another level again.
The second was just as bad as the first. It is not accurate. Do not buy this level. To make matters even worse, the bubble is small and the lines are far apart so the bubble doesn't touch the lines. When the bubble is centered in the horizontal position it is actually not level. I returned the first one I received and got a replacement. That makes it very hard to tell if the bubble is in the center. I placed it on top of a large contractor's level just to be sure, and the bubble was way off center on this one when the contractor's level bubble was centered.
A few days after I bought this level brand new I noticed that the 0 degree vial was not true. Now, two months later, the 90 degree vial is off. It was significantly off when reversed. I sent it in to Checkpoint for warranty repair and received someone else's well-worn "refurbished" level in return. I can't use this thing for running conduit. Too bad; I like the magnets.
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