What sets PLS ยท Pacific Laser Systems' tools apart from all the rest? Built by contractors for contractors, PLS tools were developed out of necessity by professionals with over 50 years of experience in commercial and residential interior and exterior layout. PLS founders were contractors first before becoming manufacturers of the finest point-to-point and reference line layout tools in the world.
Every contractor has basic alignment tasks to perform on the job site. No project can be completed without layout of the work, installation of material and quality control. Each of these functions is accomplished by determining plumb, level and square reference. Nothing can be built without them. The plumb bob and water level are ancient tools used to establish vertical or horizontal reference. Reference lines or planes require opposing reference points. A plumb bob takes the efforts of two people; one person holds the string while the other waits below for the plumb bob to stop swinging (in the wind, if they're outdoors). This can be an expensive exercise at $45.00 per hour, per person. PLS lasers provide bright, crisp reference points and lines, for quick and accurate layout.
In the 1970s pioneers in the laser industry developed rotating laser tools using vacuum tube lasers. These tubes were about the same size of the tubes in your grandparents' old television. Vacuum tube lasers made these first laser tools heavy, bulky, expensive and difficult to use. Laser technology has advanced since then.
Today contractors have a choice of carpenter levels, laser levels, rotary levels and hybrid laser products. Which tool gives the highest return on your investment? A contractor who spends 90% of the workday installing acoustic ceilings requires a constant horizontal laser line for T-bar and wire installation. The PLS360E is ideal for acoustical contractors. However, for a contractor who performs multiple alignment tasks including plumb and square, no laser tool in the world is a better value than the PLS5, PLS3 or PLS2
