Switched to a cheap harbor freight chalk line for layout and it actually holds better than my old Stanley.

I was fighting with my old line snapping mid layout on a deck job last month, tried the $3 one as a joke, and the chalk stays put even on treated lumber - has anyone else had a budget tool surprise them like that?

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nora73528d ago

Oh man, I bought the cheapest level at Harbor Freight thinking it'd be a joke but it's actually still straight after I dropped it off a ladder twice! Makes me wonder what I've been spending all that extra money on for years. Guess my old tools were just overpriced and overhyped.

tyler82228d ago

Does that mean the cheap ones actually hold up sometimes or is it just random luck with quality control? Curious if the expensive ones are really any more accurate out of the box.