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I spent $450 on a 'revolutionary' crane level app and it was a total scam
Okay, so last fall I saw an ad for this new phone app called 'TrueLevel Pro' that promised to replace your bubble levels with 'military-grade accuracy' using your phone's sensors. The sales pitch was all about saving time on setup and being more precise. I bit, hard. Paid the $450 for the 'pro license' and the special mounting bracket. First day on a job in Cincinnati, I'm setting up a 50-tonner on a new pad. The app says we're dead level. My foreman's old trusty master level says we're off by over half a degree on the long side. We argued for 20 minutes before I finally listened and shimmed it. The app was WRONG. I called their support and they just said 'calibrate it again.' I tried. Three different phones. Same junk results. That $450 could have bought a really nice set of certified levels. Has anyone else been burned by these high-tech gimmicks that just don't work in the real world?
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harperg765d ago
@susan_wright34 is right, trust the bubble.
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susan_wright345d ago
Honestly, I used to think those phone apps were the future until my buddy's $200 one nearly tipped a small telehandler. Now I just trust the old bubble.
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