Hultafors - A higher level, the straight facts about spirit levels (with subtitles)

What makes a spirit level great? And how do you make sure you pick a good one? In this film, we will walk you through every aspect of the spirit level. How it is constructed and how to use it.

[@sakelaine2953]

I've taken my knowledge on this subject to the next level

[@badgermoon9229]

So... you mean to say you leveled up?

[@timster99uk]

I guess he's been living in a bubble

[@create-a-state]

That's the spirit

[@grahamwhiting6567]

Thorough and really useful review of important features. Helped me in choosing a new level. Thanks!

[@ggmtrading574]

Thank u so much

[@maysasaeed7964]

Very nice

[@842qwery]

Now I know. Thanks.

[@peterxyz3541]

This is a well made vid! I’m just trying to find a cheap alternative to a machinist level (higher accuracy) that I can use in any situations

[@romainerobinson126]

I just leveled up.

[@flipwarrior]

Stabila and Sola are the best!

[@milangeurkink9917]

De shown level is a sola i think

[@mavenfeliciano1710]

How straight are the profiles? A coworker was arguing today claiming levels are straightedges but curve in (bows in).
It’s one of the most absurd thing I ever heard but am looking for manufacturers proof stating such. Are all levels generally manufactured straight?

[@kalleklp7291]

One needs a level to get the skills to a higher level.

[@michael.schuler]

Are Hultafors brand levels manufactured by Sola? Especially the high precision jamb level looks identical to Sola HPL model. The box level in the video looks like Sola but anodized black and with slightly different removable end caps.

[@Fekillix]

Their regular levels definitively are, but I don't know about the precision level. The frame definitively isn't identical betweent the Hultafors and SOLA, and the SOLA looks to use a vial from their other regular levels. I need a high precision level but I don't want to fork out $250 for the Hultafors one.

[@andrewmcgillivray1881]

here in bavaria it is not uncommon to use beer bottles as levels. the labels are always straight and the drafts- ooops i mean craftsman always has a bottle of suds.

[@bomaite1]

How are the vials manufactured to produce a precise curvature in a fully enclosed transparent substance?

[@HultaforsGroup]

Hi and thank you for your question! We mill the cavity, fill it with liquid and then seal it. Best wishes, Amanda

[@rla1000]

9:29 Seriously? What am I supposed to do, guess if the bubble is centered somewhere between the lines? Why isn't the bubble big enough to reach both lines when level and centered? There's a lot of room for error - costly error - with the slop between those lines, easily up to 1/4-in. out of level over a mere two feet. Today's levels are crap, including Hultafors. I still have four older levels, a four-footer and three two-footers, and when level, the bubble on all four touches both lines.

[@disklamer]

I was wondering if it was just me noticing how the bubble doesn't fit between the lines, and there are no secondary/runoff calibration lines.

[@rla1000]

@@disklamer That is an excellent idea - secondary calibration lines. Level manufacturers should adopt it. One of the issues I have with "modern" levels is that the bubble keeps getting smaller. One comment I read said that an expert can judge where the bubble needs to be to be level. I say BS, lots of factors affect that reading - eyesight of the user, sunlight, cold, awkward position, etc. If you have to guess, there are going to be errors, and the smaller the bubble, the more likely an error.

[@disklamer]

@@rla1000 Unless you're working at eye level it can be damn near impossible to read a bubble, I've started using my phone camera to get an angle on a bubble but it's a whole new set of juggling skills.

[@rla1000]

@@Petertronic And that's BS. Why is the bubble ALWAYS, 100 percent of the time, in between the tow lines. It NEVER reaches the two lines. So that explanation is bogus.

[@xanthanx]

Sheldon! I just wanted to learn about bubbles. Not a dose of history, algebra theorems, and geometry!

[@myladymalcolm2472]

NLLNLNLKK0

[@debbieholts7369]

water is always flat on the surface.

[@badgermoon9229]

Tell that to the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[@jaysonchilds4676]

Where was this made? When I look out for something... I avoid it.

[@HultaforsGroup]

Hi there! Do you want to know where we made this video? Or the levels? //Jenny

[@PaddleDogC5]

HULTAFORS GROUP level made where

[@Fekillix]

@@PaddleDogC5 I think SOLA is the OEM for their levels, made in Austria.

[@firewoodwarrior4396]

@@Fekillix That would be my bet aswell.

[@brookiebigtime]

@@HultaforsGroup is the level made in the Hultafors factory? Where is that? The aluminium profile looks very similar to Sola, is it the same? Are there end caps available for the MST profile to protect from shock and damage to the profile?

[@andrewmcnab673]

This is not a level playing feild