Pro tip: don't buy a $200 digital angle finder for a small DIY shed project

I built a 10x12 shed in my backyard last month and thought I needed a fancy digital angle finder to get the roof rafters perfect. Spent $200 on this thing with Bluetooth and a phone app, thinking it would save time. Turns out, a $15 speed square and my old protractor did the same job in half the time. The digital one kept losing calibration after I dropped it in the dirt too. Anyone else get tricked into buying overkill tools for simple projects?

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finley93910d ago

Dropping any tool in the dirt is going to mess with it, but that app was probably overkill for cutting a few rafter tails. Sometimes the expensive toy is just more fun even if it's not faster.

wyatt_ross279d ago

Gotta push back on that though. If you're spending more time fiddling with the app than just marking the cut and swinging a saw, that's not fun, that's just inefficient. And dropping a Skilsaw in the dirt usually just scuffs the shoe, dropping a phone with a layout app usually means a cracked screen and a trip to the repair shop.