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Bosch GLM100-23 Blaze
E6 · Level 2 · A quiet chip Dependable doofus

Bosch GLM100-23 Blaze

Bosch GLM100-23 Blaze 100 ft laser measure, no Bluetooth.

$63Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

Two buttons, a backlit display and a laser accurate to a millimetre and a half. It runs on AA batteries and keeps nothing it measures.

Off-grid
Runs on battery, crank or solar, so it survives a power cut.

Where to buy

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisBosch GLM100-23 Blaze
What it replacesSmart oneBosch GLM400C connected laser measure
2
Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
#DEPENDS
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
#DEPENDS
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
#DEPENDS
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6and one maybe
1 of 61/6and three maybes

The smart one is the Bosch GLM400C connected laser measure.

Row 6

See it in the sheetIn the sheet
#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

An electric tape measure is a laser measure, and those have chips.

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Point, click, read. It forgets on purpose.

Bosch GLM100-23 Blaze

$63
Off-grid
Bosch GLM100-23 Blaze$63
Buy on Amazon