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Bosch GLM400C connected laser measure
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Bosch GLM400C connected laser measure

By Bosch.

$284
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A laser measure with a camera viewfinder and Bluetooth that sends every measurement to an app to sketch your floor plan. Very clever, and very interested in your walls.

Local
Bluetooth, RF or NFC. An attacker has to be nearby.

Buy the dumb one instead

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.

Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the dumb one.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisBosch GLM400C connected laser measure
The dumb oneDumb oneStanley PowerLock 25 ft
2
Power cut
FALSE
TRUE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
#DEPENDS
TRUE
5
Someone tries to hack it
#DEPENDS
TRUE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
FALSE
TRUE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
TRUE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
1 of 61/6and three maybes
6 of 66/6

The dumb one is the Stanley PowerLock 25 ft.

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Measures the room. Uploads the floor plan.

Bosch GLM400C connected laser measure

$284
Local A tape measure with an upload.
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We looked. Sorry.

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