Low Voltage Mounting Bracket Template (Template - Single)

This makes life some much easier marking and cutting holes for low voltage outlets. The level works well and I used it on at least a dozen cuts so far. All looked proper and professional.

As long as the level works, you make great marks for cutting out drywall LV1's

I don’t know why I hesitated on buying this tool for so long. Tracing out carlon boxes is an absolute pain without a good tool like this. The built in x,y level make this a real joy to use. You will seriously regret saving the $15 the first time you accidentally overcut a box without this tool and have to drywall patch. Just buy it already, it’s great.

I used this same one my co worker let me use, works like a charm, ordered mine to use at another site, it came in with the level broke, unfortunately I can’t send it back because I need it for tomorrow. Very good product, just wish mine wasn’t broke. Would give five stars if a brand new product wasn’t broke.

I've been using a home-made template for over 20 years - a rectangular piece of 1/4 inch plywood with a two-vial level attached. It took quite a while to make it accurate. It was designed to trace around the OUTSIDE of the rectangle, and accounted for the width of a typically sharpened carpenter's pencil. Trace around the rectangle, cut INSIDE the line, and presto - a perfect fit for Arlington LV1 brackets. Recently, I lost my template (but I'm still hoping it will turn up).In a pinch I bought this template. I don't know why all such commercially available templates are designed to trace the INSIDE of the rectangle - it makes the template much bigger than it needs to be. Tracing the INSIDE of the rectangle with a carpenter's pencil requires cutting OUTSIDE the line, which is counter to typical cutting, where you cut on the scrap side of the line. For what it is, it seems to work well, it's just not how I would design a template.

Spent 10 minutes marking up a wall trying to get perfect with just a level , look online this awesome unit popped up used 3 times makes life simple

After installing about a half dozen ethernet/cable TV drops by "eyeballing" the cutout, I decided to spend a few bucks and buy this template. I should've bought it years ago. It's such a simple thing but it fixes the two major challenges when trying to cut out the drywall for the mounting ring/low voltage bracket: Getting the size of the cutout right and the cutout being level. Put the template on the wall where you want the hole to be, ensure it's level by checking the bubble level, trace the edges of the cutout with a sharp pencil, cut the hole. What used to be a 10-minute, frustration job is now a 3-minute job and it comes out perfect every time. Highly recommended.

This thing has made adding new outlets in my home a breeze. Sure I could've done the same without a specific tool. But being able to just measure for height and then quickly trace out a level and correctly sized hole, has been very nice.

I want to love this template, I really do. The hole size must be made and tested for specific low voltage boxes. Unfortunately the ones I picked up (generic home depot ones and amazon ones) require more drywall to be removed for it to fit. I've tried cutting on the line, outside the line a little bit still have to take off more to make it fit.