BIM in the Field

I have been looking for cost effective ways to bring BIM to the field wondering what options other people have found.

I have used Glue in the past, but it's very expensive. While I have not used it, I do have some colleagues that are using the MS Surface successfully. But I don't own a surface and not very many of those on the jobsite.

What have you used and what are the pros and cons?

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