Thank you for making this video! It's nice to actually see these in action instead of just reading a vague review about the detectors online. Your video helped immensely!

Thank you for this video. I have used Zircon center finder stud finders for over 15 years. I have several. They are very accurate and sometimes they may give readings that are confusing. As a back up I use CH Hanson or stud buddies. Zircon stands behind their products. I’ve had great experience with them. If you watch the DVD that used to come with them or watch or read the instructions they explain most scenarios that you may get a false reading. They are my favorite. Enjoyed the video very much

Thank you for your timing to record all these tastes !Very useful!

Thank you for the info. I think I will go with the Zircon M or the Franklin Sensors. Your demos were invaluable.

Great straightforward video !

Great video as usual. That said, no review of stud finders is complete if leaves out the STUDPOP magnetic stud finder. I've been using it since it came out 10 years ago. Unlike every other stud finder---electronic or magnetic---it is able to find studs (via the metal fasteners) in any kind of wall: sheetrock, tile over sheetrock, plasterboard, wood lath and plaster. It's actually...fun? to use, if that's possible : )

Thank you for doing this

Thank you for this video… just picked up two Stanleys. Actually, I think they’re Dewalts, but they look identical.

Awesome! I’ve always had a love hate for these things. May just need to upgrade since I’ve got a 10 year old zircon like that Stanley.

Sounds like I need to get myself a Zircon M1. Seems like it might be a bit more accurate than my current method of rapping my knuckle on the wall.

excellent review !

Thank you for making this video. What I'd be interested to find out though is to see how tests with N>1 hold up; you might have gotten lucky with one model and unlucky with another. I'd be interested to know the variance for each model - say you test *10* units of the Zircon M1, do they all give he same results or do you just have to be lucky to get the right unit?

I’ve been using the stud finders I correctly my whole life.

Nice but would like to know how they performed detecting at depth👍

Thanks for the video. Would have helped the accuracy of your tests if you had masked out previous locations for each device. It's clearly influencing your positioning of the marks on later devices (e.g., the zircon m1)

Have you tested these through tile & backer board?

Which would you purchase? The Zircon M1 or the Bosch stud detector? They both seem to perform similarly.

Zircon M1 is $35 at my local Home Depot.

Could you please talk about the best scanner of a concrete wall for (electrical wires) and (plastic water's pipes)?

I have that 10 year old Stanley. In fact, mine is closer to 15 years. It sucks.

The stanley ac detector is saying my entire wall is electric arghh

Provding your house is made of wood this is great in the UK we have walls made of brick, how do they all work on chased cables in walls made of brick and cement?

Is the zircon m1 still on amazon because i cant find it to save my life and i even tried taking a screenshot of the stock photo from the video and doing a photo search 😅

The bosch requires 2 - 3 passes back and forth which increases the accuracy something a lot of reviewers miss.

Can it be used to find gold like big metal detector?

Does the electricity have to be ON so the detectors can find it?

Zircon M1 Vs M4

How to find a caoxial cable inside a wall and not confiue it with electrical cable usig these or other tools / techniques ?

Can any of these finders locate studs through stucco walls?

The voice sounds like the one in Cold fusion.

I don understand, do builders like to be warned further away from a live wire, or get the location of the live wire? Wouldnt you elevate a sensor higher up your list if it can detect the actual location of the wire and not close to it?

Hey buddy can a stud finder pick up gold 🙂 signal

Think

Do these detect metal?

Thanks, but the only thing I can take away from these tests is that none of them are worth a single penny. The bottom line is "accuracy"; we are blind through the drywall, so if it can't accurately mark where the edge and/or the center (actual, not just near it), then the tool fails! Isn't there any stud finders out there that actually works accurately?

if Franklin was there it won easily

They aren't available anymore 😭😭😭😭😭😭

While I haven’t watched this yet, how is this a 2023 video if it’s 2 years old?

holding a button down while standing on a ladder finding ceiling joists of a 12' ceiling sucks.

You didn't test through plywood

3 stanley's, 2 Zircon's, 1 bosch....... whats the point??

No detector can find it right once because it is against the working logic of the detectors.

dood are you high? they all missed the board . You mean which one of these pile of junks is the least offensive waste of time?

Your video is quite misleading. The Zircon is an unstable product. Having used the Zircon on multiple walls, they were the most unreliable ones. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. The BOSCH one was quite reliable so far if not the best. Just be aware that the Bosch has a bigger circle to mark the point compared to the other ones. So it is also down to the person to mark the point correctly. The Stanley's are the worst. Never understood why people buy any of their products. Sorry those Zircons are cheap but those are hideous.

waste of money. Get yourselfs a couple of magnets instead. Knock on the wall and listen where you think the studs are. Bring out your magnets and move them up and down left and right on the wall. Eventually youll find the screws, thank me later.