Any reliable Stud Finder for home use?

[Frank15]

I'm thinking of getting a Stud Finder, so that when I drill or nail something into a wall at home, I don't puncture any pipes, wires etc.

I heard that cheap ones aren't good, not sure if this is true.
Any recommendations would be very welcome

 

[WC1]

Hi Frank

Did you manage to find a forensic plumber to show it wasn't you who caused the leak in the wall?

Is there any kind of "forensic plumbers"

We have water trickling out of a wall, it seems a pipe inside is damaged, so it may require opening that wall and fixing the pipe. As it's a rented house, we would like to assure our landlord that we haven't nailed anything there or otherwise damaged the wall. I wonder if there's any forensic...

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[Murdoch]

They are all rubbish IMHO - especially when they can't detected plastic water pipes in walls

 

[IND_Nick]

I have the Bosch blue professional one, and as above it is completely useless! Well not completely but very difficult to use accurately and I still wouldn't trust it. Normally best to use a small sharp chisel and just check what's behind before drilling.

 

[SimonG]

4" screw and battery drill.

If you do find one dont forget to point it yourself and announce "it works!"

 

[WC1]

4" screw and battery drill.

If you do find one dont forget to point it yourself and announce "it works!"

Hammer and 4 inch nail - cheaper but just as reliable!

 

[gmartine]

I have one by Zircon, not fancy/expensive by any means. Finds studs and power lines pretty accurately tbh.

 

[Ben-gee]

Of course everybody puts the metallic tape behind where they’ve neatly clipped the vertical/horizontal plastic pipes they used in the new build house - so any stud/pipe finder should be fine