On 12/24/2011 1:26 AM, Chuck Banshee wrote:
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I tried to dig up reviews for the best electronic stud locators to buy
but I'm surprised Consumer Reports hasn't tested them ever (they have
only a one-page article on dodads of which they extoll the virtues of
stud finders but they don't test them).

I'd never trust much from CR on building...and little on any else,
either, for that matter. Their testing/recommendations and my personal
experience or preferences rarely if ever seem to coincide...

Fine Homebuilding (Taunton Press; www.taunton.com) had a review not
terribly long ago of a fair number.

Overall, none rate all that well for much other than the bare 1/2"
sheetrock empty cavity scenario altho some are definitely improvements
over others...

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