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Cable, pipe, stud finder - recommendations?
Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj)
and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? Cheers dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 29/08/2018 15:01, David wrote:
Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj) and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? I've have a Plas Plugs one, simply called a stud finder and not claimed to do pipes/wires etc, for years (20 if not more). While it isn't claimed it finds pipes or wires, I've used it for both. I've even used it to find wood blocks behind a metal skin on our motorhome. -- https://www.gov.uk/report-benefit-fraud https://www.jobcentreguide.org/claim...-benefit-fraud |
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"David" wrote in message ... Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj) and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? Cheers every one I have bought hasn't worked very well ... but I am a cheapskate and buy junk..... |
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Jimbo at the Trailer park ... wrote:
every one I have bought hasn't worked very well I have a cheapo stanley one, not very good I also have a blue bosch one, with dedicated metal/wood/electric modes and still overall not very good, it manages false positives and false negatives :-( |
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On Wednesday, 29 August 2018 15:01:45 UTC+1, David WE Roberts (Google) wrote:
Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj) and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? Cheers dave R I made one with CMOS gates, works very well at finding live wires. Doesn't do anything else. A metal detector would do the rest presumably. Not tried it but I see you get get mobile apps that pick up the mag field from mains wires carrying current, don't know how useful they are. NT |
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Cable, pipe, stud finder - recommendations?
On 29/08/2018 15:01, David wrote:
Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj) and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? Cheers dave R I have an old basic B&D pipe/cable detector which just has a sensitivity control - it reliably detects metal in walls , I trust it and to me its an essential tool. I also have a Zircon Multiscanner Pro with settings for studs, deepscan ,metal and AC - its unreliable and I never trust it by itself. |
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David wrote:
Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj) and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? I've had reasonable success with a Zircon one, possibly this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zircon-Stud...dp/B003IQJULS/ - it's a curvy shape like a mouse, but I don't remember the 'Deep Scan' switch. It found studs behind plasterboard and tiles, and cables were easy. No idea about pipes (but if they're metal it shouldn't be too hard). You have to calibrate it right, which might be the problem with people reviewing it. Theo |
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On 29/08/2018 15:01, David wrote:
Looking at the moment and as usual Amazon has a mix of 1* (doesn't worj) and 5* (want to have its' kids) reviews so not much help there. Are they all of a muchness or should I go for a known name? For finding the nails in lath and plaster walls or screws in skimmed plaster board walls and hence the studs I've found the Zircon M40 metal detector to be very effective and much better than cheap stud finders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwmAME_Vw_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDuQwO6fGuU -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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