Manufacturer: Stud-4-Sure
Rating: 
(18 reviews)
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Features:
- Eliminates the need to mark a wall. Sticks to the wall like magic
- Always ready to work
- No confusing lights. No bells or whistles. No batteries to replace
- Finds both wood and metal studs
- No mechanical/electrical parts
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5 Comments
I was considering an electronic stud finder, but read so many inconsistent reviews. Then I found this simple magnet which easily finds metal studs, along with any nails stuck in wooden studs. You could use a strong magnet instead, but the plastic coating on this stud finder doesn’t scratch up youf walls(or walls paint). You’ll save yourself money, time, and disappointment with this stud finder.
Sometimes simpler is better. For finding studs (nail heads) this simple magnet works better than an electronic stud finder.
For me the most frustrating issue with an electronic studfinder is the inconsistency–if you try the same reading the second time, the result is just slightly off, ditto for the third time, the fourth and so on. No so with Stud-4-sure! If you move this stud-finding candy-bar ever so slightly over the right area, it will practically pull out of your hand and snap over the nail head, with 100% reproducibility. This gizmo does only one thing, and it does it very well. If you’re looking for flashing lights, pretty display, or secondary functions, this is not for you. But if you need something that does what it’s supposed to do–as well as or better than anything else–then you’ve just found it.
It’s just a powerful magnet that will hang on the wall where a nail is. It lets you figure out where studs are by figuring out where the nails are. Nothing more. Nothing less. It works.
I ordered this a few months ago and was amazed by it. I used this to hang some speaker shelves and a mount for my plasma tv (along with several other projects) and I have yet to miss a stud. It’s simply a powerful magnet in a plastic casing. At first I was skeptical and tried it out at home and was blown away. Just moved it along a wall in a figure 8 and it stuck to the wall where there’s a screw (it sticking to the wall is especially helpful if you’re working on a ladder (it frees up your hands so you don’t have to hold it with one hand and then mark the spot with your other hand). It’s slightly bigger than a double A battery. If you do buy this then make sure you use the little plastic [holder] to store it in (that way it doesn’t get nicked up in your tool box and it won’t stick to metal tools as much).