detectors - wood, metal, cables

[matt.leung]

been thinking about getting this detector.. has anyone else got one like this and if so what do u think of it... ???

Screw fix sell one (blue version) but is double the price but cant see much difference...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000EBRCN8/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

:|

 

[wozz]

i have a makita one cost about 20 quid. One word TURD. keep it in the van as it looks good. it works ok-ish at finding metal studwork, wood it goes off by moving it, and finding cables ive got more chance by staring at the wall.

I wish i had spent more money and got a decent one that may have worked, but to be honest i hardly ever use it.

 

[m4tty]

Well said wozz I've got a Stanley one about thirty quid and it is TURD I'd get a decent one mate if your going to bother getting one.

 

[m4tty]

Plus have you read them reviews on amazon couple of people said it was rubbish. I'd save up and get a better one mate

 

[paul b b]

i have a stanly one, payed about 30 quid for it, it's ok but would not buy another..... no take that back, it's tosh

 

[Doc Hudson]

no take that back, it's tosh

What rebellion in the ranks, I thought the general consensus was Turd not Tosh?

Doc H.

 

[fletchflash]

ha yeah i've got one of those, cant remember if its draper or blackdecker, the one with the hole in the middle. Its unused in my celler- its also TURD

never succesful detected anything with it properly

 

[paul b b]

What rebellion in the ranks, I thought the general consensus was Turd not Tosh? Doc H.

i'll take that as a complment lol

 

[batty]

I have a Zircon one similar to this sold on ebay not brilliant but works a lot better than any other I have used in past.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zircon-60369-Stud-Sensor-I65-Onestep-Stud-Finder_W0QQitemZ140331076496QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20ac624b90

 

[Doc Hudson]

i'll take that as a complment lol

Why not, as they say in the press, tosh is the new turd.

Doc H.

 

[paul b b]

Why not, as they say in the press, tosh is the new turd.Doc H.

and a hammer is the new stud finder

 

[Robojin]

I have a Stanley model, yup about as useful as a chocolate teapot

Many of the houses around where a live are 1920-30 built with kinker block, you'd think the whole wall was AC, had to do some chasing the other day the readings made no sense, and sure enough it was nonsense when I opened up the wall!

However have ordered a new model, so if yet another TURD I'll give feedback

 

[bulmer]

I have you blue version of the Bosch, never seems to work well. But I could be doing something wrong?

 

[m4tty]

Probably not Bulmer its prob about as good as my stanley one. TURDYTOSH

 

[tom1]

well it seems that insted of spending

 

[Andy™]

best stud detector is tapping on the wall and listening for the joist