Zircon StudSensor i65 Center-Finding Stud Finder with DVD How-To Guide
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Zircon StudSensor i65 Center-Finding Stud Finder with DVD How-To Guide
Customer Review: GIVES FALSE READINGS
Summary: 2 Stars
After having a less expensive Zircon edge finder, i bought this center finder for putting up shelves on a drywall-on-studs wall. What a mistake! After getting numerous false and inconsistent readings, i again reviewed the instructions. No help. The dvd isn't much better so i called Tech Support in CA. . While they were polite, their suggestions were not helpful and did not include anything i hadn't already tried.
The unit is probably ok for standard walls with regularly spaced studs (16"), but for a wall with irregular studs or anything unusual (which is where you really need a stud finder), it is a complete waste of money and only serves to frustrate. One of the old types which sense the drywall screws with a magnet is far superior, in the instance above, to this unit.
I cannot imagine recommending this to anyone but an enemy.
THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED!
Customer Review: Good for the price
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a nice little (not so little, though) tool to have. I could find my studs with good accuracy. The drywalls in my house (5/8 inch thick) had a textured surface, so i used a manila folder on top while scanning (as said in the video manual). One problem i have seen so far is that if you press the stud finder lightly on the wall, it may not detect anything. You have to move it slow and pressed a little hard to the wall. But if i dont use any cardboard underneath while scanning, i dont have to press that hard.
I thought this device would tell me if it is a metal stud or wood stud. But this one does not have that feature. it will detect anything (metal or wood) underneath, but it wont tell you what is beneath the wall. for that, you have to buy the higher end models.
Customer Review: Gotlucky
Summary: 5 Stars
Great tool. I did not know what to expect, and was pleasingly surprised. I would recommend to others.Customer Review: Just OK
Summary: 3 Stars
The "How To" video is a joke, since it doesn't contain anything that is not in the written instructions. The stud finder works only marginally well on the wall, and doesn't work on the floor at all (it is supposed to). I would like to know what I'm doing wrong, or how to find one of these things that works really well.Customer Review: Lathe and plaster
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this to put up an articulating wall mount for a LCD tv on lathe and plaster walls. Being such a heavy item i wanted to make sure to find the center of the stud. While the item isn't perfect, and in fact the instructions specify it doesn't work on lathe and plaster walls, i had little difficulty finding a stud and its center. It wasnt perfect, but i feel confident that i was pretty near center by just going slowly and making several marks all along the stud. There were a few outliers (an inch off) but the vast majority seemed to line up perfectly. I'd buy it again.