[molydood]

Is it me or are stud finders rubbish?

I bought one to find the studs in my plasterboard wall so I could do the cable routing without randomly making holes in the wall. Having tried it out, it seems very hit and miss. If I don’t place my hand on the wall next to the finder (I assume this is discharging somewhat), it reads AC current on EVERY point on the entire wall!

Even when I use the hand technique, it does seem a bit random. Anybody else had issues with them before?
Out of interest it was £20 from B&Q (I think it is made by Stanley)
Thanks
Martin

[dj-dulux]

The ones from B&Q are a bit hit and miss, they are reliable at locating metal capping and thats about it. Some of the better ones work fairly well, but I would only ever treat the results as a guide rather than absolute. Tape measure and tapping the wall usually works better......

[mossym]

aye, have never seen one i would trust. good old tap of the knuckle is more reliable

And if it all sounds the same? does it mean there are no studs in the wall?

[mossym]

unless they are making plasterboard in much bigger diemensions than they used, there are definitely studs. otherwise it's a solid wall.

tbh, i have trouble at times as wel, some are obvious, some aren't. My father though, seems to have a knack for finding them. knowing roughly where the first oen should be helps a lot of course

Ok cool, thanks for that, its a house that was converted into 2 flats back in '82 so i guess they must be in there somewhere, need to ask the landlord first though

[Quantas]

Not to upset you further but I bought the same Stanley one fromAldi for about £7....and yes very hit and miss.

THought stanley would be better

[molydood]

Originally Posted by Quantas

Not to upset you further but I bought the same Stanley one fromAldi for about £7....and yes very hit and miss.

THought stanley would be better

doh!
looks like I will take it back. Are there any beter ones on the market?

cheers for all the responses everybody