Franklin Sensors ProSensor M150/X990 Stud Finder with Live Wire Detection and 9-Sensors, Wood & Metal Stud Detector/Wall Scanner

I really can't praise this enough.In my experience, it's surprisingly accurate, and the way it shows studs is very useful and practical.My only negative is that it only shows presence of cables behind its entire length and not in the same way it shows studs, but I can live with that. On the plus side, contrary to other stud finders that require the power to be on to detect cables, this works even when the switch is off.

I've spent far too much on different stud detectors of the usual design - a screen to pinpoint the centre, and two sensors one at each side. They do their thing, but they never give me much confidence because I don't need to know the centre of the stud, I need to know how wide it is and where there's hollow and where stud.The Franklin does all of that through a row of LEDs, I wish I could show a video. You can see the width of the stud as a row of lit up LEDs along the length of the device, and if there's mains electricity, then the electricity lights light up to warn you.What would I like to see? Depth, and perhaps the depth of the plaster/ drywall. But you can't have everything (at least I don't think anyone has done that?).Absolutely brilliant, and although it's expensive, it's cheaper than buying 4 ordinary ones that end up not doing the job as I've done before this.

Nice piece of kit for the price. Feels a bit plasticky/flimsy. I don’t think it would with stand dropping repeatedly or from height. Sensitivity/accuracy is usually good but it is worth checking out the YouTube videos about indefinite results and false positives.

Simple and effective. Accurate and does the job, unlike cheaper finders that I have tried. Get what u pay for and Franklin lead the way in this market . Would recommend.

Works well and makes the position of studs very clear

Not a great product. Does not detect that well. That's the best i can say.

I was about to write this off as a piece of garbage- I was using it to detect electrical wires under plaster and on a chimney breast and it was flashing up as showing electrics under all walls.I was at the end of my tether as it was the second device I have bought.I googled it and the diagnosis was to put a hand on the wall you are scanning- as plaster is not grounded it needs something to break the circuit.Well it worked- the wall I thought had no electrics doesn’t so I managed to drill into it confidently.

Not massively impressed by this product, to be honest I've bought 3 different stud finders though amazon and find they're all super sensitive and light up inconsistently though.I kept this third one as:- fed up trying/returning stud finders, accepted the level of precision I was after isn't there for less than £40- I do think it is worth having one of these- theyre fairly cheap,- does provide additional data/comfort before nailing into walls/floors etc (have nailed a central heating pipe before hence the purchase) but if you want to be precise and get a nail in a tight spot (between 2 close obstacles) this will light up all over the place and not help give you confidence i was hoping to get out of these.- Also when i ran experiments before doing any actual nailing I find it doesn't reliably pick up "deep" items (i.e. 3-5cm away from the scanner surface gave false positives, gave no result etc).It is easy to useNot sure how sturdy it is, put it this way I definitely don't want my kids to get their hands on it in case they drop or fling it, nor do i want it at bottom of my tool box under hammers and wrenches, do think you need to treat with some care