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

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.

Used this to avoid power cables when putting shelves up in she’d. Power cables are running through the walls. Works well.

I haven’t used a stud finder for years. I remember them being really vague and not that great. This one really does what it promises. I easily found a stud to mount a tv wall bracket. The electrical warning seems to work well too. Very impressed.

Works well my husband can find where the studs are

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.

First impression: build quality is that of a toy you'd get out of a McDonald's happy meal - absolutely terrible. It's flimsy to say the least and doesn't feel like it'll last long in a work bag etc.I'm not sure how this product has obtained the reviews it has as the price point vs detection ability is woeful. I found one wall in my house it half reliably found a stud, the rest, including a simple bit of marine ply with studs behind it, it didn't have a clue.I'll go back to my £20 stud finder and get this returned!

Very quick to find all typ of studs. The most important is the time so this stud finder is perfect time saver.

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