Which one is a good stud and cable finder under £75?
I have found this one
Even after carefully selecting a spot far enough from a mains socket, hit two phone cables which required a lot of work to fix.
Will phone cables be detected?
Thanks,
Antoni
-- asalcedo
I wouldn't count on the stud detection on that being very good.
Go to your local B&Q's hand tools section (near the spirit levels etc) and get yourself a stud detector that looks like this (costs about =A316):
You can get the Zircon Triscanner Pro from RS for about £40. That has all the facilities you require. The only thing it can't do is find studs through metalised foils.
Thank you John, that looks like the one to go for.
The only thing is that I did, some time ago, tried one, and would giv me erratic readings and had to return it. Perhaps there was somethin wrong with that unit
-- asalcedo
You could always try dowsing for the cables!
Didn't someone confirm a few months ago that it can still find the nail/screw heads going into the studs?
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