The StudBuddy Magnetic Stud Finder: Locating Studs Made Easy! Review

StudBuddy is awesome! This makes finding studs very easy. It's very low tech but works great. There is no learning curve, just slowly move along the wall until you find the screw or nail that was used to hold the drywall in place. Note. I use this on a newly built house with 5/8" drywall and 1 5/8" drywall screws.

I love that this little tool works so efficiently and is compact enough/no batteries needed to add it to our Quick Kit for small home projects ( hang a picture/mirror, tighten a screw, nail a skirting board, etc.). Because of the magnet, we tend to leave it on the hammer, which is what we use it with the most. I love this addition to the tools we use the most.

This little thing is worth every penny you pay for it. So easy to use, just rub it on the wall like an AZ pattern and it will find your drywall screw or nail in the stud holding it to the wall. No more holes in your wall where you were trying to find a stud to hang a picture or put up a shelf. I've even used these battery powered spike finders that turn green when detected and this thing blows them out of the water. In my opinion, this is a must-have tool at an affordable price.

Simplicity and precision. I just run it along the wall, find some nails and line up the center line of the post. One star off for a non-ergonomic grip that tends to slip out of my hand. If you're curious about the magic inside, it has two 1/2" diameter and 3/8" high, 45mm apart and oriented in the same north/south direction. The actual active length is about 11cm. The two spikes at both ends are just a facade. You can have longer blocks with triple and quadruple magnets for even wider coverage.

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