Walabot DIY 2 – Visual Stud Finder & Wall Scanner for Drywall. Detects Wood & Metal Studs, Plastic & Metal Pipes, Live & Non-Live Wires

What an excellent and usefull Home DIY Tool !! I have tried various "typical" Stud-Finder tools in the past and always had mediocre experiences with them being mostly inaccurate. I remeber when this device 1st came out and it caught my interest, but I did not have a need for it at the time. Recently My wife wanted me to hang some floating shelves near the fireplace. I KNEW I had to get into the Studs directly for a good, sturdy floating shelf that won't SAG over time. This tool allowed me to FLAWLESSLY mount all my shelves without a single missed Stud. So cool !! As a tech guy I understand why it requires calibration, and since it has an App I feel that the user experience can be greatly enhanced !. Each time you take it to the wall you need to do a simple calibration so it learns the surface. It's a big aggrevating when on a ladder and having to use the phone as a view screen, to have to re-calibrate each time it goes back to the same wall. It would be amazing if the App could be updated with a Button to tell the tihng that you are still on the same wall and no need to re-cal. Would be great if you could save wall cal data to like 4 zones, so when doing a full room, you can do initial cal on each wall, then save as wall-1, wall-2, wall-3 wall-4 that way when making repeaded measurements & double checking it would save tremendous amount of time. I fealt pretty dorky in front of my wife, trying to show off my new cool tool when she laughed at me each time I had to re-cal the device. All in all I am glad to have this in my tool kit and I'm sure will get lots more use over the years. Cool product.

Works as shown. This is an excellent tool for pros and home handyman. Especially for hanging anything heavy, or drilling into something where you can’t tell what’s behind.

I had a short wall that contained a ton of metal studs, electrical wiring and plumbing. I had to hang a bracket for a pedestal sink and a regular stud finder just didn't seem to do the trick because there was so much in the wall. I bought the Walabot to find exactly what was behind the drywall. I also need to mention that the wall was covered with PVC wainscoting which made it even more challenging. I will admit that when I used the Walabot on the side of the wall with wainscoting, its accuracy was suspect. I could tell where the studs were, but the readings weren't consistent and the location of the electrical and plumbing was really spotty. So I went around to the back of the short wall where there was only drywall and the Walabot performed very well. I was able to find the studs and not touch the electrical or the plumbing. Would I recommend the Walabot...? Emphatically, Yes. On a pure drywall surface, I have found it works extremely well. Any additional interference tends to cause its scanning to be less than perfect, but that's fine. I get that it needs to be fine tuned to work at certain tolerances to accurately show what's behind the wall. Plus my situation was probably in that 10% where the Walabot wouldn't work perfectly. But I definitely recommend it!

If you are a homeowner, this tool is a must. I spent a lot of time trying to find the center of a stud in my ceiling with a Zircon. I've used the Zircon many times with success, but it wasn't happening this time - finding the center of the stud this time was painful with unreliable results. I wound up drilling where I thought was a stud, only to run into a goose egg. I purchased the Walabot and had a visual center of the stud in 30 seconds. The price stinks, but as most times in life, you get what you pay for. I'll end the boring story and give my pros and cons. Pros: 1. Visual representation of what's in the wall 2. This newer unit connects via WI-FI 3. Reliable results in seconds Cons: 1. You have to calibrate by making large circles in the area. If you are a perfectionist like me, it stinks because of the paint sometimes getting scratched or rubbed off. All stud finders do this, but this has the potential to happen in an area that might not get covered. To have to do this on a new wall would be tough. 2. Can't easily tell between a pipe and a wire (still better than what's out there) 3. Having to have to use the stud finder with a phone can turn this into a two person job many times 4. There is maintenance for this unit. You can't let the battery deplete because there is a chance that it may not charge again. I've heard of overcharging, but not the reverse. I will have to set a reminder to charge at regular intervals. 5. The directions say that you have to charge with the cable provided, but don't provide a charger. This is weird and I don't get that - one more thing to have to remember. Make no mistake, there are more cons than pro's, but it wouldn't even come close to stop me from buying this thing. The device is worth every penny.

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Works well, on the mark everything. Beautiful little tool.

Was a little sceptical about this being able to do other substrates….my personal experience with this device leads me to believe that it is more suited to plasterboard walling and some wood panelling. I needed this to work for me on plasterboard and I got some convincing results. The setup/calibrating was easy and the downloadable App connected without fuss .

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Work good!!