RYOBI Whole Stud Finder ESF5002

I had to pierce a garage wall in a few spots before I caved and tossed aside my old stud-edge finder to pick this up. This stud finder is effective and accurate, and the multiple LEDs help provide a much more accurate idea of a stud's location compared to an edge finder. To top it off, this stud finder has an almost stupidly simple design feature that should be the industry standard: A button on the center of the unit that pushes out a punch to easily mark the wall behind it. The punch itself is effective enough to dimple drywall, but I think it would be easy to put some form of ink or toner on the end to make surface marks instead. The only drawback I can see is the price, but then again it could save you some drywall rework with missed stud holes.

So far so good. Has been using it after my stud finder stopped working correctly around the house. I liked how it will tell where the middle of the stud is and supper easy to used. The extra functionality of marking the drywall is not that good but a nice thing to have when you do not have a pencil on hand. Seems to be very durable, hope it last a long time definitely worth the money compared to low end stud finders from the store

Amazing product!

I really like that this stud finder shows you the entire width of the stud; it's been really helpful in mounting TVs on the wall, because the mounts really need to be centered on the stud. That being said, it has a little bit of trouble finding the studs. About two times out of five, the lights start flashing to indicate it's having problems. Not a huge deal, as you just try again, but it can be a little annoying.

Amazing stud finder perfect for the money. So easy to use has a guid like to show you exactly where to move it. Work perfectly. The size is great for someone with bigger hands.

I used my college education to follow the directions exactly, and it appears this thing just doesn't work. It will not calibrate or identify studs.

Save time and frustration. Every house should have one of these.

Works alright. Not as great as I thought it would be for the money. I love ryobi, but for stud finders you might find a better value somewhere else.

Need to find studs under double boarded drywall. It took some practice on how to use the finder but it worked! So pleased to have purchased this tool

Barely works. Needs to be constantly calibrated for it to not even move and then need to be recalibrated again. It will take you 20 minutes to find a single stud.

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It's Ryobi so you know the build quality is decent. However there are a few little annoying bugs (as with all stud finders). The first and biggest, is that it's sometimes tricky to calibrate and you need to calibrate for every wall. You will usually find yourself attempting to calibrate a few times before taking a successful read. The other down side is that there's no way to tell what material it's detecting - you need some knowledge of the walls/electrics to understand what your read means. In the end I found myself using this in conjunction with a basic Bosch metal/electrics finder. That together with some background knowledge of the build helped me get through the job. Outside of those limitations, the Ryobi stud finder is useful and gives some indication of the width of studs.

The stud finder appears to identify the studs within my plasterboard walls well, it easily identifies the centers. The product would benefit from live cable detection or pipework detection. Im yet to fully cut the wall to confirm the accuracy but the unit seems well made and reliable. Its simple to use and does exactly as it states.