Rack-A-Tiers Stud Ball - Magnetic Stud Finder, Rare Earth Magnet 27 Pounds Pull, Portable Wall Stud Detector, Stud Magnet, Detect Nails, Screws & Metal Through Drywall, No Batteries Required (52300)

By far the best stud finder I've ever used, for finding the center of metal studs. I've used a variety of other neodymium magnets, and any of them work for finding a stud, but they're not precise enough to find the center, and unprotected magnets leave marks on the walls. The spherical shape of this magnet lets you slide the magnet around to see where it's sticking best, and place it right in the center. The magnet is strong enough to adhere to a steel stud through 5/8" thick drywall. It will stick even more strongly to screw / nail heads, which can also aid in finding the center, but screws aren't necessarily in the center, so I try not to rely on screw locations if I'm drilling a large hole for a toggle bolt. I do a lot of mounting jobs which require drilling a 1/2" hole to insert a toggle bolt, and with a 1.25" inch wide metal stud, that leaves very little margin of error. Since I got my studball, I've never failed to find the center of a stud on the first try. And the rubber housing prevents leaving marks on the wall. Yes this is a bit overpriced, and I wish they were cheaper, but it's still worth it. I already bought a second one, and if I lose either I will buy more. These are great for wood or metal studs. Using a separate electronic studfinder (i.e. Franklin T9) first to locate the stud is a good idea and speeds up the process, and then I use the studball to confirm and to find the center. If you only need to occasionally find studs, and aren't doing this professionally, the stud ball by itself is all you need. Bottom line, buy it, you won't regret it. (only downside is I still haven't found a great way to store it so that it doesn't stick to other metal objects or my other magnets.. But this is true of most neodymium stud finder products. I'll probably eventually make some sort of protective foam sleeve for it, I wish it came with something or had a protective case available as an accessory)

Living in a 1915 house means my walls are basically *history class with a vengeance* — plaster, lath, mystery studs, you name it. Finding a stud used to feel like a paranormal investigation. Enter the Rack-A-Tiers Stud Ball. This little magnet hunts down the nails in the lath and leads you straight to the stud like it’s got X-ray vision. It outperformed my fancy electronic stud finder by a mile (even on “metal mode,” which mostly just lied to me). Simple. Brilliant. Highly recommended — unless you enjoy Swiss-cheesing your walls.

what do i love about this item ?, well ................................................. everything, man im no home improvement expert but man i finally found it, i have used zircon and about every battery operated stud finder in existence, all junk with a capitol J, the center stud beep one from zircon couldnt find a stud if its life depended on it, even tried the smartphone app, hit and miss, but this one was perfect first time out, found a nail in a wood stud drilled just below it, and BAM !! hit a stud, this thing has a powerful magnet, didnt use on metal studs so i cant comment, but with wood studs once you find the nail, this thing locks on, almost pulls out of your hand, took me exactly three minutes to do what i needed, i cant say enough great things about this trouble shooter, dont waste your time and money on that battery operated junk, this is the only stud finder i have found that actually does what its supposed to.

VERY strong magnet. It WILL find the nail and therefore the stud or rafter tail you are looking for. That's the good news. The bad news is, it WILL stick to anything ferrous metal in your tool box. Kind of a hassle, but I still love it. I lost it yesterday and finally found it hanging off my belt buckle, LOL. The other downside I didn't anticipate is you better be very careful with it around any magnetic recording media like a cassette tape or magnetic recording tape of any kind, or a credit card that still uses a magnetic strip and not a chip. I'm sure this magnet would instantly erase any of those.

It is a good tool. It is misleading that you can hold up a pouch of tools with it like the picture indicates because you cannot do that. Also. It's also misleading how it looks a lot bigger in the picture, but when you receive it, it's actually much smaller than it looks. But it is a very strong magnet and being circular it tends to find screws mudded over pretty well but it's not magnificent. Some woodworkers I was working with recommended something like m85 magnets. They cost the same as this and I believe their form factor is probably a little more effective for a lot of things.

I had purchased two different types of digital stud finders to try to find studs in our newly purchased home, which is OLD and has plaster and lath walls, those two stud finders were all over the place and very inaccurate with my walls. I looked up other options, watched videos about other methods, etc etc. One simple method suggested was using magnets. I found this Rack-A-Tiers studball and ordered it. It arrived an hour ago, and I've been finding nails/screws, and therefore, studs, behind the thick plaster and lath walls! All over the place! Studs were confirmed by moving the magnet vertically after finding a "hit" and finding other "hits" on the same vertical line and marking them... the vertical markings could not be any more clear in indicating a stud, and the spacings of the studs are just about 16 inches apart, confirmed with more vertical lines with multiple hits, marking it all out, it's beautiful. What a simple solution, the most straightforward one. My only gripe is I thought I was getting a pack of those things for some reason, it only comes as a single. Okay, I only really need one anyway. The magnet is just the right strength, it's not TOO strong, and it's definitely not too weak. I am very pleased and now can move forward with our plans! Got plaster and lath walls and need to find studs? Look no further!

This is a great stud finder for finding Sheetrock screws and other ferrous materials behind Sheetrock. Very small and easy to use. Felt a little expensive for the money at the start but I have used this so many times that it’s absolutely been worth the price. Function is simple: run the rubber back against the wall and it will stick to the wall directly over a screw. It has worked every time for me. Fantastic purchase.

I have no idea what my walls are made out of. They are definitely not regular dry wall, nor are they plaster. They seem to be something like concrete that creates a gritty mess when I drill into it the wrong way. Electronic stud finders to not work on this mystery material (material is a mystery to me). I had better luck using a small neodymium magnet taped to the end of a thread to find the nails attaching my wall material to the studs underneath. This "Stud Ball" is basically just a larger, more powerful magnet that easily and accurately locates the studs. When passing over a nail with this magnet, it is a decisive, definite lock-on. Super easy to use! Get it if you have walls that confound the fancy electronic stud finders!

Maybe overpriced depending on how much Amazon cranks the price, but very useful to find screws and nailheads through drywall. Made demo really easy and a lot cleaner by just unscrewing the drywall and taking in out in big chunks rather than busting through it HGTV-!dEmOdAY!-style and having to clean up all the debris and dust.

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One of the best things I've bought on Amazon lol. I have been messing around with stud finders for years. Have to calibrate them, batteries, some of them damage walls... This thing is just perfect. Strong magnet finds the drywall screw and your golden. Note; the packaging on these are garbage. My ball came loose in the box as the magnet is so strong it pulled itself on to a screwdriver I also ordered lol.

Strong magnet Works good

Works good. But I misplaced it and can’t find it now.