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When you’re hanging items from your drywall, you need to know where the studs are. You also need to know where potentially harmful live wires are. You can figure out the studs easily enough, but to really be sure of your own safety when making holes in your wall, you want to pick up the Zircon i65 StudFinder. It’s as easy to use as your own two hands, but works with greater accuracy! Hold it up to the wall, give it time to calibrate, and run it across the plane. When it passes over a stud, it produces an audible beep and projects a red arrow onto its center point. Its portable design lets you keep this on your person at all times. If you run into problems on your construction journeys, there is an instructional DVD that will tell you everything you need to do. When it comes to keeping yourself safe and your paintings hung right, you can count on Zircon.
From the Manufacturer
Zircon's StudSensor i65 OneStep quickly and easily locates the edges and center of wood and metal studs and joists behind walls, floors and ceilings. Patented CenterVision technology finds the center of studs in a single pass. Its easy-to-read display screen indicates directions, edges and center of studs, while WireWarning detection indicates the presence of live AC voltage. FEATURES: Stud Scan mode locates the edges and center of wood or metal studs up to 3/4-Inch (19 mm) deep -- DeepScan mode doubles the scanning depth to 1 1/2-Inch (38 mm) -- LCD display indicates direction, edges and center of studs -- Patented SpotLite Pointing System and audio tone signals when the stud center is reached -- WireWarning detection indicates the presence of live, unshielded electrical wiring up to 2-Inch (51 mm) deep -- ACT (Auto Correcting Technology) automatically corrects common user errors, such as when scanning begins over a stud
Matt
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025
It may have found some studs. It’s just not consistent. I’ll mark the spot and come back to rescan and it won’t find the same spot. Not sure I can rely on a tool that can’t reliably find the same stud.
TechLover
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021
If you’re looking at multiple stud finders and wondering which one to get, let me simplify it for you. 1) Zircon owns the patent for the technology. Thus, that’s who I would go with over the knockoffs. 2) This is the cheapest model that has the LCD screen with stud center finding capability. So between i65 and HD70, since this was a few bucks cheaper, this is what I would go with.Must have tool to find studs for tv mounting, electrical box, mounting heavy paintings, art work, vacuum, etc etc.
Faisal Arup
Reviewed in Australia on July 12, 2020
I bought 3 Stanley Stud finder, and returned on the 2nd day. gave false reading all over the house.then i bought this and man this gave me correct readings every-time.. love it.. a must have tool
D.F. Bard
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2018
I don't do a lot of stud detection with it, but in decorating this summer I used it to know where to put tacks and hang paintings and it works very well. The A/C feature is interesting to detect live wires but I mainly use it go get a general sense of where the electrical lines are. Stud detection-wise though it is spot on and has held up for quite some time!
Client d'
Reviewed in France on October 11, 2015
Utilisation un peu laborieuse et il ne détecte que le métal et les fils électriques. Dommage, il ne détecte pas le bois ni les vides dans les murs ! C'est décevant pour le prix
J. Palmer
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2014
I had a much cheaper stud sensor that never seemed to work well. When it died, I went to Amazon to find something better, after a brief period of respectful mourning, of course. This model was well reviewed and I started using it immediately to install dozens of shelf brackets and build a permanent workbench. In the instances it wouldn't give a clear reading, I would simply reset the unit and try sweeping in different directions, different speeds, etc. Even when some of the spots were unclear, it still never let me down. I love the display and the red light in the center. I will keep this tool a long time!!
Kh.Meyer
Reviewed in Germany on March 27, 2014
da ich sehr viel mit Dachlatten und Holzgerüste , Hausverkleidung Zimmervertäfelung usw. zu tun hatte habe ich mir dieses Gerät als Balkensuchgerät zugelegt . Man muss allerdings ungefähr wissen wo Holzstücke liegen könnten um nicht zu lange mit dem Balkengerät zu suchen . Ich habe mir daher vorher bewusst vorhandene Holzfälder makiert und sie dann mit dem Gerät gesucht .Es funktioniert so wie es in der Bedienunganleitung beschrieben steht . Holz was allerdings tiefer begraben liegt ist nur schwer zu finden oder eben wer viel Zeit und Geduld aufbringt es doch noch zu finden . Trotzdem eine klare Kaufempfehlung da es auch leicht und einfach in der Bedienung ist
JHK
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014
So this is the second stud finder I have used. The first one had no display, DO NOT GET THAT ONE. Terrible. The display is definitely worth the extra 10 bucks I would highly recommend. The live wire identifier works great too.Build is solid, I mounted about 5 TV's so far and it works fine. It feels super plasticky because its mostly plastic but as long as your not using it for construction you should be fine.Accuracy is about... 8 out of 10. I did about 5 passes over the stud and it found the stud 4 times out of 5. The 1 time it said the stud was to the right by a few inches but the previous 4 passes all lined up. Also, if you tap the dry wall you can tell where the stud is and where it ends so pretty accurate.
M
Reviewed in Germany on October 11, 2012
Auch wenn der Artikel hauptsächlich für die Suche von Holzbalken unterputz gemacht wurde, so war meine Idee eigentlich die, dass ich Stromleitungen aufspüren wollte.Für diesen Einsatz ist das Produkt völlig ungeeignet, da es Stromleitungen viel zu ungenau anzeigt.Über den eigentlich Einsatzbereich kann ich keine Aussage treffen, da ich keine Möglichkeit habe nach Balken unterputz zu suchen...Mein Gerät ging auf jeden Fall zurück
W. Torg
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2011
This stud finder is amazing. It is my third stud finder and I cannot believe how much they have improved. I had a difficult job to accomplish. Finding studs thru a shower wall of ceramic tile. While the signal was weak and I searched several times to be sure it was correct, I hit the studs dead on and was able to install the grab rail safety bar with out any difficulty. I would highly recommend this stud finder even so it cost more than some others. [[ASIN:B000TCY0E6 Zircon StudSensor i65 Center-Finding Stud Finder with DVD How-To Guide]
P.K.F.
Reviewed in Germany on July 19, 2011
Kurz: Balken werden einfandfrei gefundenIch stand vor dem Problem, die genau Lage der Balken in einer Dachschräge zu lokalisieren, ohne die Wand mit Probebohrungen zu durchsieben. Die Wand besteht aus einer ziemlich dicken Putzschicht, und darunter liegen, wie in den 60er Jahren oft gemacht, als Tragschicht und zur Isolierung wiederum ziemlich dicke, von einem Drahtgeflecht zusammengehaltene Strohmatten. Trotz der tiefen Lage (ca. 5-7 cm) und des vielen Metalls ließen sich die Balken (im hopchempfindlichen Modus) orten.In unserem Anbau in Holzständerbauweise unter Rigidur-Platten ging es auch im Normalmodus.Unter Putz verlegte Stromleitungen wurden ebenfalls gefunden.Ein bisschen schade ist nur, dass nicht gleich eine Batterie beiliegt.
Gotnospice
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2011
A lot of people were complaining about this stud finder, I've used many in my days and this one works great. I even tested it on a double sheetrock wall with metal studs and it worked like a charm. It even detected the electrical lines in the wall. I think the most of the problems people have are from moving too quickly or not following the directions. For instance on the double sheet rock I had to switch to high sensitivity mode by clicking the power button twice. After that it found every stud! Best value for the money.
LozD
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2010
I was looking forward to receiving this stud finder as I've been waiting to hang my plasma on the wall for too long a time. It arrived in the usual plastic packaging, you know the type, where you have to use a sharp knife to open it and almost end up losing a digit in the process.Once safely opened, I put it to task straight away. I watched the dvd that came with it to see how to use it to maximum effect - the dvd was ok but more of a gimmick than particularly useful. The only real thing I learnt was to 'double-click' on the button to choose a stronger scan depth.I placed the i65 near to where I thought a stud would be (based on where an electrical outlet was) and began scanning. First use picked up the edge of a stud, then the center, the laser flashed and the alarm sounded. Great, I thought. That was so easy. Almost too easy. For piece of mind I decided to check for the same stud but approach it from the other side. Again, I started near to where I thought the stud would be and started sliding... SLOWLY. It picked up an edge and then the center again.Unfortunately, this time the center was about four inches to the right of where the first stud was found. For the next 45 mins or so I spent time trying to find the dead center of the studs needed to hang my flat-screened behemoth. Each time with a different result. In the end I gave up on it and decided to use the old "pilot hole and coat hanger wire" method. This was far messier but much faster and provided me with comfort, safe in the knowledge that I was actually hanging my precious baby on solid wood rather then weak drywall. Something of a necessity when living in anywhere near the San Andreas Fault.Some other, seperate issues I found were that the unit itself could be easily tilted in either direction whilst scanning so that it ended up not scanning flush against the wall. This had a considerable effect on the scanning result. Also, I found that if you place your other hand on the top of the unit whilst scanning, to try and steady the tilting issue mentioned above, then this would also affect the scan result. Not good.Reading some of the other reviews, it looks like people have difficulty with textured walls and/or thick dry wall. I have both of these so it looks like I may have to try and return this. Can I really be bothered finding out how to return this for the sake of $30 or will I just keep it in the bottom of the toolbox?Before you buy this I'd suggest you check if you have thicker than normal walls and to also consider the wall texture you will be scanning.
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