Side by Side Comparison of: Studpop® vs Black & Decker

Great item. Found nailheads thru plaster in 1928 built home where lathe and plaster on screen attached to studs were used. None of my other expensive stud finders could even come close.The 1" diameter by 1/8" thick magnet in this design worked like a charm. You have to slowly move studpop to find a nailhead. Didn't find everyone, but enough for me to get a stud line of some sort.Not perfect but better than those $100 ones. Got two more for my kids.

This stud finder is truly the best! I bought a electronic stud finder but spent my time not finding the studs. I would just nail tiny nails in the wall to find the stud.I then have to fill the holes and paint. Hours and hours and hours wasted!! My home does not have standard stud layouts. I got this finder and it has shaved off so much time in my work. The people on my Christmas list will all be getting on of these.

Was skeptical but figured the reviews were great and for $10 I'd give it a try so I can make sure I'm able to find a stud under the drywall vs the unreliable method of knocking on the wall. I think this is basically a super high power magnet that when it finds the metal under the wall and on the drywall it magnetically sticks to the wall and you've found your stud.Its pretty genius, simple, slightly addicting using it on all the walls to see where supports are

Very easy to use, and small enough to put in your pocket. Just go back and forth over the wall in a zig-zag pattern until it goes over a stud nail, at which point it will make a popping sound and the little indicator will be standing perfectly horizontal. No batteries, no false readings, this is definitely much better than a regular electronic stud-finder.My wife had a lot of fun finding studs as soon as she saw me stick this to the wall. She's not a handy person at all, so if she can use this thing, anyone can!

I love this! We have purchased 2 other stud finders only to have the coat holder pull off the wall and leave a huge hole. We even had issues with our garage. We could never be sure where the stud was when we were putting up shelving for our garage. I used this weekend and have never had such an easy time in putting up shelving/storage items. My kids helped me and they were able to figure out where the studs were in the garage. This thing is awesome. I may order more to give as gifts to new homeowners :) It's made my life easy for hanging heavier items!

Amazingly simple concept, hard to believe nobody came up with this earlier. The Studpop uses a powerful magnet to detect framing nails in the wall, simple as that. You slide it along the wall and 'POP' the needle stands straight as an arrow indicating that it found a framing nail.I used it in the living room to hang shelves and it was flawless, finding a stud every 16" all the way down the wall. My wife was so impressed she often steals it from my tool box and uses it to hang pictures.

practical to locate nail's location on the wooden frame underneath the dry wall. better than some of the other stud locaters bought from Amazon.Easy to store; sticks to metalic cabinet.

No batteries? Are you kidding me? Any it works! As soon as it finds a nail or screw, that thing in the middle stands attention. This is in a regular house, with regular drywall, built in 1990's. And thanks for sending it the day I needed it.

It's as expected. Not great, but it does find the nails in the studs....and every other magnetic thing in the walls.

This product is just a simple little plastic stud finder. Pretty hard to mess that up! It had a magnet on one end, and the ball in the center of the other end pops erect when you are over a stud. We have semi thin walls.Ours has been on a stud for about a month now (yes, we did just leave it on our wall.) and hasn't fallen unless we bumped it. However, there was a one stud that the finder would not stay on the wall when it was over. I have no idea why! But, I figure it has to do with our house, not the finder.I don't know what to look for in this stuff, but my husband is pleased.

Dislike :Magnetic force in not strong as expectedLike:it's fun with the knob

I'm glad I picked one of these up when it was available. So far, it's been pretty handy.I'm dinging it a star because it's advertised as working on plaster / lath walls. In my home, this is not the case. The studs behind my lath walls have proven elusive to this little guy.However, elsewhere, it's flawless.The magnet is very powerful, so when it does detect a nail in a stud, the Studpop "locks" into place so you can mark your spot. The other nice thing about this is that it's not ugly and doesn't look like a typical "tool." I keep it on the side of my fridge so I always know where it is and no one is the wiser.

This is an absolute dream on drywall. Unfortunately the plaster I needed it for was too thick for it to work. This is super textured plaster so I'm afraid nothing works. But I'm glad I have this for drywall. Highly recommend it.

Not easy to find the nails/screws but for steel studs it's quite nice.

This device doesn't replace an electronic stud finder in my opinion. While the magnet works as advertised it's just ok for me. I ended up using my old school stud finder any way.

I have an old house built in the 1950's. I think the type of material used at that time doesn't allow the studpop to work as well. Also, I first saw the studpop used on HouseSmarts and Lou Manfredini showed it working even through tile. It didn't work through my tile. Perhaps it was, again, the type of material used in the old walls. I bought one for all three of my boys, because they're working on their homes--older homes. I hope they have luck using their studpops.

I ordered this “stud finder” (AKA magnet wrapped in plastic with a clever wiggly tail) to repair some drywall on my ceilings. I needed to add some screws to the existing drywall. Because the “pop” indicator (AKA wiggly tail) is vertical when held overhead, it’s not a lot of help, but I could still defiantly tell when it encountered a hidden nail.Once a nail is located the magnet is strong enough to hold the “Studpop” to the ceiling (or wall) after you let go of it. However, it’s by no means a super powerful magnet like some reviews have claimed. For example I accidently dropped a nail in the grass and tried to use this to find it by making several passes about 2 inches off the ground, about a 3’x3’ area. No luck.Additionally part of me just doesn’t feel this is a good value, because all in all, you’re paying $10.00 for a magnet. That said, I find myself using it all the time. I guess I would find this totally worth it under two conditions. 1) It actually was a super magnet. And 2) If there were two included, because many times the part of the stud you will need to nail into, will not be located by an existing nail. So you find yourself marking your wall, finding a second nail on the same stud and nailing somewhere in-between.

It worked resonably well on wallboard. But if on a sound wall not so good . Tile wall was also abit tuff for magnet to pick up nails but was able to do it.

Works on some walls, not on others

Has lots of trouble finding metal studs behind the drywall. Not nearly as good as advertised.

Doesn't do too great on plaster walls.

Does not work well. I thought it would be great to have a little tool in my pocket instead of the larger stud finder, but either there are few screws in the studs or there is something else going on. It did not work well on my walls. A real stud finder does a better and faster job. This is too expensive for a fancy magnet.

Doesn't work

Didn't work on my walls. Guess they must be plaster? I don't know. I'm playing the girl card here. As handy as I am, I have no idea what to do next to hang my 30+ lb mirror. Maybe I'll try an electric one or go to my local hardware store and see what the people there suggest.

Found the metal in the wall, but not the stud. Sorry, but this does not work. I had to go to my local Home Depot and buy a stud finder.

This does not work. Tried on several walls following instructions and it only works at corners. This is a new house.

Horrendous product, couldn't locate a single stud across the entire wall. Would have had better luck knocking on the wall.

I thought this would work in my 1930 home. It doesn't. I know enough to use this extremely simple product. My walls are plaster of an appropriate thickness over lathe. I went over several square feet of wall in different areas of my home. I did it as instructed and I did it repeatedly. This thing ONLY moved when I could SEE a nail under the paint in one spot, and I wish I'd ripped it out and sent it to the manufacturer with a request for a refund. This piece of plastic is a dumb scam. The company is lucky to still be in business.

I received five to give as gifts. No one I give it to could get them to work at all. Really not what it showed on T.V.

Bought this because it claims to work on lath and plaster. It doesn't work as advertised on our plaster ceiling. It manages to find only a small percentage of the studs in our plaster walls. Your mileage may vary.