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

I have to cut cardboard almost every day, and this tool has saved me a lot of time and effort. It cuts through cardboard in seconds and feels very comfortable to hold, even during long periods of use. I really like that I can make clean cuts in the exact size I need without struggling or using too much force. The battery life is also impressive and lasts a long time before needing to recharge, which makes it great for daily work.

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.

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.

Well first, I will say that I do like the Walabot DIY 2 and I have found it to work really well for me. And in my past experiences with anything as expensive as this, I've always found it best to get name brand accessories for it (accessories made by the same company). And so, when I investigated doing that with this device I found that the case for it that's made by Walabot and has their logo on it costs $59.95. Can y'all believe that!? I even started to go through with the purchasing process so I could get the total with shipping. The shipping wound up being $13.99 for me, so the total was going to be $73.94, for just a little zip case big enough to fit a Walabot in!! Hold on though. There's another accessory called the "Walattach - MagSafe Compatible Connector Rings." And all you really get is a round ring magnet and a round ring magnet receptor with sticky backs on them, for... $34.95! And this is so you can put one on the back of your phone or phone case, and put the other on the Walabot so that they can be magnetically connected when you are using them. AND, they even say in the details that, if you already have a case or phone with a magnet on it, that you will only need the magnet receptor. Basically telling you it's going to cost $34.95 just to get one.. little.. flimsy.. magnet.. receptor.. from them... On the bright side though, if you can afford one of these I've found it to work pretty good. I've always had a really hard time finding where studs are in the wall, even while using those stud finders that you slide along the wall that just show a red light when they pass over an obstruction. Well, with this thing I don't just easily find the studs. I can also easily find the CENTER of the studs too. Which eliminates the worry of hitting the edge of a stud instead, which could cause possible problems down the line. So I am plenty happy with my Walabot DIY 2. I just think it should come with a case at the price that it is... And I can't justify paying over $70 just for a case that they claim will be more protective than any other case. Also, just the fact that they are charging so much for a case AND the Walattach things, is proof to me that they are over charging everyone for , well, everything most probably. And that's not cool at all. I almost feel like I should take more than one star off because of that too... But I DID receive what I expected to get and so far, it HAS performed like I expected it to. So I decided to give it a score of 4... out of, 5.

I wanted this to work out, I really did. The ideal is fantastic, being able to see what's actually behind the wall with some intelligence is what I wanted. But after I clicked the button I read a few other reviews, and the disappointment quickly set in. Things you need to know. 1) This is extremely overpriced for the value that it delivers. 2) It's almost impossible to use. Why they used WIFI for the connection is beyond me. Maybe, if you're in a house that has no other wifi it might hold a connection. I spent 30 minutes, THIRTY MINUTES, trying to keep it connected to get through the calibration. Even when I did that, the results were underwhelming. This should have been either a) Bluetooth, or b) a tethered connection for reliability saving on development costs too. It should also be magnetic so your phone sticks to it or it to your phone for one handed operation. As it is now, you need both hands, or maybe you can try to hold the things together while you mark the wall but that's just not easy to do. 3) It's not reliable. It saw stuff that didn't exist. I'm fortunate to have an unfinished wall that I can access on the other side. I used that for testing, and just got even madder. No way I'm putting up with the usability issues for something that isn't even accurate. I ordered the other higher-end stud finder that's about $50 and couldn't be happier. It's being returned TODAY.

In love with this. A bit pricey compared to the basic stud finder but for someone who is constantly drilling into walls at work, this was worth the cost. Takes the guessing out of the scenario. Ive used it to mount large ikea mirrors on a wall into metal studs and recently used it to get a better idea of what was behind a wall before cutting a hole and framing a doorway. Puts me more at a peace of mind with the visuals then my old stud finder with the 3 laser lines on it. Its very easy to use. I do regret not getting the magnetic add on so that it can stick to my phone case.

I love it! Works perfectly!!

First of all, this is absolutely a cool idea! And overall I like it. But it definitely could be better. First the good: The visual representation makes it a lot easier to find the center of a stud which is super nice! My other stud finder has a center mode too but seeing it just makes me feel better. Another pro is it finds wires! I didn't have luck with low voltage wires but it seems to find the high voltage ones well which is good! I haven't tried pipes yet. Now the bad: Physically, it definitely feels cheap, but whatever. What is annoying is the "feet" aren't really great for sliding on the wall. It doesn't help that mine are textured, but even on a smooth wall it wouldn't be great. Otherwise, the device itself is fine. The real issues are in the app. The app is really bad. It was hard to connect, it didn't reconnect the second time I used it although it has since. It has dropped connection once. You have to go through a whole process every time you start using it with several dialogs and prompts. It really should be after the first use that you can open the app, have it autocommect, and jump right into the calibration step. After that it should dump you immediately into whichever mode you used last. But instead it's overly complicated and annoying. As well, I mentioned it makes it easy to center on the stud, well here's what I didn't mention yet: There is no center line on the screen. At all. So you're expected to eyeball center which is annoying. However since the "calibrate" button is placed in your viewing window centered for some reason, I use that as a center mark. So cool, weird bad design accidentally makes up for other weird bad design. There is also no beep option like a traditional stud finder, which would be a nice option to have. (Although I do like it being quiet most of the time) Oh one other thing, it clearly doesn't like wood that isn't a stud. So if it's blocking for a cabinet for example, it's just gonna be very confused and show a stud, but then it won't move in the screen. The good news is, the vast majority of these issues could be fixed by making the app better. The bad news it, this product isn't new so that doesn't enstill confidence that they will. I think if the software were competent, this would be worth the asking price. As is, it's definitely on the pricey side. Would I recommend it? Maybe. IDK. I do like it. But it's also a little frustrating to use.

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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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It's ambiguous what is in the wall. Works well in some cases, but sometimes misleading