Walabot DIY Plus - Advanced wall scanner, stud finder - For Android Smartphones - NOT compatible for iPhone and iPads and tablets -DY2PBCGL01

All I can say is WOW. This thing is amazing! I'm not a professional, just a DIYer like many other people so my review is based on that. Just follow the instructions and watch the videos that the app points you to. Don't be a "who reads manuals" person. The app holds your hand through the entire process unless you select the "Don't show me this" option when it prompts you. When the app starts up, it will walk you through what kind of studs and walls you have, then give you the options you want to use.The device attaches to the phone using a sticky pad which can be cleaned with water if you get gunk on it. It comes with 2 short cables, 1 USB C and 1 micro USB (Sorry iPhone users). You put your phone on the sticky part, plug it in to your phone, and you're off to the races. It doesn't come with a carrying case of any kind, so I recommend keeping the plastic covering you take off the sticky pad to cover it again when you take your phone off.Like any advanced stud finder, you have to calibrate the device. This consists of moving the device against the wall in large circular motion. It willy notify you when its ready. Then you can use pan or advanced mode, but I recommend panning first, then going to advanced mode. It seemed more accurate that way, plus the app mildly asks you to pan first. The pan has you slide the phone across the wall for whatever distance you want while showing you an image of what it finds. The advanced view is kind of like a radar where you move it across the wall and when it detects a stud it will show it to you in a color. This is the best mode for finding the center of the stud and confirming its a stud and not a PVC pipe or electrical line (more info below). The screen will actually display text with"Stud" or "Pipe/Wire" when in advanced mode to help identify what you're looking at.My quick short story: Just moved in, drywall on wood studs. Wanted to wall mount my 65" TV. Wall is against bathroom. Used $10 stud finder with blinky lights. 1 stud found, the other stud was "found" but when drilled it went into air. Used $50 stud finder with LCD screen that has electrical, wood, and metal settings. Found the same first stud, couldn't find the second again. Enter Walabot: Found both studs (spaced 18 inches). Also found an electrical line next to the right stud and a PVC pipe that was directly to the RIGHT of the left stud. To make matters worse, both previous stud finders found the "center" more to the right of the single stud they found. 1/4" more to the right and I would have had a very expensive plumber bill thanks to that PVC pipe. The Walabot identified the true center of the stud consistently. I confirmed my findings with an endoscope camera thanks to the first air hole I drilled with the regular stud finder (and which prompted me to buy the Walabot).At the time of purchase this was about $60, and with the amount of money I saved by not butchering that PVC pipe, I HIGHLY recommend it. The app is extremely easy to use and the learning curve is small and well guided. The only bad thing I can think of is that it doesn't come with any kind of carrying case. They have a listing for a more premium carrying case, but even just a silk bag would have been better than nothing. Just remember to save the clear hard film that you take off the sticky pad if you don't have a case for it, as you can stick that back on it to protect it from dirt when you put it away. I just put mine back in the box with that hard film.

I have two other electronic stud finders. Neither one if them actually works. I end up putting extra holes in the wall.I needed to mount a number of handicap rails on drywall and a fiberglass shower enclosure. It was critical that I hit the studs in order for the grabrails to be as safe as possible.The Walabot showed me the studs, electrical wiring, and plumbing accurately. I hung 8 grabrails without missing any studs. I purchased the Walkabout Plus for Android phones. It came with USB cables. One complaint I had read in reviews was that it was hard to keep it physically paired with the phone. Mine came with a round gel pad the sticks the two together, and can be separated and reused. It worked very well.The only problem I had was if I bumped the cable, I would lose the connection and have to re-pair the Walcott, and recalibrate it.I am very pleased with the Walabot Plus. I highly recommend it for hanging things on drywall and fiberglass enclosures. It may work in other situations as well, but I have not experimented with them yet.

Doing a renovation on a rental condo built in 1972, that was out of date.I needed to find the wire paths from various sockets and switches on 2 floors to plan the changes to the lighting to make the place more user friendly.Picked up the unit to see if the ad was true to use, and was very surprised that it performed as advertised. I was able to locate the wiring out of the sockets and switches and determine the path taken and if and when there were fire blocks between the studs. It worked to locate vent pipes, water pipes and studs well.I am using a Samsung 10s, as the host. The wire connection between the units can get in the way and did drag at times and disconnected the unit, which needed to go back to square one and reconnect.The scan seems to be linear to the top/bottom of the unit. I needed to turn it sideways to find the fire blocks and vertical for the studs in the image mode. It would follow the wires if you also tilt the unit in the same direction of the wire path.At one point, the unit would not connect as hard and as many variations I could try. Called the help line and was told there are several appointments available, tomorrow, I was in the middle of working the wiring ,today. I would have waited the 1/2 hour or whatever to get an answer, but was told ' this is how we do things'. So made an appt for the next day. Website mentions email support, so I gave it a try also, got a response noting I had an appt and would not be of help. Got frustrated and went on to another job, disappointed in what could have been a very short instruction for a newby to educate on the proper boot path.Picked it up the next day and walked through the boot process and the unit has worked fine since.Customer support needs more attention to the current needs of the user, especially the new user, I was close to sending it back!Overall, I think it is a great tool to "see" what is in the wall and identifying the objects otherwise , unseen. During the above down time, I was regretting having to go back to the old style stud finder and possibly making bad choices and tearing up a wall that I didn't need to because I didn't know what was behind it.