@@prettypink6041 It was fantastic! I was able to 'see' right through the wall and of course in it; establishing the locationof the re-bars and hence avoiding them. Brilliant tool. Expensive though!
These machines are awesome. Is the machine safe to use. Example radiation exposure? Using some sort of sonic device. I'm not really sure how it works. I would imagine it will cost over $1,000 Aud?
Hey Ronald! The "x-rays" this puts out are different to the x-rays put out by those machines at the hospital or those that float around space. It isn't so much an x-ray as it is sort of sonar imaging, which is much safer than any sort of exposure to radiation. You're actually quite close; it looks like these things will run you right around $1000 AUD, but thankfully it doesn't look like too much more. In fact, the Aus Amazon has them for just under $1000!
@@OhioPowerTool Thankyou Ohio Power Tool. I had a feeling it is some type of sonar imaging. I have struck some copper and even electrical in the past where they were not supposed to be. So for me these devices will be very useful on many occasions.
I'd like to find the water pipe in the thick walls and floors of an old building. The floor has tiles on the surface, and a layer of concrete over stone and soil. I believe the steel pipes are under the soil. Can this device find the pipes that may be as deep as 30 incles?
Buenas tardes, les saluda desde Perú, recomendarían el equipo para hacer el levantamiento de tuberías de toda una casa para elaborar planos, ya que la casa no los tiene. GRacias
While this tool is great for finding items in the wall it is really an educated guess as to what logically is under the sheet rock based on metallic or other properties. Typically plans are needed because you're going to do some additional work so you need plans to base that work from. If you provide those to someone doing new work based off those guestimate plans you might find some surprises. This tool is great to avoid cutting an electrical line or drilling into a water pipe but it would really be a tool for testing not preparing new plans.
There's mixed reviews for both this and the makita scanner. I really don't know which one to buy. We work in houses with thick plaster walls and sometimes it's really hard to find a stud when there is old galvanized pipes in the walls as well. I really need something that will detect pipes, wires and electrical conduit in concrete or behind wall materials.
Both do seem to have pretty mixed reviews! It looks like each have different modes for each material you are working with. The Makita Scanner states it can measure 7" depth compared to the Bosch D-Tect 200 that can measure 7.5". Other than that they seem to perform pretty similarly. I hope this helps a bit to narrow down your options.
I have this Bosch D-Tect 200 model and it's completely unreliable for detecting live 240V wires in PVC pipe in concrete at 3-5 centimeters deep. It gives false positives and false negatives 90% of the time. It is really shameful for Bosch brand.
@@diavalus for detecting metal rods and pipes it is good though … it gives you peace of mind to not drill through something important. What I end up doing was to use the indication of non-metal at the expected depth (which was the PVC tube). Since my copper wires could be taken off line for the tracking process I also used a cheap 30$ wire tracker with generated sounds to validate the track initially discovered with Bosch Dtect200C. Amazingly, with the cheap audible wire tracker device I could hear the generated sounds through the 4cm concrete.
This detector is great, but unfortunately only in the advertisements. In reality, its usefulness is highly questionable. I'm already on my third one after warranty replacements. I thought the previous two had some defect, but the third one is the same, and I won't be returning it anymore. Sometimes it doesn't show anything, sometimes it takes three or four tries. Once it indicated non-metal, even though I know there are live wires there. Well, now it's just a gadget sitting in my closet.
While Makita's Wall Scanner and Bosch's D-Tect 200 Radar are both advanced tools used for detecting objects behind walls, such as electrical wires, pipes, studs, and other concealed materials. They do have their differences such as, Makita's wall scanner may use an imaging sensor or a combination of technologies like radar, ultrasound, or infrared to locate objects behind walls. On the other hand, the Bosch D-Tect 200 radar utilizes radar-based technology to detect objects and measure their depth. We are glad you enjoy the Makita Wall Scanner though ☺️ It is great feedback!
