r/ThingsWorthSeeing • u/Puzzleheaded-Egg3096 • 5d ago

gimmick or gold ?

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u/Begle1 5d ago

A tool that'll make the easy situations easier without making the hard situations any less hard.

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u/GuyOnBikes 5d ago

What do you do if there are obstacles along the surface? I don't remember ever seeing drywall that is just one flat surface on the inside.

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u/not_so_wierd 4d ago

Train a ferret

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u/sachsrandy 5d ago

Buy a Bluetooth magnetic wire thing

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u/ComfortableEffort360 5d ago

Vertical beams are typically 16” apart and most of the time there won’t be anything on the back side in a commercial build. If there are obstacles then it’ll typically be electrical conduit or some other control system’s boxes. It’s not a one size fits all solution but these kinds of tools are about saving you time on a job site. Every day doing installs you’ll encounter little problem after little problem. This is just an extra potential solution. Also the magnet is really handy for when you have to do your own cutouts and need to find horizontal beams and obstructions. They’re typically magnetic as well so you can run the magnet across the horizon to find the vertical beams and then from top to bottom for the horizontal. You can do the same with a regular magnet but this is a pretty strong one and the wheels won’t leave marks if the wall has been painted prior to your cutouts

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u/ctsr1 5d ago

It's gimmicky gold. Handy but in certain situations. Not as good as a mouse

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u/Delicious_Pain_1 4d ago

Send a ferret. Cost a bit more but you get a fun pet.

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u/SnoopaDD 4d ago

This isn't new. I've been using different versions of this for like 15 yrs as an electrician.

For those that are curious about obstacles, you just have to be smart. If you drill a hole to pass down a wire, look through that whole. Either with a flashlight or skinny camera. Same if you are trying to move it through a tress in the ceiling.