Press Release 07/27/05

OneStep® Fast – OneStep® Simple!

CAMPBELL, Calif., July 27, 2005 — With one brief glimpse, it's obvious that Zircon's MultiScanner® i700 OneStep® isn't anything like your old stud finder! The world's first intelligent wall scanner, it was designed from the ground up to simplify the wall scanning and stud finding process.

The MultiScanner® i700 has three modes to quickly handle every scanning need, including:

1) Stud Scan to find wood or metal studs or joists;

2) Metal Scan to search exclusively for metal pipes; and

3) AC Scan to map out the subsurface location of hot electrical wires even when they're encased in plastic conduit.

The intelligence of MultiScanner® i700 lies in exclusive Zircon® technologies that eliminate guesswork and make home and construction projects fast, easy, and flawless: CenterVision® technology (patent-pending), Auto Depth Sensing, and Auto Recalibration.

• CenterVision® – Finds the center of the stud with OneStep® simplicity. Other wall scanners make you find both stud edges and determine the center for yourself.
• Auto Recalibration – Most scanners won't work properly if scanning begins near or directly over a stud. Auto Recalibration eliminates this problem by sensing the wall environment up to ten times per second and recalibrating the tool automatically to ensure accuracy.
• Auto Depth Sensing – Automatically scans at varying depths up to 1 1/2 inches to find wood, metal, or electrical wiring. A signal strength indicator helps distinguish between deep and shallow targets.

MultiScanner® i700 includes a host of other exclusive Zircon features. It automatically powers on when pressed against the wall and includes an integrated erasable marker for one-hand operation. A dual SpotLite® feature and audio signal leave no doubt when the stud center is found. Importantly, MultiScanner® i700 also comes with Zircon's exclusive WireWarning® alert. This critical warning feature continuously detects unshielded hot electrical wires to help avoid nailing into hot AC, a costly and potentially dangerous mistake.

"Zircon invented the first electronic stud finder in 1980. Twenty-five years later and with more than 25 million units sold, Zircon is still first in innovation, first in technology," stated President Robert Coler. "MultiScanner® i700, with its intelligent features, including patent-pending CenterVision® technology, takes wall scanning to a new level of sophisticated simplicity. From locating simple studs to finding metal and tracing electrical wiring, this one tool does it all. It could only come from Zircon!"

MultiScanner® i700, retailing for $69.95, will be available in May at leading home centers, hardware stores and professional outlets. Other Zircon® tools with CenterVision® technology include the MultiScanner® i500 OneStep® (formerly known as MultiScanner® OneStep®), TriScanner® OneStep®, StudSensor™ i65 OneStep® and StudSensor™ i60 OneStep®. All Zircon® tools come with a limited, one-year warranty. To locate a store near you, call Zircon toll-free at 1-800-245-9265.

Silicon Valley-based Zircon, celebrating 30 years in business, is dedicated to delivering innovative, easy-to-use technology to the world's toolboxes. Since 1975, the company has used patented technology to design, develop, manufacture, and market one-of-a-kind hand tools that perform critical, everyday jobs, saving users time and money. Zircon's products include the StudSensor™ family, the original and best-selling line of stud and joist finders, the new OneStep® line of products with patent-pending CenterVision® technology, and a full line of electronic scanning, measuring, and leveling tools for almost every job. For more information about Zircon's family of products, call 1-800-245-9265.

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