Normally I'm also the one who, of all inserting after purchase and tried immediately. Since I buy aware after the recession, I was referred to the operating instructions for this product directly to read. This is absolutely essential! ... And will take approximately 5 minutes if you can read and that seems to work well with multiple buyers not quite!
The unit locates properly cables and steel in the concrete. Wood I have not tested it because I actually use the device only for searching for power cables. The depth of the cable can thus determine approximately (After the repeated use at different locations and the related experiences).
I have the sound of the instrument issued, since it is really annoying! However, this is no reason to assess bad.
Reason for withdrawal of the 5th star is the fact that about 30 euros more expensive product can look for things that you set in advance. There is for example no matter to me whether I drill into a steel reinforced concrete wall, if I would simply look for power cables.
If reading is difficult, I would refer to YouTube. There, the guidance of Bosch is stored as a video. Those who still manages to absolutely negative to assess who uses the device either wrong or in the location in the old building. I can imagine that the unit in the old building not precise works and for a professional device should be hired because of various (also described in the manual) interference sources. But this should not be a reason to assess that is designed for the home craftsman device badly. Mainly because exactly these people have been informed in detail about it here!