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FLIR ONE Gen 3 - Thermal Camera for Smart Phones (iOS & Android) $99.99
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Scene Dynamic Range -20 °C – 120 °C
Top limit is very low. Limits a lot of uses. For example, you cannot measure the temperature of a fry pan or grease. Looking at engines or exhaust systems is not possible.
Frame Rate 8.7Hz
Things in motion, even slowly, will not show cleanly.
Thermal Resolution 80x60
Barely enough to tell what point is hot or cold. This tiny resolution is a big problem.
Looking at something like a door for air leaks will average such a big area you will things. So you end up having to point at the entire frame up close and slowly, a tiny bit at a time..
Looking for water intrusion could be impossible. You would spend days looking at tiny areas and might miss a wide spot of trouble.
Finding a hot circuit component could be impossible because the focus will blur when you are close enough to differentiate parts from each other.
Searching a field for a lost pet might not even show up anything if not really close. Everything far away will be a blob of unclear colors.
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Scene Dynamic Range -20 °C – 120 °C
Top limit is very low. Limits a lot of uses. For example, you cannot measure the temperature of a fry pan or grease. Looking at engines or exhaust systems is not possible.
Frame Rate 8.7Hz
Things in motion, even slowly, will not show cleanly.
Thermal Resolution 80x60
Barely enough to tell what point is hot or cold. This tiny resolution is a big problem.
Looking at something like a door for air leaks will average such a big area you will things. So you end up having to point at the entire frame up close and slowly, a tiny bit at a time..
Looking for water intrusion could be impossible. You would spend days looking at tiny areas and might miss a wide spot of trouble.
Finding a hot circuit component could be impossible because the focus will blur when you are close enough to differentiate parts from each other.
Searching a field for a lost pet might not even show up anything if not really close. Everything far away will be a blob of unclear colors.
Great deal, thanks @itsokayla!
For most of your standard uses, 80x60 is indeed sufficient, for most household tasks, and in fact, even for a lot of heating/air. It seems low at first, but it's not, until, as the poster noted, you're attempting far away.
With that said, it's actually $149 NOW, with $50 off, making it $99!
That's impulse-buy steal territory, and 50% off Amazon give or take. Well worth it at that price.
I would definitely recommend it at the $99 range.
Scene Dynamic Range -20 °C – 120 °C
Top limit is very low. Limits a lot of uses. For example, you cannot measure the temperature of a fry pan or grease. Looking at engines or exhaust systems is not possible.
Frame Rate 8.7Hz
Things in motion, even slowly, will not show cleanly.
Thermal Resolution 80x60
Barely enough to tell what point is hot or cold. This tiny resolution is a big problem.
Looking at something like a door for air leaks will average such a big area you will things. So you end up having to point at the entire frame up close and slowly, a tiny bit at a time..
Looking for water intrusion could be impossible. You would spend days looking at tiny areas and might miss a wide spot of trouble.
Finding a hot circuit component could be impossible because the focus will blur when you are close enough to differentiate parts from each other.
Searching a field for a lost pet might not even show up anything if not really close. Everything far away will be a blob of unclear colors.
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Don't get me wrong, if you plan to use it often, or professionally, get the Pro ($400), or even better, a purpose-built IR camera. But, with that said, the Gen 3 is still quite useful in its own right (I have no skin in the game, for $99 you really can't go wrong here).
Seek makes a better IR camera overall it seems, based on most thinking, but the Pro is also quite nice.
Be aware of the limitations of this, as correctly posted, the top limit is about ~250F. But for finding air leaks in your home, breaker box analysis, etc, it will do most of that quite effectively. Please do go ahead and go to YouTube and look at some use case.
But also, move up or move on if you plan to use this professionally, or commonly. This isn't for you, and you absolutely should take the advice of slipperyslicker....
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There is a reason infrared and thermal cameras can go into the thousands but this absolutely has it's uses. Don't buy it if you don't have a real need though otherwise it's a toy for 30 minutes then gets thrown into a drawer.
Take. Look at this video..fast forward ⏩ to 01:30 and look at the difference between the dogs nose and his eyes. It's not just a blue but pretty accurate.
https://youtu.be/dS8_Y4jyH44