Excellent video; 18 minutes to learn 6 products and saved me at least two days' work. Thank you...

As a Building Engineer here in the UK I needed a good reasonably priced basic tool to get me started as set up on my own so no big budgets, and I’m not a thermographer I just need a tool to help guide me as to what is causing a particular issue, so video was very helpful many thanks.

Great review! I would love to see a side-by-side comparison of image quality from all of these cameras in a variety of scenes. An "ultimate flir shootout" review would be awesome.

Dude I can't believe it took me so long to find your Channel. What You cover in your videos is exactly the information I've been looking for. Thank you!!!!!

Thank you for your comparison video! We are moving into a 20 year old home next month and I plan to make several changes to upgrade the efficiency. I'm looking at going with a new roof, removing the existing fiberglass insulation in order to apply foam around the drywall seems, use a mixture of cellulose insulation and rockwall insulation, new windows, and finally replace the original HVAC equipment and ducts. Being in Houston, I want the lowest electricity bills possible since its hot 8 months out of the year. I've read a lot of negative reviews about the FLIR iOS attachment having the battery go bad after a few months. I think for my situation, I'll probably buy the FLIR iOS Pro attachment with slightly higher specs to do some before/after comparisons, and then list it for sale. I think with equipment like this, trying to rent it several times wouldn't be worth it since I'm sure there is a bit of a learning curve when first trying it out. Thank you for taking the time to do this demonstration/comparison! I appreciate you.

Awesome! You saved hours of searching and guessing for me))))

I have just been using a Fluke TIR, and found that it was hard to get a wide enough view in smaller rooms, so I'm amazed that a $25,000 camera can't cope better! Really useful review of such different products.

VERY helpful video! Thank you for taking the time to make it.

FANTASTIK review!!! One of the most informative I have ever seen!!! Thank you!!

Just wow! You are well spoken and clearly know what you're talking about! Great info.

Thanks so much for taking the time to review these thermal imagine devices. This is absolutely fascinating to me for a number of reasons. 1: (and the most important)...I have a leak in my "low-slope" roof in Sarasota Florida. I'm definitely in need of a complete new roof. Unfortunately, I'll never be able to afford one unless I win the lottery - or sell the home "as-is" and take a beating on my asking price. I would really, REALLY like to find the source of the leak/leaks and patch them (until I win the lottery) LOL. To date, I've used 3 gallons of Henry's wet-patch and the roof is STILL leaking. It's driving me insane as I've patched every area with cracks and even some areas that are not cracked, just suspect areas that seemed logical based on the slight pitch of my roof. I won't presume to pester you with the hundreds of questions I have - just one. Which of these models would be the most likely to detect the source of my leak, or leaks? Any insight you could lend would be GREATLY appreciated. Danny.

Friend, this is the best video comparison. i need an ir camera and never used one. your image of six cams and price told me quickly what i needed to know and then the rest gave me the detail. great job. many thanks.

Very helpful, Corbett! Seeing images back to back is really useful. On a production note, I love your background, it looks like the tool shed is coming along well, and the translucent roofing gives nice light. Not unlike you, I bought an iPhone SE so I could keep using my Flir One. I LOVE that thing! So nice that you can jam it in your pocket and head off into an attic or crawlspace without hurting it. Too bad the new models don't do that. If you don't have an IR camera and have ANY use at all for one, pop for a Flir One.

@Home Performance Thanks to your video, I made the decision to buy the flir one for my phone and the water moisture detector and I found my copper pipe leak in my home that was wasting 0.2gpm every hour and inside my wall. I cut it open, fixed the leak properly, closed the wall, refinished the wall. NO MORE LEAK!!! Saved TONS of money doing this instead of calling a plumber that was going to charge me $3000 dollars to get the job done.

I’ve had my FLIR C2 for over a year. Take the FLIR course on their website or KZfaq and learn how to properly calibrate ALL the settings! Amazing piece of equipment!

That was 18 minutes well spent. Many thanks.

Thank you for your very clear explaination about thermal photography by using different kind of equipment.💪 It helps me a lot to choose the correct camera for my profession as service engineer HVAC.

Very nice comparision. Just bought a Flir One, did not even think about water detection (probably not a thing for Flir One, but still).

Something you can add to the arsenal... A Flir E4 (easily purchased for $850) can be "updated" to the exact specs of the E8 ($2700)... 80x60 --> 320x240. The modification has been around for 5 years and still works on new units. Not recommended for a pro, but if you're a home user and want a very powerful camera, you can't beat the price/pixel.

Thank you for the great video but there is a correction that has to be made: the Israeli-made Thermapp has always had a manual focus feature (I've purchased mine 8 years ago) and it was worth a little over a half of the price you mentioned in your review (last time I checked a year ago, you could buy the pro version for under $1200). And they give options to customize it. Thank you!

Great to see various cameras and how I wish to operate all of them

Have the Flir One, and use it all the time. Thanks for the info!

What equipment do you suggest to use for measurement of humidity in walls due to dampness in it. and what camera (visually) can tell you best when a walls is wet or dry?

Like always. Good content. Thanks!

Great review. I'm looking to purchase one that I can use to make some art pieces by capturing (via the video feature) an ice climbing via one of these devices. Which do you think is best for these purposes? Also, I will not use it all beyond this purpose but since I will be showing these pieces, I would like a high resolution thermal image.

I love this guy.. I had to stop in the middle of watching this, and express that I've been watching his videos for a couple of years now, and wanted to say that he is by far the one of the best (Top Five) person that I've seen simplifying information, and explain it so simple that a dag could understand it... It's a natural to him..all of his other videos are the same.

Hello, I'm looking for a camera that has a long shutter speed to look at mountainsides for temperature differences. Do you know which one would be best? I suppose it does not need to be a really good one, because it does not have a short shutter speed like the pros use. But likely it needs an adjustable shutter speed and every pixel needs uniform sensitivity. It also probably needs a long focal length or range. Would you be able to point me in the right direction, I'm looking for something less than $300?

Hi nice video, will you recommend any sensor / camera that can work for measuring the object temperature (200°C ) , when surounding temperature is higher (250°C).

Hello there, excellent video! I bought my thermal cam in late 2011, before any of the smart phone thermal connectors existed, that are now all the rage. I love my Old School FLIR i3! On the temperature spectrum from lowest to highest, it has a feature where you can LOCK a certain range, and I often Lock it on a cold night at -40 F-100 F, and just like you said, it is like total night vision and the resolution becomes almost like visible eyes except you still see in the dark, and you see the heat! It also has a built in lens cap! You can change the emmissivity, and reflection temperature, etc. It is simple, has the removable SD card, rechargeable battery, button trigger to take a picture, the 3 original palette selections of Gray and White (Clearer Resolution), Iron-the orange and purple (Clear Resolution Balanced with More Sensitivity of Detail), and Rainbow (It may not look as CLEAR, but boy because of the color spectrum, anything sticks out like a sore thumb!) It does not have the digital camera overlap, so it is all IR in its sensors, however, because it has that lock mode on the range, if you take the average temperature of the surroundings as a sort of baseline, lets say for example 71 F, I could keep it unlocked and the ranges would change as I move the camera, but I could lock it lets say from 61-81 or 51-91 or even 65-75. The Larger the gap of the range that is locked, the larger the spectrum it detects and things are seen more clearer, to the point where the graininess or glossiness subsides to where it appears as if it was overlapped with a visible digital cam anyway. The shorter the gap, the SENSITIVITY is much noticeable, but the VISIBLE Clarity-Resolution-Wise is not as much, but you are able to find even the smallest temp. changes, moisture, heat leaks, cold spots, etc. SO IN A WAY, my Flir i3, if taken advantage of some of its options, becomes useful in any spectrum range I may want!

Very helpful summary. Many thanks

Incredible review. Thanks

Great presentation. Of all the products you demonstrated which would be the top 3 most effective to determine if there is moisture beneath a flat roof when scanning from top? Please advise and thank you for sharing.

Thoughts on the newer flir one's? I would need it for personal home use due to mold related illness, so it would help catch any hidden leaks

Which infrared camera would you recommend for drive by photos to send to homeowners?

Well would you consider to put a link to that cheap flir camera on the description ? thanks in advance.

Excellent video thanks . I'm retired and had done IR scans mainly electrical and mechanical systems going back 40+ years I'm looking for something to check out rentals mostly preventative maintenance. I'm not sure if you work much around electrical but it's a fantastic tool to avoid potential fires. It's actually required on commercial and industrial properties.

Seek Thermal Compact Pro has 320x240 thermal sensor, and the newest version is 15hz model LQ-aaax I’m sure I’m also missing some additional information but this device works off your phone also and has been a great addition to my arsenal. Goes for around 500.00 US dollars.

Hi.. How accurate the cheapest one to the expensive one? Thanks.. 😊🙂

I think thermapp Th also has the software that is easy to work with. I own one of them and the resolution and field of view is really good. But if we are going for moisture measurement. The thermapp pro will be the most suitable which is not shown in this video. 0.03degree celcius sensitivity

Yea, I don't have $25,000 I guess I'll go for the FLIR One.

Does anyone know if there is a high quality thermal camera which can real-time (live) send the video feed to software?

This is very interesting. Thanks for this.

Definitely an educational video. Thank you! I used Flir One Pro today for a whole house insulation inspection (inside and outside). First time, still need to learn the equipment. It is probably not the best one for this purpose. Is C2 a better choice for these kind of inspections? Or you would recommend something else?

I would greatly appreciate you helping out you showed a flare one that fits into a case like Mobic case u stated it’s not a camera Hooks in to the bottom of the phone but a case I can find nothing on the website for this also spoke with them and I thought I was from Mars Did not know when I was talking about please advise

Hey, I love the quote about "The best camera is the one you have with you" because I know that quote well- it is by famous photographer Chase Jarvis, who is a him, not a her.

Very informative video. Thanks!

Thanks for the detailed info!

Greetings from 2021! Thanks for the video. Looks like I'll be going with a Flir One Pro. Also, what kind of North face jacket is that? It looks awesome. Thanks.

Have you tried the FLIR camera that is in the CAT phone s62? I have been looking into building my own house, and with an engineering background all of this building science that is starting to become more popular is very interesting to me, so I thought having an IR camera might be useful while under construction. Since I need a new phone anyway this phone piqued my interest, but I'm not sure how good the FLIR Lepton sensor in it really is, and since the rest of the phone is kind of dated I don't want to get it just for that camera only to find out it isn't very good.

Great review! I am a research conducting wildlife surveys in canopy of the Amazon, and am hoping to use something like the FLIR one to spot sloths and other arboreal species at night (would love thermapp but don't have that budget). Would this work for this purpose? I am wondering at what distance the flir one would be able to detect thermal radiation, as some of those amazonian trees are pretty tall. I would only need to spot animals in the darkness, which could then be identified with a good flashlight - I would only need the thermal camera to notice the animals under the cover of darkness. Thanks!

Hi, do you know anything about Testo 870-1 ? Who is the manufacturer?

With the flir one can’t you mirror it to like a chrome book too ?

Hi Corbett, Have you tried the new equipment? T1020, T530 or a E95? Great video. Thanks

Absolutely fascinating, and well presented! Definitely subscribing 👍

Thanks for information..would u pls guide which one is suit for exploriing water infiltration in tunneling and metro??

Great video 👍🏻 I’m going to give the FLIR ONE Pro a try.

Would any of them be able to sense thru a drywall wall to detect metal

Like the review. First question; just what is it the you do? Building inspector? Second, you mentioned that the Fluke tir 110 is the “one” to have and your favorite...it’s been discounted. They don’t make it anymore. So what is the replacement now? Thanks for making a great video comparison.

Great show !

Hey, finally super explination and lot information. I'm looking for one Infrared camera for my work. Detecting broken tubes or simple infiltration, Or other kind of (Pluming/heating problem) do you think the MR160 or the MR176 are the right one for my work? Maybe a C2 as detector what is behind the wall? If you have time, i would apreciate some of your tips. Thank you

Great video. Thumbs up. I have a few questions that maybe you can answer. Which cameras are recommended for the following scenarios? I'm looking to purchase just one camera that hopefully does all these scenarios: 1. energy audit - finding doors, windows, and ceiling areas that are leaking energy and need more insulation. 2. moisture and mildew damage in walls - had water flooding in the basement. Despite most of the drywall being removed, not all was. I noticed mildew/mold in some areas. Can a camera show me how high, on the wall, mildew actually might still exist? (and If more drywall needs removing). 3. locating unwanted attic/crawlspaces wildlife (squirrels, raccoons, opossums) . I watched a few youtube videos about pest removal. Getting the WHOLE LITTER is important. The last thing you want is to remove a mother and not find/remove ALL of her litter of offspring. IR cameras would be beneficial, I would think, in locating wildlife in one's own attic/crawlspace. 3a. I assumed an extra telephoto lens might be needed if the attic is large. 4. Can you recommend any INEXPENSIVE self-study courses that have a valid INDUSTRY certification? All I have found were LIVE courses costing like $2K and up, with certification provided by the vendor themselves.

What are your thoughts on the Cat S61? ~ I have it I love it. I'm a Power Engineer trying to/deciding to also get into IR inspection world. Would it be good enough to do a house inspection? (Not mansions)

are the C2 and flir T660 suitable for humid environment and is any of them waterproof?

Thank you for this video. What technology would you use to find pool cracks? Empty pool.

How do you like the Thermapp? I'm considering purchasing it and wanted to see how you feel it compares to the rest of your ir cameras. I'm a passive house architect and want to check the performance of my passive house buildings and show clients how I can improve their existing homes.

Great video. Are there any imagers they detect refrigerant leaks in residential?

Hi thanks for the video. So for a rookie plumber with a low budget, the FLIR ONE Pro would be the best choice ? thanks

Got a new job at Flir as an assembler. Need some introduction to this xd

All true. Mostly I have my $500 FLIR but the 30k one is nice at times. Plus the $500 one I don't mind handing to homeowners and they can do their own "testing", makes it pretty ez since the cam and the homeowner sells/sells themselves jobs and the homeowner does all the "testing" for me. Depending on the season I hear a lot of " oh man, look at that waste of energy" staring at the exterior or interior walls/windows and then I lead them or they lead themselves to the ductwork which I usually hear "oh shit, I'm cooing/heating the attic more than my house!" .

I have the bottom mount flir one. I like it. Main complaint is it doesn't pull power from the phone. The battery is never charged when I need it. I don't use it often. I wouldn't mind an affordable xray tool. I often have to secure to concrete. Can't tell what's under.

Trying to find critters in my roof, roof is modular home with small angled truss construction maybe 2ft high center .. would be trying to look through thin wallboard ceiling, what would you recommend? Thanks Keith

That was a really great video review and Explanation. A quick question, for a home overall use ( non-professional ) which one would you recommend the MR160 or the TG267? Thank you very much

I'm buying a "cheap" $400 Chinese thermal imager. It's my first thermal camera. I totally plan to outgrow it and buy an entry level pro-level tool in the $1000 to $2000 range (probably a Flir) once I've learned everything the $400 camera has to offer so I can know what I want and what to look for in the next camera.

Great review video! How about the infiray thermal product?

Good job 👍🏻 do you have any experience with the Milwaukee models. Thx

Do you have any budget ir camera recommendations for scanning moisture inside the wall or concrete slap?

please I need to know which camera can I use to inspect the defects in vehicles ?

"A bird!" HA! LOL Great video: Super informative and entertaining.

Great video. I do termite work. Inspections in crawl spaces. I'm thinking about the c3 and perhaps the mh160as a combo. Really thinking about getting more into moisture Remediation. Donyou feel as a general home inspection camera the c3 would be " good enough"?

Hi. Tks for this great video. My needs as a handyman looking for water damage in my clients’ home, which 2021 lowest cost model would do the job for me? Tks in advance for your help!

The key component about purchasing a camera is knowledge about thermography. Take a level one class, then apply that knowledge to your profession and business plan, then look for the applicable camera. My moto is buy the camera that you and your competition can't afford, then sell your services!

Nice comparision. Could you pls comment something about Flir E5 ? Where does it stand? too much expensive / unnecessary for our home worhshop ?

Great instructional video…thanks for making it. Question…I want to assemble an array of bright ir emitting LEDs and visualize them in the most cost effective manner. The LEDs will be mounted on a board and they’ll be placed 1” apart and they array will be 12” x 12” for a total of 144 LEDs. Will the $250 device that attaches to the cell phone be sufficient for my application, I.e., resolving all 144 LEDs. Thanks.

You are awesome..now I narrowed down the tool I need. Now do you teach or have a YT Video showing how to use any of these equipment tool? Like the 5k fluke tir110 ?. 🙃

Thanks for showing these, have you seen the CAT S60 smartphone?

Excellent well thought out and explained Video.

Can you review some of the Seek Thermal cameras?

What TIC would you recommend, if such a thing exists, for recording good quality video in very high heat/smoke live fire firefighter training?

With the FLIR one that connects to an iphone can it see through glass to see whatever is on the other side? Particularly 5% tented windows on a car for my unique situation?

Do these camera record video?

I didn't quite get why you said you don't update the iOS on the iPhone of the first cam. Would people who have updated their phones no be able to use the first one?

Can you rate the black view bv9900 pro and cat s61, both smartphones with flir. I've recently got the black view bv9900 pro and amazed with its flir camera

You barely touched on the Thermapp. Does it record video as well? Which of all of these besides the $25K camera shoots video?

which would you recommend to detect termite activity in a home? thank you

Hi andar ground scanner available 20 feet how much

fantastic video thanks for posting! I'm looking into a flir one pro (android), but worried about battery life. The Flir C2 was my next choice, but it has a smaller sensor. My budget is sub $1000 for my first camera and really having a hard time deciding. (currently working in renovations and going to school for home inspection) I want something to learn with for the next year or two before shelling out the big bucks for a proper unit, and I am afraid of buying a toy. I'd appreciate any advise!

Please, sir, i need advice between UNI-T Ut260b handheld and infiray p2 pro detachable. Which should i go for Please sir just for repairs and also consider outdoor and indoor use battery life and the rest... thank for the answer sir 🙏

This mite be a strange questions but is it possible to see cables in the wall. For example before drilling.

Need an updated video, the market for these has exploded and I need to upgrade

Hi Can you tell me where I can buy the phone cases with thermal imaging camera built in please