@WP-Pi,
You are quite right, it did not meet my expectations and that was my problem. I collect thermal imaging technology as well as having used it for over 2 decades. My collection presently numbers over 30 cameras of various era's and technologies. For me it is telling that the Seek camera is the only one that I sold on as a disappointment.
You will see from this thread that I was a supporter of SEEK Thermal and what they were trying to achieve. What was a major disappointment to me was not the fact that there were teething troubles, but the attitude of SEEK when approached about them. Silence was their response until I highlighted the issues on their Facebook page. That did achieve a response, but that was the end of communications with me. They met queries with silence. I do not support such companies.
The SEEK camera was a revolution in terms of bangs per buck....very true. But my disappointment is due to the non acknowledgement by SEEK Thermal of the noise issue, and for a while, the gradient issue that should never have made it past prototyping. There was the opportunity for SEEK Thermal to develop the product in co-operation with the user base. This thread demonstrates the skill set available just on this forum. To date SEEK Thermal has done nothing to encourage community support around their product. No SDK, little or no meaningful communication with the user base.
It is an opportunity lost, but also a flawed hardware that should have been better sorted before release. It is still IMHO a prototype and not a polished product. Looks can indeed be deceptive.....that fancy box and case are of little importance if the image quality is quite frankly mediocre to say the least.
If SEEK had acted quickly to address image quality concerns and even developed a revised hardware release, I would not be so critical of them. Instead they released a software app that appears to hide the hardware gradient issue and a 'new' camera that is in fact nothing more than a variable focus modification at additional cost. then the price increase on the standard (flawed) model ! Unimpressive
I am a regular user of professional industrial grade thermal imaging cameras and so maybe I am more critical than most users. I would accept that comment but it does not change the fact that the SEEK Camera is flawed and we, as users, have not seen the support or communications that a customer would expect from a manufacturer. $200 (now $250) is not a lot of money for me to drop on a 'toy', but that is not necessarily the case for other buyers.
As you stated, it was my problem....so I took possession of it and sent the SEEK Camera to a new home ! The only thermal camera that I no longer wished to own. For me, that speaks volumes.
Even if the new FLIR One Android costs twice the price of the SEEK, IMHO, it will still offer better value for money in terms of performance Vs cost.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion though, and owners that like their SEEK camera still have something that can do more than a simple IR thermometer so, for them, it may be adequate.
I truly hope you continue to enjoy your SEEK camera.
Aurora
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