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Products => Thermal Imaging => Topic started by: poli on January 28, 2021, 08:49:38 pm

Title: Need advice selecting thermal camera under $500
Post by: poli on January 28, 2021, 08:49:38 pm
Hi all,

I’m looking for a thermal camera to use primarily for electronics troubleshooting.  My budget is $500 and based on that I narrowed down my search to the following four:

- FLIR TG 267
- FLIR TG165-X
- FLIR One Pro
- Seek Thermal CompactPRO

I like the new TG165-X with MSX feature but I'm not sure if it's the best camera for my purpose.

There might be other options out there for my budget that I’m not aware of, so if you have a recommendation let me know (I'm in the US).  Also, I'm not looking for DIY at this point; I’m looking for of the shelf solutions.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Need advice selecting thermal camera under $500
Post by: blurpy on January 30, 2021, 03:46:55 pm
I'm looking for the same thing.

Currently thinking about the UNI-T UTi260B. It's got a much better resolution than the others at 256x192px and the price is good.
Unfortunately I haven't found it in any western stores. It's on aliexpress though: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001486771461.html (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001486771461.html)
Defpom did a review of it on youtube.

From reading about the FLIR One Pro it seems everyone has battery issues with it, and Seek app is said to require way too many permissions so I'm not sure about those.

Title: Re: Need advice selecting thermal camera under $500
Post by: All Seeing Eye on January 30, 2021, 05:02:43 pm
Iray T2search is very good!
Title: Re: Need advice selecting thermal camera under $500
Post by: ArsenioDev on January 30, 2021, 06:37:06 pm
How much do those run and do you have sample images? Does it run as a UVC device like the Thermal Expert?
Title: Re: Need advice selecting thermal camera under $500
Post by: poli on February 01, 2021, 01:24:41 am
After doing more reading I'm inclined to go with FLIR TG267.  Did anyone try using FLIR TG267 for components troubleshooting and how did it work?