Guys, this forum thread is probably longer than the Bible, and goes off on so many tangents, so please don't hold it against me that I'm not going to read it all.
So I have basically two questions...
The first, how does the Seek Thermal compare to the FLIR One, and is it suitable as an actual thermal imaging
tool in electronics work - as opposed to a "widget", which IMO the FLIR One is?
From reading the specs, and the forums on the FLIR One, it would seem that as expected from a market leader, FLIR has gone FAR, FAR out of its way to make sure the FLIR One never becomes anything close to a potential competitor for their >$1000 units, or even their $700 Lepton-based handheld. Artificial noise (come on, really?!), limited thermal range (to make sure it's a toy not a tool), and all the other crap.
The Seek on the other hand has a wide temp range, and a much greater resolution in the thermal sensor itself.
However, some people here are surprisingly (shockingly) appreciative of FLIR and rapping on Seek, so what exactly is up? Does the comment about the badly designed optics casing apply to both models, or only the long-distance version?
Another question is that back at the beginning of the thread, people were talking about a price of $199. Well the Seek Thermal retails for $249, BOTH the Android and iOS models! So what is it? Did they RAISE the price (that would be the first time I saw something like this happen), or is this a second version that's more expensive?