TG165-X Thermal Imaging Camera with Bullseye Laser: Commercial Grade Infrared Camera for Building Inspection, HVAC and Electrical

Great product I use it alot to make sure I stay far away from ceiling cable heating wires when I repair plastered ceilings .

I'm no expert on using and interpreting the thermal images. Not even close. This unit did a good job of tracking down cold spots and indicating warm spots. For example, I had my electric throw on and sitting on the sofa, and it showed the framework of the wiring and that the wires were all working. It's easy to find hot and cold water pipes behind walls. Active electric wires too. A water leak would probably show up as a cold spot behind the wall or above the ceiling. I could see the cold attic joists through the ceiling. We had some work done but hadn't yet replaced the insulation, and you could see it through the drywall. That was pretty impressive to me. The downside is that it added to my list of things to do. I imagine if you had mice or chipmunks or worse, it would pick those up too. I don't think I'd want to go looking for them, however. :-) I picked up a possum outside on a cold night. We know the possum is around, but we didn't know where or if it was close, and it wasn't far away. We just leave it be, but it's cool to be able to "see" critters in the dark. Again, not an expert. I just wanted to find sources of cold air intrusion in the winter and this pointed me in the right direction. I was able to remediate some of the problems and make it more comfortable. It charged up quickly and it was easy to read the images. Get the initial reading of a spot, then let it focus on that spot for a minute to see what, if anything, changes. I used it for a while and didn't need to recharge the battery. I had no problems with the images stuttering or loading slowly. I didn't take too many permanent images and try to save them. It seems to do the job, it's uncomplicated, but I'm also not the person who will be using it hard. It did what it promised to do for this amateur.

The item appears to be new, I can't see any signs of use but it came packaged a little odd. The plastic bag that is supposed to be around the item was fold up under it and the accessories were not in the accessory section of the box, they were in good shape, still wrapped, but loose in the package. That all said, this temp camera is a a lot of fun and works great. Lots of options for your color pallette and you can calibrate the laser so it lines up exact with the screen's cross hairs. I am glad I went with the brand name.

FLiR has always been my go to for home inspections. The reads are relatively accurate and reliable. It is easy to set up and get started out of the box. The battery life is pretty good given what it does. My only gripe would be that like others have said every so often it likes to freeze up. If you do run into this issue just hold the up key and middle key to hold and reset.

I'll keep this short and sweet: 1. Unlike what is mentioned in the description, this device ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT MEASURE BODY TEMPERATE AND CAN'T BE USED FOR SUCH. THAT IS A BLATANT LIE. You can adjust emissitivity but there is no setting for the temperature range mentioned. You 'can' measure body temp but it will not be accurate nor consistent. 2. This is a good (and fun) camera. I've been "ghost hunting" all over the house with the grandkids. With some planning, you can leave heat signatures behind and then "find" them later, spooking everyone. I seem to have odd hand prints on the wall and people sitting in chairs when nobody is there. Oooooo, scary. 3. It can detect animals in the dark. From about 30' I picked up a rabbit in my back yard. The best night setting seems to be arctic or black hot for this. 4. It has good detail and lets you see what your looking at from a reasonable distance. Of course there is no zoom so this will work well for looking at a breaker box but the little rabbit I mentioned earlier was just a little dot. In my breaker box I could see how much energy my two water heaters were drawing. Yikes! 5. Being able to blue tooth the picture to the phone is great. You can use the software to prepare a report and send to a customer (or whomever) or take a pic of your overheating AC system and send it to your HVAC guy. Wonderful. 6. You can check for air leaks, cold and hot spots and window efficiency. You can see water lines though walls, check coils on freezers and refrigerators, check for blockages on car radiators or condensers and so on. You can even see the inefficiency of your doors. It's like having X-ray vision! Cons: I don't have that many but one seems to stand out. It is laggy. The picture produced is a real-time picture with a thermal overlay and these can misalign easily. Sometimes when moving the device, the picture will move but the thermal will lag and you have to wait for it to catch up. It also washes out easily. If you're checking the house and come across a light source, which will be amplified through the thermal cam, it will wash out and you have to wait for it to reset. I have both the 165 and the 267 and the 267 is the better purchase, even valuable for the casual user like myself.

IR Image hangs sometimes while the "MSX" blended regular camera view continues. I didn't buy it to be a potato camera. The MSX mode ends up giving you innaccurate locations of items you are viewing due to the camaeras being physically separate. Unfortunately there is not an option to disable the regular camera and stick with thermal only.

The camera was able to show me all the areas around my house that needed attention. It was actually pretty shocking to see all the areas of my home in the middle of the winter that were not sealed very well. You can see all of the studying headers and you can also see extreme Temperature variations around receptacles and light switches, but I live in an old home. i’d buy this again.

Excellent imaging for an entry level FLIR camera.