China / Taiwan / Philippines / Japan Etc... bin doing this sort of cheap crap for years. In the 70s we turned it around to a greater degree but did not take long for greed to creep back in and to where we are today.

You can try a CO2 laser lens. They are quite good and you can buy many different focal lengths.

The opaque IR lenses are germanium if that helps at all.

Very funny and educational. Thank you

Can't trust China. Period.

Is it possible to use tow module of this camera to get a 3d vision of the environment.

I usually use my phone infrared camera which model is cat S61 i hope all phone manufacturer introduce thermal sensor to their phones so the cost will be reduced .

Most of these monoculars are adaptations of rifle scopes. I think that's why they're built so robustly -- rifles get dropped and experience recoil when shot, etc.

Trash

These company’s sure send you the most interesting things I hope they don’t stop doing it I love these videos

That looks like the Lorex "Portable Thermal Monocular Camera" in a different case, it has the same button layout and the same options.

One of the tools of my trade! We do exactly that, identify thermal weakpoints on building enclosures. You'd be amazed how often insulation in a section of wall is just forgotten entirely.

That looks substantially higher resolution than advertised. They likely only advertise it lower to skate around us dod import export restrictions

how do you move that warm air coming from the head down to the floor ? do you use a fan like the DREO to push cold air up and warm air down ? i have a ceiling fan in the main bedroom, but the rest of the rooms in the house dont have ceiling fan, and im thinking to get one dreo fan to circulate the air ... i live in Windsor ON btw..

Good job 👍🏻 It makes one Wonder if it's everyone else garbage is sold to, or if they do it in their own country as well... Poor quality and Chinese products are synonymous with each other. Nothing has ever been associated with high quality from China.

I've thought about making a heated driveway by circulating fluid through a pipe network that would be buried in the earth under the driveway and embedded in or under the driveway. What do you think about that?

It's actually funny that some people actually believe that power saving devices exists. There is no way that something you plug into an outlet will not consume electricity.

Hey Matthias, Karl here from Austria. Nice video about the different pros and cons on this system but one thing for sure, a thermal scope is nothing like a thermal imaging camera for inspection as one for firefighter use and especially the high resolution ones for law enforcement and military use are non-temperature reading systems, because you simply don't need this feature. Let me explain it in a different way: These devices are made for special uses in their fields of use, like say the one handheld device with thermal range scale is made for inspection work as well as documentation of technical problems where you don't need an observation function. The thermal-scope (monocular) one however is simply for observation, especially long range observation and for surveillance on large distances and properties as well as for SAR use on large areas and on water (however you only see things above water level of course). So yes, it is a different field of use and this makes it different in the functions and specifications, the framerate for example is pretty fast on the monocular as it is made for "observation" while the thermal image resolution on a "inspection TIC system" is the key to success. For firefighters for example it is necessary to have a low and a high sensitivity mode that goes beyond a normal surveillance mode (as fires get bloody hot). I for myself got 2 thermal camera systems, one handheld that is simply a system for visual documentation without a lot of info and one is built in my phone... which I use for documentation and technical diagnose as it is carried around with me every single day. I might get such a monocular system tho as I love observation of wildlife in the city parks as well as nature around my area and there the range observation capabilities come in handy... where every other thermal system is kinda useless to say so. However the fact that it is designed as a different field of use system does have it drawbacks from a technician's point of view. I hope this clarified a bit on why it is designed the way it is. Greetings and have a good time.

SOmething to consider when comparing imaging sensors (infrared or otherwise) but much more relevant in infrared sensors; is that the size of the individual pixels size. The monocular is optimized for outdoors/tacticool so it's got larger pixels than the dongle unit does, to better sense the lower temperature gradients.

KZbin removed my comment for the second time now, so i'll just stick to words that have less risk of being blacklisted: Basically, yeah, your lens was waay too expensive. You can get those for about 5 dollars on chinese websites

Thanks for disclosing this is paid advertising, I constantly see big youtubers ignoring this and it's really scammy, at least for me.

All apps that need Bluetooth need location information access just how it's managed in the appstore. And Bluetooth can give location feedback from beacons, same with wifi

thats a nice PSU! is it custom made? Any video about it?

You basically developed a barn door tracker of sorts

What fresh hell is this

One of these with a combined high megapixel night-vision / low-light sensor for the overlaid image would be great.

The most painful shock I ever experienced, happen when I was 19 years old. I was in the middle of washing dishes. My hands were waterlogged from washing dishes around 10 minutes. The sink was full of water. I had my left hand in the bottom of the sink, full of water. With my right hand, I reached up and placed my right wet forearm on top of the refrigerator to feel around for a knife. I found out that the refrigerator was not grounded. Ouch! My chest muscles hurt for 2 - 3 days after this shock. The refrigerator was fixed immediately after this!

*Exploring a Thermal Infrared Monocular: Capabilities and Limitations* * *0:02** Monocular Size:* The Topdon TS004 thermal infrared monocular is larger than expected for a handheld device. * *0:13** Digital Zoom:* The monocular has digital zoom, but its effectiveness is limited by the relatively low sensor resolution (256 x 192). * *0:32** Fast Startup:* A key advantage is its quick startup time, reaching operational readiness in about 10 seconds. * *1:00** Ideal Outdoor Use:* The monocular is designed for outdoor applications like bird watching and wildlife observation, particularly in environments with consistent temperatures where living beings stand out due to their heat signatures. * *1:27** Limitations in Sunny Conditions:* Sunlight can create thermal clutter, making it harder to distinguish animals or specific objects. * *2:10** Narrow Field of View:* The monocular has a telephoto lens, offering good detail at a distance but a narrow field of view compared to standard infrared cameras. * *2:29** Temperature Readings:* A significant drawback is the lack of temperature readings, hindering the ability to assess the actual heat levels of objects. * *3:14** Limited Temperature Range:* The monocular's maximum measurable temperature is 45°C, making it unsuitable for observing very hot objects. * *3:26** Combining Infrared and Visible Light:* Attempts to view infrared and visible light simultaneously were unsuccessful due to the monocular's minimum 2x zoom and the different nature of the images. * *4:14** Dual Sensor Solutions:* Other thermal cameras, like the Topdon TC003, offer dual sensors for combined infrared and visible light viewing. * *4:29** App Features:* The monocular's app requires Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and location permissions for connection and control, offering features like photo capture and video recording. * *5:10** Limited Close-up Focus:* The monocular's focus is fixed at infinity, making close-up inspections challenging. * *5:12** External Lens Experiment:* An external thermal infrared lens was used to achieve close-up focus, but the results highlighted the impact of surface reflectivity on thermal imaging. * *6:35** Internal Construction:* The monocular is solidly built with a large camera module and heatsink. * *8:34** Comparison to Other Models:* Smaller, lower-priced models like the Topdon TC001 offer a wider field of view but lack the telephoto capabilities. * *9:18** Potential for Lens Upgrades:* The creator plans to experiment with a longer focal length zinc selenite lens for potential improvements in close-up inspection capabilities. * *9:46** Practical Applications:* Despite limitations, the monocular is deemed useful for tasks like identifying heat leaks in buildings. * *10:07** Black Friday Promotion:* A Black Friday discount is available, bringing the US price down to $400. I used gemini-1.5-pro-exp-0827 on rocketrecap dot com to summarize the transcript. Cost (if I didn't use the free tier): $0.02 Input tokens: 16570 Output tokens: 638

My friend shoots using a thermal scope, same as you have. I shoot using an infared scope, which is very different, it uses an infared beam that brightens up the whole area, which is picked up with an infared sensitive lens in the scope, viewed as black and white.

Could you put a link in the description to the infrared lens ? That'd be appreciated.

Every BLE connection needs location stuff, its that since Android 6.0. There are many BLE devices like key finders and you need location permission to find. So: using BLE always asks for location! Size: Resolution is not all. A bigger sensor is more sensitiv (like you know from SLR Sensors vs. Phonesensors). Detecting IR thats far away is much easier with bigger sensor and that product is made for outdoor and larger distances.

How cool is it? In °C

Matthias, can I borrow that for a few minutes? I want to make sure my "Moons Over My Hammy" are cooked to the correct internal temperature

Thanks !!!

Yeah that seems like it was made specifically for hunting and basically nothing else. For people that just need to see "Is thing warm-blooded" and thats it.

Thinking of your other videos, would these cameras be able to see mice in walls or other places?

Pretty interesting.

Thorlabs has long focal length ZnSe lenses but they are expensive >$300

Hey Mathias I have a thermal monocular that was about 10x the cost of the one you’re showing. If you’d like some video for a comparison i can send you some.

2:02 - That must be a really rare bird.

I've got the phone mount one 👍

that was incredibly interesting even if it seemed mundane to other, at least to me

Can you record the video without the OSD overlay? Battery percentage, rec • blinking, "1x" in the corner, etc. ?

Need a driving deer alert system. Waiting for a cheap one to arrive on the market

I'm taking a magnet to all my leads now

3:58 I've found a greyscale view best for recognizing objects in a thermal view. Hopefully this provides that mode.

Those small USB-C versions that plug into a phone are the best. Cheap, you get a big phone screen with a more powerful CPU, and recording capability. Also no booting delay. The TC001's app is the best of thermal apps I've tried, some great options for coloring only a subset of temperatures, great for finding pets at night when they escape. This monocular does use InfiRay's newer 50 Hz sensor so you get really smooth visuals compared to e.g. the TC001.

Why would someone heat up their eaves. Weird but I’m gonna google it

ok

you can get inexpensive lenses for co2 laser cutters.