The Ultimate Handheld Thermal Camera Kaiweets KTI-W02

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

Thermal sensitivity is a rather sensitive topic. Professional Flir equipment for applications like electronic fencing have cooled sensors. One can not just compare numbers. Cooled sensors may be much slower but can differentiate the tiniest moth flying at night. Kaiweet makes consumer products just perfect for the electrician to find that overheated connection virtually in an instant. Given the right environment this camera is really good value for money.

[@voltlog]

I agree that this camera/manufacturer targets mostly personal usage and maybe small business. Even so, I believe the product offers unmatched performance for it's price point.

[@fractalengineering]

Ye funny that looks exactly like my Guide PC210 just with rebranded labels. Focus distance is a bit high for electronics but you can get Co2 laser lenses (I got 50 and 100mm) and print brackets for it that snap to the front.

[@voltlog]

Thanks for sharing

[@cynthiahsu9521]

I have to say you really know Guide's products. This is undoubtedly a rebranded version of Guide's products.

[@fractalengineering]

@@cynthiahsu9521 lol I wouldn’t go this far; for all I know guide themselves might be whitelabeling theirs from another 3rd party

[@cynthiahsu9521]

@@fractalengineering But I have visited their 133,400㎡ Industrial park and seen their detector manufacturing line, handheld thermal imager assembly line, and even the SMT line for circuit boards. If you are their customer, I strongly recommend you to go and have a look.

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

$320 seems awfully expensive. Then I remember that something like this cost $50,000 not so long ago.

[@CyberlightFG]

If you can find only one thermal leak in your house, it will pay for itself in one year. (speaking for germany) I would buy the uni-t, because I need the Macro lens

[@voltlog]

And I'm pretty sure we'll see this kind of tech at $200 and maybe sub $200, 2-3 years down the line when Infiray comes out with a newer, better, more capable sensor.

[@IanScottJohnston]

Really nice unit and I love the size of the unit, almost worth upgrading my own TopDon camera......but the resolution is the same, so I'll wait a while longer.

[@voltlog]

Thanks for the comment! I'm pretty sure we'll see this kind of tech at $200 and maybe sub $200, 2-3 years down the line when Infiray comes out with a newer, better, more capable sensor.

[@GeorgeGraves]

Let me ask you a question - What do you think is the number one thing people would like to know about an item like this? Right off the bat, what would they need to know?

[@pp3v42_g3h]

that is a Guide pc210 really

[@voltlog]

And you could probably continue the comparison and say the "Guide" is really a "insert OEM name here"

[@pp3v42_g3h]

@@voltlog Eleshop sells the Guide one and it is almost 2 years old and this is so close to that one that I'm sure this is just a rebranding or they sold the company, Guide was a bestseller in handheld thermals in every tech group as the uni-t is nice but the boot time makes it reeeealy annoying as the short might burn out before it boots.

[@AttilaAsztalos]

...on the other hand, concerning the overlay image shift: according to the settings, you seem to have it set to 0.7m, NOT 0.3m.

[@voltlog]

That' just due to different clips and b-roll being shot a different times and then stitched during editing. I have tried all of the available settings and they don't seem to change anything in how the image is mixed..

[@makertronika]

Aside from the confusing name, it looks like a decent camera.

[@voltlog]

I mean naming these days... it's often confusing :-)

[@demux4555]

Gonna bet the battery will be empty if you store it a few days or weeks. Every time you want to use it... battery will be empty :) The quick bootup is surly because the device goes into standby, and doesn't properly shutoff when you power it "off".

[@pp3v42_g3h]

nah, I have it, the exact same just guide pc210 branded and it is not draining the battery and charges surprisingly fast, I used the uni-t and this is better only the screen is a bit smaller. Also tis camera exists for 2 years now but now they re released it under a new company??? it is the same to the smallest design on the stickers.

[@voltlog]

nope, battery was full when delivered even after being stored in an amazon warehouse. Battery was still exactly where I left it even a week after I shot the video and used it. So that's definitely not the case here. Fast boot time is likely due to running on a more capable processor with a lightweight RTOS.