Bas
Bas
Content Manager at Eleshop
Last updated: Feb 21, 2022
Beginner
Thermal imaging cameras are becoming more affordable and better, and allow for temperature imaging, and are widely used to look at building insulation, moisture problems, heating systems, as well as to inspect electronics.

Products

Guide IR PC210 thermal imaging camera 256x192

The performance and quality of this thermal camera can easily be compared with well-known brands like Flir. Especially the excellent price/quality ratio stands out. Using both the superb IR resolution of 256x192 combined with the information obtained from its visible light camera, this PC210 delivers crisp clear thermal images. Besides the excellent sensor this camera offers other important features: for example 1 second boot time, auto hot & cold spot tracking, alarm function, flashlight, and a laser.

This camera can be considered to be very sturdy as it has an IP54 rating and been drop-tested up to 2m. It can be mounted on a tripod, because it features a 1/4 inch mount connector on the handle bottom. Using PotPlayer it is possible to view live IR video over USB-C.


UNI-T UTi260B thermal imaging camera

The UNI-T UTi260B is a thermal imaging camera with a resolution of 256 x 192 pixels and a temperature range of -15 to 550 °C. It also features a 2.8 inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. This affordable and very popular thermal imaging camera from UNI-T is a true hit with international bloggers. Especially because of the high resolution (256x192) and big temperature range.



Video

Bas compares in this video the very popular UNI-T UTi260B with the quite unknown Guide PC210. First, the importance of infrared resolution is explained, and afterward, the two thermal imaging cameras are compared to each other by doing some tests. Lastly, the importance of using a macro lens is discussed for inspecting, for instance, electronics.