FLIR infrared thermal cameras | Remodeling must-have!
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- Today we’re going to compare the FLIR ONE Gen 3 and the FLIR ONE Pro infrared thermal cameras. NOT SPONSORED.
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0:00 Introduction
0:45 How to use
1:47 How it works
3:55 Resolution
4:46 Spectral range
5:32 Thermal sensitivity
6:58 Home remodel
8:20 Conclusion
The FLIR cameras connect to iPhones with an adjustable male lightning port that can be moved up or down to account for the thickness of phone cases. The cameras run on a battery that lasts about 40 minutes and takes an hour to fully charge. Every package comes with a usb type c charging cable and a padded carrying pouch. To use the FLIR thermal camera, plug it into your charging port and tighten the dial. Install the FLIR ONE app on your phone and then open it. Hit the power button at the bottom of the thermal camera and wait a few seconds for it to connect and calibrate.
FLIR is an acronym for forward looking infrared camera. Teledyne Technologies, who owns FLIR, sells devices for surveillance, border and maritime patrol, search and rescue, etc. Regular daylight cameras and the human eye both capture visible light energy, 380-760 nm. Visible light bounces off objects and hits a detector like a digital camera sensor, a piece of film or our retina. These detectors turn light into an image. On the other hand, thermal imaging cameras detect infrared energy or heat, 760 nm to 1 mm. All objects, whether cold or hot, emit infrared energy. Detectors like the FLIR cameras turn this energy into images. Both the Gen 3 and the Pro devices have 2 cameras - one for visible light and another for infrared. The images are overlaid with MSX or Multi-spectral Dynamic Imaging Technology. This enhances thermal images and makes them more recognizable.
The Gen 3 camera can measure temperatures from -20C to 120C or -4 to 248F. The Pro camera can measure -20C to 400C or -4F to 752F. That’s 3 times higher! Images on the Gen 3 camera are 80x60 pixels, while the Pro version is 160x120 pixels, 4 times better. Higher resolutions means that each image contains more information, and more accurate measurements. These resolutions seem very low compared to monitors and phones which have 4k resolution. The reason is that thermal detectors need to sense energy that has much larger wavelengths than visible light, so each sensor element has to be significantly larger.
Related to resolution is spectral range which is the range of wavelengths that the sensor in the camera detects. Both cameras are long wave with a spectral range of 8-14 micrometers. But their pixel size is different. The Gen 3 has a pixel size 17 um while the Pro has a pixel size of 12um so it can fit more pixels in an image.
Thermal sensitivity or Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference (NETD) describes the smallest temperature difference you can see with the camera. The lower the number, the better the thermal sensitivity of the infrared system. The Gen 3 camera has a thermal sensitivity of 150mK, while the Pro is 70 mK.
If you use the thermal camera in front of a reflective surface like a mirror, you will see objects in front of it, rather than measure the temperature of the mirror itself. This is because of the emissivity of mirrors, which is a measure of how well an object radiates heat. An emissivity value of 0 is a perfect mirror that reflects all heat. An emissivity value of 1 is a blackbody that perfectly absorbs all heat.
Both cameras have a fixed focus of 15cm to infinity, so they are always in focus. You do not need to manually adjust them. However, they have a relatively slow refresh rate of 8.7 Hz, which can make the video seem laggy and stuttering. This is a government and trade regulation, it’s not something FLIR can control. I love that FLIR is making professional technology available to the masses. These are going to be very useful during my home remodel because it’s going to help me find trouble spots.
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For those asking.. this is NOT SPONSORED. I'm just very impressed with these products.
Your detailed reviews on this product as well as your other videos is fantastic!!!
I love what you have to say. All your videos are eloquent and thorough, you seem to care about morality and how we live.
But every time you mention Amazon, i get a jabbing pain in my chest, why do you seem so keen to mention an organisation that is hell bent on dehumanising itself to sell to humans and and not pay tax or contribute to society in the process.
Try Seek Thermal
@@kunalpradhan3846 What's been your experience with the seek device? Did you notice it asking for unnecessary app permissions? Thanks!
I purchased the Flir One a couple years ago. Got the Apple version but was a little disappointed with the lack of software support and battery life. They could have used the host device as a power source, and you would have had much longer usage times. As for the software; no updates, and it often had difficulty establishing a connection to the camera. Did they improve any of that on the newer cameras?
I have bought one to investigate a cold section on a wall in my house. It works great.
I also recently discovered that it is an extremely useful tool when my kids' hamsters are on the run in the house... 😁
Lol! Perfect unintended use!
I love the idea of using this to find missing hamsters :)
I also got a Gen 3 for my remodel. When the spray foam guys did their work, I found a spot they missed very easily.
For those wondering, the slow 9 fps of these FLIR cameras is because anything faster is export-controlled by the U.S. Department of Commerce through ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and AECA (Arms Export Control Act.) Since FLIR wants to sell these both domestically and abroad, setting them at 9 fps or less allows them to be exported without a license. FLIR was fined $30 million a few years ago for violating these laws.
These are really useful for finding pipes in walls and on cold nights you can see cold air coming in through gaps. I found huge drafts in my extension all around the skirting boards and around the downlighters. I've sealed the skirting board gaps with clear tec7 and changed the downlighters to the sealed bathroom led type. It's made a huge difference to the room.
You are clearly intelligent and an excellent speaker. Thanks
Use a blower door at the same time and it "amplifies" any air leaks making them easier to detect (as long as the temperature outside is substantially different from the inside).
Just awesome! I've been waiting for someone to do a thorough comparative review like this on these two tiers of the FLIR line. Thank you!!! So well done and helpful! 👍🙌
I don’t understand why you don’t have more subscribers! You’re awesome!!! 🙏🏾 Thank you
I worked in the power industry for 40 years and fell in love with thermography training I received. I highly recommend checking switches and breakers with this tool. It will let you know about potential failure long before you would find it otherwise.
It can even be helpful for tuning old cars via the exhaust.
I work in electronics and finding a short on a board can be tedious and time consuming.
I had considered the accessory camera system until I realized just how much I would really be using it.
That's why I went with the Cat S60 and then upgraded to the S62 Pro.
This has been a great help in both my work and home.
I found insufficiencies in my insulation very quick (1st day) .
I can see when a bearing in a mechanical system is starting to go out and so many other things.
Interested in bearing. Do you know its failing because of an increase in heat?
@@noahvillalpando Yep. Gererally indicates a short
@@charlesurrea1451 I'd love to see some video on a thermal camera capturing a failing bearing. As a mechanic this would be good for power steering pumps.
Awesome video. Yes please do more reviews. You’re very good, thorough, and honest.
Great Review! I use the top of the line Flir at work, Electrical Codes require a thermal inspection of all electrical Panels and Switch Gear. Glad to know Flir has a consumer version I can buy and use at home.
Thanks, this is useful information. I've been using thermal imaging since 1985, but they were way out of reach and not as capable as these units. We used them to identify electrical overloads, loose connections, roof leaks and wet insulation. I love how easy it is to take camera output and use it in reports. Good work.
I love the fact you take the time out to explain everything like the mirror part this will be helpful remodeling my home Thanks
With the expense of new construction, remodeling tips would be great. I ran across a blog, someone dissatisfied with the low pitch roof on their house, asking how to replace the roof with a different pitch. An architect responded how expensive this would be and advised simpler changes to compliment what is already there, sound advice before the owner wasted too much time and money. Your channel is like this, consistently practical and invaluable for everyone.
I almost wonder if the hot-spot in the ceiling of your master bedroom is caused by bee activity. Not to be an alarmist--it's just that I've seen similar FLIR pictures of such activity. Please use extra caution while crawling around in your already-difficult-to-maneuver-in attic crawl space.
Wow. Excellent, detailed explanation about both units. Best FLIR review. Thanks! 🎉
Excellent work!! I wish I seen this video before purchasing. You spelled out the differences very well.
Great video! Was nice to see the differences between them. Yes! Do more videos like this.
This was excellent! Helped me decided which model to get- thank you very much!
Always highly informative. Enjoy your videos !
This is an excellent video. Very helpful. Thank you for posting.
More product reviews please! You are an excellent explainer.
amazingly explained. thank you for making this video showing the differences, definitely helped me decide which one to get
nice work, Belinda
Love your point of view! Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the video, you are very very informative!
Great video, Belinda, I was not aware of this as a product. I'm going to figure out how to convince my boss I need one...
Thank You, As always you are interesting ,informative and have practical applications
i've been using them extensively for a long time, they are very useful.
You can get some very useful imaging of insulation from the outside too, especially when the temperature outdoors gets a bit cooler.
One particularly useful experiment I did with mine was a "poor man's version" of a blower test: you cut a foam board to fit in an entrance door frame, cut 1 or 2 holes to fit box fans (to push the air inside) that you affix with tape, then take a few images (from the outside) of windows or anywhere the air may leak, start the fans, take the same images and compare.
In my house I had a mix of new and old windows, and that test was part of what convinced me to change the old ones.
Another useful, great and informative video. Thank you.
Great review, thanks!
I have a CAT S61 with an older FLIR thermal camera built in. Don't use it every day, but do use it a lot. Used it in the mountains to check my breaks to see if they were getting too hot. Used it to check the insulation. It's really good at seeing where issues are. Good for checking some remotes to see if they have dead batteries. Used it to decide storing a lipo4 battery in my car during the summer was a very bad idea. Last winter during the cold snap was amazing at figuring out where the pipes froze. Use it cooking. Would love a higher resolution version, but the S61 is still running really good
Edit: Also depending on the temperature difference, between rooms or the outdoors it can work as a pretty nice stud finder.
I got the S62 Pro, it's very useful.
@@davidwindmueller6000 personally waiting for a 5g version to upgrade but I imagine it's very nice
@@netsplit64 5G would be nice. Here's one of my videos on it. th-cam.com/video/ilynydXCuug/w-d-xo.html
That's a cool feature to be able to adjust the height of the plug in port as I have had to remove my Otterbox Case from my phone to use certain thumb drives and things like that.
Worked on our Ottorcase. It is convenient. I think we had one case it didn't work on.
Great video ! Thank you 🙏🏼
GREAT SHOW ON THE CAMERA, THANK YOU.
I do enjoy your videos your a well versed and always offer good information
I've been on the fence about getting one of these now you pushed me over to the buy side.
Very good explanation 👍
Nicely done ...wanted to see the comparison ...
Great video thank you!
Some building materials store and radiate heat, don't confuse this with heat loss per se. They would look warmer on camera but such readings don't tell you whether they are less effective as insulation. Incorrect assumptions could lead to the condemnation of perfectly well insulated buildings in which the conservation of energy has been miss-understood. Great film Belinda, all the best Lucas.
Your statement is nonsensical. Not some, but ALL building materials store and radiate heat, just at different rates. A hot spot (meaning relative to surrounding material temperatures) means a difference in R value. This means higher heat gain/loss caused by that material. For energy efficiency and comfort the goal is to have as much R value as possible, as evenly as possible.
@@sladeoriginal What you have written demonstrates exactly the pitfall of relying on this kind of thermal data. Your understanding of how energy is preserved in a building is incomplete, if applied to a great many types of construction. What happens when the heating is switched off? How long does a building radiate heat back into the living space? R value tests are carefully conceived as an aid to marketing particular products, and are sadly unscientific. In some cases leading to time-honoured systems being displaced by experimental and ultimately inferior systems.
Very nicely done!
Thanks for such useful video!
Very nice job 👍
I bought a gen 3 a few years ago on sale for $150 and couldn't be happier!
There are so many cool things you can do aside from remodeling.
Excelente información gracias por compartir saludos desde Antofagas
Great video. Very very interesting. Goo explanation of the tech. Thanks.
FLIR is a top shel product. We had two at wirk for everything from scanning high voltage systems too dangerous to get close to. We also used them to find moisture and thermal links. One night we compared IR and NVG images in a wildlife preserve and it was amazing!
Thanks for the review, Belinda, as I’ve been wanting to buy one of these. The first time I saw a thermal camera was in the mid 90’s, and it was larger than a VHS camcorder, and cost $60,000.
I really appreciate your review of both the devices, especially the side by side footage.
As an electrician doing mostly old work remodeling, I’ve been considering this investment for a couple years. This past week I suddenly wanting to do something that’s been intended for years, and while beginning the layout on my downstairs rec room ceiling I thought I had a good layout. But as I narrowed the areas I plan to cut holes for recessed lighting, I found ductwork in key areas.
Finding a suitable tool I thought would be easy. But several of the reviewers maintained jargon that was unnecessary and not something I cared to have to deal with. Your video defined adequately many of the terms (and reassured me they weren’t going to impact my work requirements to know what they meant) and gave relative information regarding what I actually intend to gain by making the purchase.
Thx. I haven’t decided what to purchase, but I’m fairly certain about reasons why the costlier devise might be a good expense addition l. And vice versa. ❤
That was awesome. Thank you.
Thanks, great content
That was great! Good explanation of emissivity. Next can you review some laser levels or ultrasonic measurement devices? I think there’s a thing that lets you do very accurate inside measurements, like where you’d have to bend a tape measure and guess, like in a doorway. In the old days you’d use a folding ruler with the little brass extension, but nobody under 30 has one of those in their tool belt.
I bought one of these a while back, they are super neat and useful.
I originally just got it because I was insulating my entire house and wanted to find any problem areas that would be better adding some spray foam to.
Fantastic products for diagnosing electronic problems.
I would like to take a moment to thank you for the recommendation on the airthings monitor. It is a fantastic tool to have an idea of what's going on in each room
“I’m not interested in pretty pictures.” Surprise surprise. Pragmatism at it’s best. Got to love it.
The Fan you showed at the last min is not Attic Fan. It’s a Whole house fan. Attic fans installed on the roof or gable windows. FYI.
That is a fantastic product with many uses!
I will buy one and will always know how mad my wife is with me! 😡
We used the pro for some house work. It was very good. You don't really see flow of heat but it is a great start for DIY work.
Great video, TY for all the information! Would you consider reviewing borescopes for cell phones?
Thank you Belinda .....
Great video
Love your videos btw.
After buying 2k worth of insulation I also dropped for one of these.
Before and after attic.
Next the walls.
Love your channel
Great video, I’ve only recently found your channel and have found your commentary and insights very informative. Would it be possible for you to provide a video on SIP’s construction method i.e. the positives and negatives? Thanks you.
Being in the calculations and diagnostic business, I usually tell people in your situation to go for the easiest and cheapest first and go from there:
Tighten the building envelope first. We don’t want to heat and cool the backyard…
- Caulk around doors and windows if not replaced.
- if possible replace old leaky doors and windows. New “Builder grade” (I hate that word) windows will still be much better than those 45 year old single pane ones.
- Replace door seals.
- Vacuum the old attic insulation and inspect.
- Eliminate as many ceiling penetrations as possible and seal the rest. That attic fan NEEDS to go! Installing insulation above it will not eliminate air leakage.
- Seal around AC vents, lights, etc and every top plate hole with that orange foam they use on newer homes.
- seal or replace ducts, diffusers and boxes.
- with that done get a blower door test and decide if you want to invest more money in tightening the home or not.
- at this point decide if you want to spray foam the attic or not and reinsulate it.
- now that you’ve taken care of the envelope according to your budget, you can decide what else to spent money on.
It’s a bit simplified but that’s it in a nutshell.
Thank you so much for this really interesting review of these products. I live in a house that is over 100 years old so it will be good to see where the cold spots are using this infrared imaging. Of course I already feel where they are but there is prob more places I haven’t identified yet.
Love your opinion on this stuff. I just bought a Walabot too. That's another thing that could be a whole video
Thank you.
Ok I'm ordering one
I saw the temperature range and immediately thought the Pro would be awesome for cooking - and for home improvements.
Wow, what a brilliant gadget, deffo want the pro.
Checked on Amazon, just shy of £300.
I have the Blackview BV 9800 pro cell phone that comes with a FLIR camera installed from the factory
It works great
Great video :-) tons of good info here @ 6:25 emissivity is the ability for a material to release radiant energy /heat. while emissivity is solely dependent upon the type of material reflect Tivitt he solely depends on the color White being most reflective and black being most absorbent of heat. If something is black and iron or concrete or both there is a slow emissivity during the night hours. For a sheet of aluminum that is silver will cool off in a flash having a fast or higher emissivity.
For folk interested in a FLIR camera, it's worth looking at phones with FLIR built in. The Caterpillar CAT S60 was one of the first, and you could be lucky - like I was - and find a used one for
This seems like a good idea
Just a thought, it might be worth exploring energy waste from solar panels.
Additionally, as you do the remodel, testing various insulation types all on the same wall might be interesting.
Most solar installations are on top of the already installed insulation, so I highly doubt that they would noticeably increase heat loss from a normal attic. At least not any more than nailing some pictures to an internal wall should alter a houses insulation value.
Thank you for that info Belinda, very educational. Calling on all your experience and expertise in this area which of these would you recommend to detect an underfloor leak on a heating pipe or even a cold water pipe? say under 100mm of concrete screed. Or perhaps there is another option (camera) best suited to this scenario.
I recommend Infiray imagers for Android / Windows users. 256x192 resolution is 2.6x greater than Flir One Pro with refresh at 25hz for half the price: P2 model is under $250. T2 models with macro, normal & telephoto lenses from ~$320. No battery in the camera means it's much smaller & usage isn't limited to 1hr max whilst it works. Power needed is lower as it doesn't have a cheap visible light camera to make up for low resolution. Infiray is a big OEM producer & released an SDK - there's some advanced apps for the T series that work on Windows. USB-C extension cable included is super handy. Solidly built metal housing. I'm not sponsored or paid by them either, just very impressed & far superior quality, function & value to the Flir offering that I can't believe Flir is able to sell these at such prices.
Amazing
The HT-301 looks amazing too if you wan to peek an eye on it !
Thank You
Not so long ago to get this quality imaging was well over $1000
After seeing some terrible reviews for the Flir, I ended up getting a Seek Thermal Compact Pro instead.
Definitely recommend, and I can't imagine having to charge my thermal camera separately to my phone like the FLIR requires.
The higher resolution of the CompactPro (significantly more than the Flir One Pro) also means that the lack of MSX is not a problem, the detail is sufficient just from the IR image.
Hi just wanted to let you know that this video helped me alot, i was in doubt to which one i should buy (can afford both) the differnce is bigger than i expected from reading the specs, so i will go with the pro version thx alot for your video :)
Thanks
I become measurably smarter when watching your videos.
The Flir One Pro LT has the same Thermal resolution as the Gen 3 at 80x60. The LT has better sensitivity at 100 mK rather than 150 mK of the Gen 3.
A detailed explanation on how IR cams works.
My old boss used to say that a thermal imager was an expensive stud finder. It clearly shows in your video.
As for that weird hotspot I think it’s a lack of insulation in between studs and you just see the aggregated image of the studs and the spot as one “strange” area.
FLIR originally referred to the IR camera on a fighter jet. It was used target enemies with hot engines and as the IR sensitivity increased image the aircraft.
Nice review. I have a seek pro and just ordered a Flir one pro. The seek has very grainy pictures so I’m hoping the Flir improves on that. Biggest concern is the issues I keep seeing for the Flir cameras. Hopefully, they are user error and not a defect. Have you experienced any battery issues? Seems to have something to do with not using the Flir for extended period of times and some have said the camera no longer turns on or charges.
I understand blower door tests are a good thing to do. Is there a DIY approach for a house in Texas built in 1986 that would give a base line and show progress as sealing is done? I'm planning on doing the heat/ac duct vents this winter as well as spray foam on electrical penetrations.
Great video! I’m in the process of putting together a video charting the journey of building our new eco home. Would it be ok to use some of the footage from this video to demonstrate how thermal imaging can be used to test the thermal performance of building fabric please?
That was a really nice review! Do you have background in physics or engineering?
I want one of these but don't know if I'd use it enough
Very appreciate it, Belinda, this is useful information. I am living in the tropical country where the weather like the sun, the rain can damage the facade, cladding of the building. So can I use this thermal camera to detect some defect in the plaster like crack, delamination? If you know something about it, please sharing with me. Many thanks.
Thx. for the review.
I was wondering if this can be used for outdoor activities like hiking/ camping. Can they be used to total darkness to detect presence of wild life? if so, does it have any range limits?