Now there's a thermal imaging camera which also includes visible optical camera at the price of a one without the optical view. Visible / thermal blending can really help in many applications. With good specifications, a removable battery, variable mix of visible and optical both on camera and in software, this looks promising. We test it on electronic, automotive, soldering, hot and cold samples. We also compare some of the captured images directly with those from a competing Topdon model.

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Below are a list of possible improvements, some of which may be implemented in updates by Kaiweets.
FIRMWARE:
1: OVER needs to say UNDER when off the bottom of the range. This could potentially be a safety issue so it's really important.
2: The red text for the hottest point is very hard to see and needs to be changed a little to make it more visible.
3: When using the menus, the ENTER button has to be pressed to go into a menu selection, but the RIGHT ARROW should also function to select a menu item.
(Also, to back up out of a menu, the LEFT ARROW should work as well as the back up button.
4: Going into the temperature range selection needs to be promoted to a higher level function, not buried in the settings menu.
5: The unit is difficult to use when trying to measure something around 120C because it keeps displaying OVER. There needs to be an overlap between the two ranges, or even a third middle range added.
6: Consider adding alarms and make that audible. Also if it could trigger an alarm on a connected PC, that could be very useful in industrial applications.
PC SOFTWARE:
1: It should be possible to re-align optical and thermal images in the software, in case the alignment was not set properly during the image capture.

As regards HARDWARE, I would suggest the following updates on a future model:
1: Add tripod mount, or even two to also allow sideways mounting.
2: Add a switch to detect the cover is down and signal this on the display.
3: Try to get the optical and thermal lenses closer together to reduce alignment problems, especially when having to work with nearby objects which are moving around.
4: Add a small finger grip to the bottom of the cover so it is easier to find and open when required.

00:00 Introduction
00:33 Look at unit
05:43 Connect to PC
08:22 Hot PCB testing
14:09 Optical / thermal align
17:35 PC software
21:29 Test around 120C
24:38 Hillman Avenger heated rear window
27:27 Excessively hot soldering iron
28:02 Boot time race
29:50 Compare to Topdon
39:09 Conclusion