[HH] Fluke VT02 Visual IR Thermometer

[Drew Van Zandt]

A Seek thermal camera for your Android or iPhone is $100.  They're pretty
OK.

*Drew Van ZandtArtisan's Asylum Board of Directors*

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've mentioned the Fluke VT02 Visual IR Thermometer here before. It's an
> odd hybrid that combines some features of a low-cost IR thermometer that
> shows you the average temperature around a small area you point it at,
> and an IR imager that renders a heat map of whatever you point it at.
> I'm not sure how it works, but I think it operates by raster scanning an
> area with a single point IR sensor, translating the temperature to a
> color, and overlaying that on an image captured with a CCD imager. Thus
> they avoid using expensive IR imaging hardware.
>
> In any case, they have it on sale this week for $250:
> http://www.flukeonlinestore.com/4253599.html
>
> which is probably a good deal, and could come in handy if you are
> planning to tackle a home insulating project, or want to identify hot
> spots on a PC board, or in your computer. (Supposedly also good for
> identifying marginal electrical circuits by imaging your circuit breaker
> box and wiring.)
>
> It's selling for $333 at Amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Fluke-VT02-Visual-IR-Thermometer/dp/B00APPPL2W/
>
> Reviewers there seem to like it (mostly; if you expect it to do what a
> $2000 IR imager can, you'll be disappointed).
>
>  -Tom
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