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The video covers almost everything that I wanted to point out, but I had to remove some things to get it down to size, so below are some highlights and additional details.
* CHECK COMPATIBILITY BEFORE YOU BUY * - I highly recommend that you go to the app store for your phone/tablet (iOS or Android) and check if you can download the software. Some of my phones will, but some won't. It doesn't seem related to Android version, either, but rather the phones themselves.
I bought the Seek Compact Thermal Imager for Android in January 2015 for about $230, and I got FLIR's C2 camera last year (currently costs about $700), and I'm going to make comparisons to both of those. For $250 for the ONE right now, it is by far the best value out there, IMO.
In a nutshell, this device lets you view the temperature of objects using your phone or tablet. Many thermal imagers on the market cost far more than the ONE. Most have additional resolution and capability, but a lot of us don't need that for how we'd use one of these devices. For checking your home for insulation leaks, or looking for hot spots in a stack of electronic gear, imagers like this are just great.
Here's why I think this is the best value out there:
(*) Thermal and Visual cameras included and used with MSX to give you an easy to interpret thermal image. Seek Thermal lets you do side-by-side images using their thermal camera and your devices visual camera, but it's just not the same. When looking at a bunch of objects that are nearly the same temperature, it can really help to have the visual image overlaid on top to show the outlines of things
(*) Works with FLIR Tools free software. This is HUGE. Those tools let you post-process your images in several ways (my video only shows a few things), and they are available on Mac and PC. The PC version lets you add spots and other measuring tools that don't work with the ONE images on the Mac. Other than that, both versions are very capable
(*) Can do images and videos, but the C2 camera can only do images. However, videos may be choppy depending on your phone
(*) Offers similar capabilities (some better, some not quite as good) as FLIR's C2 camera...and the C2 is $700, versus $250 for the ONE. As long as you have a phone or tablet that works with this, or are willing to buy one, this is a tremendous value. I have a tablet that costs <$100 that works with the ONE
(*) When attached to your phone/tablet, you can send the images over e-mail or whatever just like you'd send any file to people. For example, you could take thermal images on the job site, send them to the main office right away, and have your team send some post-processed images on to a client minutes later. The C2 camera would require you to download images off of it first before you could send them using some other device, whereas this is super convenient
Here's what I wish they'd done differently:
(*) The ONE should have been made to run off your phone's battery if the internal battery runs out - then it actually would have been a design advantage over the Seek Thermal. As it is, you have to remember to charge it. If the ONE's battery is dead, well, you're out of luck
(*) Swappable connectors. I really think that they should have allowed users to swap out lightning and micro USB connectors on a common camera body. Some of us have both types of phones, or have family members with the other type. Even with a constant connector, they should have gone with a reversible micro USB design. Those have been out for months now, and it would have allowed us to use these in either direction on our devices
Again, I could talk all day about this, so if you have any questions about the ONE, please feel free to leave a comment and I'll respond as quickly as I can. Thanks!
