Flir C5 - Compact Thermal Camera with Wi-Fi

Plenty of room for improvements

2.0

Used to work with Seek cameras (not using the phone software). I thought FLIR was going to excel my previous experiences but this is definitely a NO.

Good things on the C5: Size, handling, "MSX", calibration card included.

The bad: Thermal sensor is not good. If not for MSX, pictures are too blurred even when you are looking at a 2deg delta temp. 2m away on a room. 5MP visual camera? Really?? No! All pictures are 640x480, even when you save a separate visual sample (system options). Absolute lie (or mine came defective.. but I doubt it). You have WiFi and BT, but just to pick up internet! Seriously?! If you want to pair the camera with a phone or tablet to at least use the official FLIR tool app... that's another NO. You have to send them to the "cloud", where you can only see images, can't edit, and later download them to a phone/tablet to be able do a bit more. Otherwise, traditional USB cable to PC. What's the point on WiFi & BT if connectivity is so limited? Recording videos? NO. Just streaming via USB cable (?!) That's when portability is over. Would have been great to have video (and voice!) notes, I was expecting that. Storage, 1.5GB. Yes.. it is enough for lots of 160x120 images but I was expecting a bit more on everything for this price tag.

Definitely going to try its "competitor" on this form factor. Deception on my first FLIR.

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