Guide Sensmart MobIR 2S AutoFocus Thermal Imaging Camera with 10x Macro Lens, 256x192/25HZ IR High Resolution, 3 Measurement Modes, 9 Color Palettes, Infrared Thermal Camera for Android Smartphone

I really like this thermal camera. It works well and provides good quality imaging. The app is a little bit glitchy at times but overall it works as intended and is fun to use because you can see the world in a whole new way.

As a homeowner, this thermal imaging camera is already beginning to pay for itself. I got it because we want to improve our home's energy efficiency. We’ve discovered that it can be used for so much more. It’s fairly simple to use. You simply need to point the camera at the suspected area, and it will display varying colors representing different temperatures.Ways we’ve already used it:We used it today to find our new little kitten. I searched everywhere for her and was beginning to worry that she had gotten outside somehow. I attached the thermal imaging camera to my phone and started scanning room to room. I found her within minutes asleep behind a dresser.I’m using it to check all electrical gadgets and appliances throughout the house. That will take time, but I’ve already discovered that our older food processor has a defective cord. It could have started a fire at some point. We’ve also checked the circuit breakers. Luckily, everything was fine.Ways we intend to use it in the future:The thermal camera will help us detect heat loss around windows and doors, where cold air in the winter is entering the home. It’s summer right now, but when the weather gets cold, we want to keep all the heat inside.We are going to check all the electrical outlets. The thermal camera can spot overheating electrical wires or outlets.Last year, we had a problem with small rodents in the garage. If we find any droppings in the future, we can use this to discover where they are hiding.I hope that regular use of the thermal camera will help us catch issues before they become serious problems.

So as of now... I'm still unable to make this work with my Samsung s20+.The on paper specs look great the item looks phenomenal. It may be my ineptitude or something else. I have another thermal imagery that works fine with my s20+ so that leaves me even more confused.

It took me a while to get this IR camera reviewed because I had some difficulty with the companion app. I had no trouble loading any of the color profiles (I found the purpleish one worked well for me, as I have experience with that mode from a certain video game I played on my old Gamecube). I had no trouble with changing the color mode, but the more advanced features (e.g. seeing what temperature something was) are a bit buried. To see the temperature, there's a little icon in the lower left corner of the app's viewfinder, where you can change the overlay mode. I took me about an hour to find this (across several 10 or 15 minute sessions of use), and there is no mention of it in the manual.Once I had the temperature up, however, it was very easy to set up, although I don't see a way to set this to freedom units from Metric. I'd really like to see readout options for both Kelvin and Fahrenheit included in a future update. Also, I feel like the default display mode should show the temperature of the target since, you know, that's probably why somebody is using this, and not for the very interesting photos you can take.Aside from that, this has phenomenal technical specs, although I still wish for a wider temperature range. It is well worth the price if you are considering new windows, as you'll be able to quickly determine which ones need replacement.

I ordered this thermal camera not realizing it was for android only. I just saw smartphone. Thankfully, I do have an android phone as well as an iPhone.This little camera installed easily to my phone. The app works very well. The instructions for this device are weak so it’s taken me some fiddling with it to figure it all out.There are a lot of settings to choose from. The nightvision one is certainly interesting to use off my back patio at night.The thermal imaging is useful when looking for unwanted critters in my house.Overall, I think this is a very useful thermal imaging camera. I wish it had been for iPhone, but it’s my own fault for not reading.