Today I was in Home depot and they are selling an inspector’s camera for $250
the camera is small and mounted on a three ft flexible extension and it allows you to see behind walls or look inside a pipe
This would allow you to check for mold behind sheetrock and might save someone tearing apart a wall when it’s not necessary
Does anyone have one of these?
Is it worth the $250 price tag?
Edited 9/17/2008 9:35 pm by mrfixitusa
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The similar Ridgid SeeSnake has been discussed here many times.
But I don't know the details of the difference.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
No. You can get a better one for the same money at garretwade.com. The biggest difference to me was that the end of the MIL one is 3/4" the one I have from GW is 1/4".
Smaller hole, less damage.
"It is what it is."
I had a client with termites along a baseboard and in the framing on the front wall in a garage. They wanted to know if they were in other walls. We drilled @ 3/4" hole above the top plate and below the top of the baseboard in the stud bays and looked around with the scope. We found no damage and charged the client $250.00 for 15 minutes of work. They were thrilled not to have to tear up the walls to see if the termites had spread. Plumbers charge extra to get the scope out and so should we professionals.
The next day I was looking into the ceiling of a garage trying to find an I beam and found the whole garage ceiling was framed with 16" TJIs, contrary to what the plans said. Saved me tons of time.
The resolution could be better, but you can still make out what is in the wall. There are three different light and zoom levels so some adjustment can be made. It also takes some getting used to finding which way is up as the camera end maybe upside down if you are twisting and turning it to look around. Out side in sun light might be a problem all though I have only used it indoors so far.
When I bought it last week, HD was offering a 10v lithium driver free and an extra battery. The rigid runs off of AA or AAA batteries. I liked the fact that the Milwaukee was rechargeable.
I would rate it a 7.5 out of ten.
Best of luck
Constructing in metric...
every inch of the way.
Thanks for your infoA real estate client had a small amount of mold in one corner of one room in the basement.the other realtor said "there's probably mold behind the entire wall and so we need to remove the lower 2 ft of sheetrock on the entire wall so that we can see what's back there"I got a handsaw and cut the sheetrock out and there was no mold.The camera would have paid for itself if I had bought it and used it.Would it work for something like that - to inspect for mold on the back side of drywall in a basement? Is the picture bright and clear?Now that I'm thinking about it I watched a plumber run a camera into a sewer line and the picture on the monitor screen was bright and clear.Thanks again!
I have the Ridgid - bought it for a surround speaker install...The aa batteries last a good long time - only if I already had the Milwaukee would I consider it to be a better buy. (I already have all the Bosch 10.8 stuff...)Having said that - the camera head snapped right the heck off of my ridgid see-snake the other day, so I can't really speak to it's quality or durability.Gonna exchange it out for another one - but it hadn't been and was not being abused - sucker just snapped right off.Might be more inclined to recommend the Mil based on that alone.JT
"Would it work for something like that - to inspect for mold on the back side of drywall in a basement? Is the picture bright and clear?"I think finding mold would not be too hard. Again, the resolution is not the greatest, but there are three levels of light and magnification. You have to find just the right levels and I have used it for all of ten minutes so I haven't honestly worked with it enough to find the best resolution. Also you must be back off of what you are trying to view 3 maybe four inches so anything viewed in wall cavity has to be at an angle. Good luck.Constructing in metric...
every inch of the way.