TOPDON Thermal Camera TC001 Android, 512x384 TISR Resolution, -20℃-550℃

I've been looking for a reasonably priced thermal camera for some time to help with property insulation and electrical work. Most of the units on the market are either low resolution or very expensive or in many cases both. This camera has a very useable thermal resolution at a reasonable price. The software has a good range of features and loaded without issues on my Android phone and tablet The camera and software have worked without any issues so far. Pros: Good resolution Reasonable price Small enough to pop in a shirt pocket Operates pretty much instantly when it's plugged into the phone. It seems accurate enough for my purposes and is very easy to use. It is powered directly from the device it's connected to and battery consumption seems minimal during normal use. Cons : None so far It's not often a reasonably priced product does everything it says it will and performs flawlessly. Having read many less than stellar reviews for the market leader's equivalent product I'm very glad I purchased this device.

Fantastic little thermal camera, I have owned a FLIR one gen 2 for a few years now and was very happy with it until the internal battery started to decline. I saw a review of the TC001 and thought I might try it as a replacement to my FLIR camera. I was very impressed by this product, so easy to use, just install the app from the play store and plug it in and it's ready to go. The 256x192 resolution makes a great improvement on the FLIR camera and I was surprised with the detail it shows. But what really makes this unit superior over the FLIR camera is the 25Hz frame rate compared to 8.5Hz (due to US export control). The FLIR camera uses two cameras, one thermal and one normal and used their MSX technology to combine the two cameras which gives really good image detail with a lower thermal resolution and I thought this would make the TC001 inferior but this is not the case, comparing the two I prefer the TC001. Just one more point to make is some reviews say the image\video periodically "stutters or freezes" this is completely normal as the camera has a shutter that calibrates it from time to time as most thermal cameras do. To sum up it is a very capable camera at a great price, I highly recommend it, only for Android devices currently and it also works on a windows PC. The Android app is very good with a lot of options to add measurement points (compared to the FLIR app), the windows app needs to be improved a bit but I believe is quite new currently and Topdon are planning to improve it in the future. There are a lot of features I have not mentioned in this review as it's getting a bit long.

This device seems robust and fitted to my phone with its cover thanks to the extended USB-C port. I liked everything about it apart from image uniformity. Viewing a surface of uniform temperature, say a plaster wall at 18C at a distance of a few cm, gave a temperaure that was 1 to 2 degrees higher towards a couple of corners. It might not seem much but on some image settings and low contrast subjects was like vignetting (slightly offset) on an optical image. My old HTI-A1 camera was more uniform. However, it appeared more uniform at 30C, and in any case you would be unlikely to notice it where the subject is much warmer than the background. In other respects, image resolution and clarity, temperature range, image noise, field of view, close-focus distance (about 10cm) it knocked spots off the HTI, and that is without the app, which is easy to use and adds a lot of useful features, all for less money than the average selling price of the HTI three or four years ago. Having an appendage stuck in the USB-C port is a little more awkward than the stand alone HTI but, with the addition of some velcro, the supplied USB extension would allow a more camera-like experience.

I purchased this for two jobs. To check the insulation in my house and to see where wildlife were up in the trees when out with my camera. It performs very well in the house, is very sensitive and has a good resolution to you can see what you are looking at, less so out and about looking for wildlife. There is an option to overlay the mobile phone camera over the units thermal output so you can align the two camera outputs. This makes it far easier to detect items that are of a similar heat level. The wildlife issue is about how big they are and if they are giving off heat. I take alot of birds and they are so insulated with their feathers that the small birds can't be seen. Larger birds and things like squirrels that keep totally still when they see you are detected if you turn the contrast up high and switch to the black and white screen output option. Obviously things like deer are fine and can be seem hiding behind light bushes. Want to try to see if it can see bats flying but that is for later in the year. I keep the thermal camera with my photo gear because it is so small, so when I go out I have it at hand.

Topdon have made a top piece of kit with this camera The TC001 comes in a smart little padded hard case to keep the camera protected. The product is a good weight and feels very well made. As a heating engineer this camera is a great tool. As you can see from the video, the property i was at, some pipes were surface mounted and others were under a wooden floor. The camera had the sensitivity to show where the pipes were running under the floor, a very useful thing if you didn't install the pipework and need to know the pipework route. Alternatively if you had a leak or blockage then no doubt this would save you a large headache trying to locate it. As you can also see in the video, you can set up multiple areas to be monitored, for myself I am looking forward to being able to go round and check the radiators for sludge with this camera, as showing the customer a thermal image will help them to understand the health of their heating system. You can choose different colour schemes and a few other useful features like the ability to record over a period of time, set the temperature ranges and you can even take pictures and videos in the app and export them. Overall very happy with this product and should be something every heating engineer adds to his toolbox

I bought this a year ago to diagnose heat loss issues in our house built in 1860. The higher resolution compared to the FLIR cameras helped and I saw heat was being lost in places I didn't expect - it's not just the door or windows, it was also in the gaps between the wooden floor. As well as the void under the kitchen units (there was a massive hole into the wall cavity) plus many others. Since then it's been borrowed by everybody - they use it for the same reasons, but also when walking the dog in the dark to find out where they've gone to the toilet. The lack of a battery is a bonus. It means the thing won't die in a few years with no way to buy a spare one. It is annoying to have it on the bottom of the phone where your hand naturally gets in the way, but just get a cheap USB-C to USB-C cable and you can have both in different hands. The app on Android is... not great. It works, but needs better integrations into Google Photos or wherever. Accuracy seems very good indeed. Highly recommended.

I bought this product for a few reasons. Measuring heat loss in the home. Checking my pipes and radiators both in the home and on vehicles at work. The item comes in a nice little zip up protective case, the camera wouldn't plug directly into my phone as it has a chunky case fitted, but don't worry. A cable is provided which is USB c to USB c allowing the camera to connect. (Also allows USB pc connection) The installation process is simple and the app packed full of features. You can choose a variety of colour combinations to suit Temperatures cam be measured and a specific target area can be selected on screen. Minimum maximum mean etc. Another neat feature is the ability to record over a period of time or save and export a picture. Overall a nice handy piece of kit which works seamlessly with an android smartphone. Would definitely recommend.

This was a bit of a toy originally, maybe useful for fault finding etc, but these reasons were mainly me coming up with reasons to buy one! It was sekected as the resolution is higher than many of the competitors but its costs was still reasonable, and I was happy to have it plug into my phone. However since the 'play' period, I have found it so useful from checking for a (human) temperature, viewing the swelling from a sports injury, spotting an issue in a broken fridge, confirming the heat of LED strips (to confirm not too hot), finding faulty electronics and watching collegues be amazed you can see the foot prints across a floor! As for the use, once you have downloaded the needed software, for my Android phone I just plug in the Topdon, which is immediately recognised with the app firing up, and its just ready to use.

Was well packed and in original sealed box. Working. Have to use more before expanding the review