Thermal Imagers

A thermal imaging camera shows you heat instead of light, so animals, people and warm engines stand out in full dark, fog or long grass. Searching for an infrared camera or IR camera? Thermal imagi...

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A thermal imaging camera shows you heat instead of light, so animals, people and warm engines stand out in full dark, fog or long grass. Searching for an infrared camera or IR camera? Thermal imaging is the one that works with no light at all. This range is small and focused: a pocket handheld, and a camera that plugs into your Android phone.

Two ways to go

Pocket handheld. The ThermTec Cyclops LRF 335L 3.0 has a 384 × 288 sensor, a built-in laser rangefinder and a big AMOLED display. It's the one for scanning a paddock and reading the distance in the same look.

On your phone. The HIKMICRO Explorer E20Plus is a 26 g, 256 × 192 camera that plugs into the USB-C port and runs through the HIKMICRO Sight app, with video recording. It's Android only, so no iPhone.

Both are made for outdoor spotting and scanning, not trade inspection work. Tell us what you're after and we'll say so straight if something else suits better.

Want more choice?

Have a look at all thermal monoculars, thermal binoculars, thermal drones or the full thermal imaging camera range.

Worth a read first

How thermal imaging works covers how thermal differs from night vision, Thermal imaging vs infrared sorts out the IR camera question, and getting the sharpest thermal image helps once you've got one in your hand.