DEPSTECH 7'' IPS Screen Borescope, Triple Lens Endoscope Camera with Light, Sound Recording, 1080P HD Video Inspection Camera for Automotive, Plumbing, HVAC, 16.5ft Gooseneck Snake Cable

I have had this for over a year now and haven't used it much mostly on my car to find a leak and a bolt I lost on the transmission, the cameras are really clear but only thing is when you put the magnet on the end you cant see what you are trying to pick up other than that it is a Great product the prices keep going up, I did get a hard case with it and it feels like military grade very rugged best picture ever looks like 4k, I paid right at $200.00 for it.

Satishy

Incredibly useful tool for pulling wire through walls/ceilings. Worked great until the hook attachment broke. Hook is made out of light weight aluminum. It bent a few times while fishing wire through a wall cavity with cellulose insulation. Only took about 4 or 5 bends, then it broke. Now I have to try to find replacement parts.

Needed to look inside some walls & an inaccessible roof overframe area to investigate an interior moisture problem. My initial thought was to rent a boroscope but learned the cost of a 1 day rental would be $200+. (It also occurred to me most rental boroscopes are intended for inspecting sewer lines.. yeah.. yuck!)Decided to see what was available on Amazon.. Well, there's a bunch! Over the years I've learned "cheap tools" rarely do the job so my goal was to purchase the best tool available for less than the cost of a 1 day rental.After spending some time comparing (reading specs & reviews) I purchased this one (the DEPSTECH 7")I'm not easily or often impressed but this thing blew me away! It's the real deal, a commercial grade instrument in a custom-fitted travel case! It feels solidly built, the controls feel and operate like they were designed and refined by someone knowledgeable and caring. The capabilities are broad and well explained in the listing so I won't rehash them here. What I will say is screen resolution is amazing, colors are natural and accurate and control operation is intuitive. IMPRESSIVE!!Caveats? No device can do everything well and, for my use, this one has a couple limitations. 1) The most significant challenge was the flexibility of the cable - great for snaking a conduit or pipe but not so great when trying to explore a less defined space. It was a struggle to get it to go where I wanted it; with some pre-bending and by banking off framing members, I managed to accomplish the mission but only because having 3 different camera angles diminished the need for precise positioning. 2) A secondary challenge (more an annoyance) is the 16+ foot length of the cable - again, great for a defined space like pipe or conduit but a PITA when you're trying to explore an irregular area - as you're twisting the portion of the cable in your hands to maneuver the camera end towards your objective, the excess additional length is fighting you and tending to tangle and/or obscure the screen..Improvements? 1) Offer an optional short cable - 5 or 6 foot 2) Offer an optional maneuverable/articulating cable, one where the operator could remotely (via a joystick?) cause the last foot of the cable to "curve"Bottom line? This is a superior quality device and an incredible value!

The media could not be loaded. I purchased this endoscope several months ago and have used on three different project. Two were on my truck and the last one was in an air compressor I was working on. My picture/video taking on the first two projects was pretty lame. They were just boring. The latest video is slightly better and I think shows the capabilities of the unit better. I had an air compressor that was leaking where a brass fitting went into the tank. I removed the fitting and decided to scope out the interior to see how bad the rust was. You will see in the video that there was water in the bottom and scattered rust around the inside of the tank. I never would have seen this if I had tried to look in with a flashlight.The scope is high quality as mentioned in other reviews. It comes in a very strong case that will protect it from most anything that gets thrown at it. It has a feel of real quality as you hold it with the hand strap at the right end of it. The buttons on the face are easy to operate and once you learn what they do, you are able to switch to different lenses at the end of the cable to get various views of your project. You can invert the pictures if you want, all by selecting the correct buttons. If you are like me and forget which buttons do what after being away from it for months, don't fear. When you turn the unit on there is a short three page tutorial to get you back on track. Another thing I appreciated was that after letting it sit for a couple of months, the battery was still full. I did not have to charge it before I used it again.I won't bore you be repeating with what has already been written in the other reviews. What you have read is true. This is the real deal, a high quality instrument that you might not use everyday, but when you need it, you will appreciate it. Only loan it out to trusted friends. You won't want to lose it!