FLIR ONE for iOS

Last Update: 2016-01-06 9:28 AM

first posted: 2016-01-05

$249.99

announced : 2015/06/25

http://flirone.com/ (redirect to http://flir.com/flirone/ )

BAD

• instruction not correct or missing
  • manual said charge LED stays green finished charing - it turns off blinking instead, on/off LED becomes red
  • no instruction how to turn it off
  • no info what to do with shutter button on top, only in settings
  • tutorial about swipe down for image?
• app iffy
  • notification about want to connect - then what?
  • tap and move to focus two camera doesn't seem to work
  • record button disappear sometimes
  • exit panoramic mode flunky
  • tap flip image left/right, up/down?
• hard to remove from case
• cannot use cable come with iPhone, has to use one comes with device?
• not power from lightning port, need to charge separately
• only listed compatibility support models
  • iPhone 5/5s/6/6 plus, iPad 4th Gen/Air/Air 2/Mini/Mini 3 - no iPhone 5c/6s/6s Plus, iPad Mini 2/Pro?
• hard to take image/video on iPad, need to use on screen button

References:

• http://www.cnet.com/products/flir-one/
• http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2015/08/16/review-flir-thermal-camera-is-all-you-need-to-see-through-the-darkness/
• http://mashable.com/2015/06/25/flir-one-second-generation-review/
• http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/08/flir-one-round-two-the-thermal-imaging-camera-drops-100-gets-a-new-shape/
• http://gizmodo.com/the-smaller-cheaper-flir-one-thermal-camera-now-works-1713696011
• http://www.wsj.com/articles/thermal-camera-review-these-heat-seekers-reveal-an-unseen-world-1441139740
• http://www.wired.com/2014/08/a-review-of-the-iphone-infrared-camera-the-flir-one/