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Title: Inspection camera
Post by: wouldliketobee on November 24, 2013, 12:30:50 AM
I found an inspection camera for $55.00 today ,   I've wanted for quite a while the lowest price I found was around $89.00 a few months ago. I tried it out on my hives , it fit through the mouse guard , I could see bees clustered between the frames, I have a couple of removals to do this spring, It should come in handy to see the extent of hives in walls,along with alot of home projects.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: tefer2 on November 24, 2013, 08:13:17 AM
How about more information. Maybe a link or photo's.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: Moots on November 24, 2013, 12:07:14 PM
Yeah...I'd be interested in some details...

The ones I've looked at have been priced at around $100 more than the numbers you're mentioning...
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: wouldliketobee on November 24, 2013, 01:09:31 PM
I found it at Walmart, Burlington, Iowa ,they have an aisle for Christmas, that has all kinds of special tools, they only had 1 left when I got mine, you might check Walmart.com if you don't have a local store, the camera is a whistler brand real time camera.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: wouldliketobee on November 24, 2013, 01:25:31 PM
I think the cameras are a special deal, the ones I saw on the website are twice that, I wish you luck, I felt lucky to find this one , there was a large box of these the day before I bought this one.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: OldMech on November 24, 2013, 02:00:45 PM
bah...  I checked in Fairfield and called Washington..neither place knew what I was talking about..   you have a brand name on it?
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: Carol on November 24, 2013, 04:17:43 PM
wouldliketobee....is this what you are talking about?   http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHISTLER-diagnostic-inspection-camera-New-in-package-retail-59-/281212617090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4179940182 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHISTLER-diagnostic-inspection-camera-New-in-package-retail-59-/281212617090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4179940182)
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: wouldliketobee on November 24, 2013, 11:22:16 PM
Yes Carol that looks just like the one I bought. It is a Whistler brand ,Old Mech. It was in the middle of  an aisle by automotive and sporting goods with boxes of knives, tools and other Christmas gift type items.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: OldMech on November 24, 2013, 11:42:58 PM
Quote from: wouldliketobee on November 24, 2013, 11:22:16 PM
Yes Carol that looks just like the one I bought. It is a Whistler brand ,Old Mech. It was in the middle of  an aisle by automotive and sporting goods with boxes of knives, tools and other Christmas gift type items.

  Thanks! I have wanted one of those for a while but had never considered looking into a hive with one. Double bonus!
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: 10framer on November 25, 2013, 01:04:41 AM
looks like a bore snake.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: ScooterTrash on November 25, 2013, 12:32:15 PM
Acquired a Bosch PS90 this past year & have used for 5 cutouts, I did not want do cutouts before having a tool that would provide a way to better quote a job. So far pleased with the PS90 however pricey for unit that did not come with recording accessories. Of note the exploratory holes for the probe are 1"; pretty large and want fit in a spark plug hole LOL. Appears the probes become more expensive the smaller they are.
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: Variable on December 02, 2013, 11:06:16 PM
A quick search of ebay found this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHISTLER-diagnostic-inspection-camera-New-in-package-retail-59-/281219896090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417a03131a (http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHISTLER-diagnostic-inspection-camera-New-in-package-retail-59-/281219896090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417a03131a)

Can bid or buy now for $39.99+shipping.... looks interesting. Will the light annoy the bees?
Title: Re: Inspection camera
Post by: wouldliketobee on December 03, 2013, 12:48:00 PM
When I tried mine out the bees were clustered ,it didn't seem to bother them too much , but I just took a quick look and got out, the camera has 4 brightness settings on the light I had it on the brightest to see some detail, on one of the dimmer settings you just see a bunch of tiny eyes looking at you.