New Uni-T UTi260B for 230 USD vs Used Fluke Tis10 for 450 USD - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: aronake
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 03:10:07 am
content: Hi,I am considering buying thermal camera to among other things help in finding hot parts for electronics repair.What seems best options for me would be New Uni-T UTi260B for 230 USD vs Used Fluke Tis10 for 450 USD. The Fluke seems in pretty good shape. What would people here recommend?The Uni-T have straight across much better specs. Could there be some other feature not captured in the specs that would vote in favour of the Fluke (except the fact that it is a fluke)?Specs Uni-T UTi260B Fluke Tis10Resolution 256x192 80 x 60Max temp 550 C 250 CSpeed 25Hz 9 Hzweight 910 gram 720 gram

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 12:38:49 pm
content: You have not detailed your intended use of a thermal camera.The two cameras that you have detailed are intended for different markets. The FLUKE is software hobbled down to 80 x 60 pixels to fit into a certain market segment that has no need of higher resolution. The FLUKE product will likely remain stable in terms of its temperature measurement calibration and product reliability. You are most definitely paying a premium fir the fluke name, as you would fir many FLIR cameras.The Uni-T UTi260B is built down to a cost and performs acceptable for it’s intended market segment. It is a very nice budget thermal camera and I Wouk’s happily buy one if I had a need for another. What it likely lacks is Measurement accuracy and possibly some of the robustness of the Fluke product. To many users this will not be a show stopper. Hence my comment about stating your intended use.Personally, for generic use, I would go for the UTi260B or the Infiray C210 in preference to the Fluke TiS10. I own a TiS10 in my collection and, though well made, it’s imaging performance is not great compared to the UTi260B or C210. Fluke software hobbled the TiS10 in the same way that FLIR software hobbled the E4 camera down to 80 x 60 pixels. The difference is that the TiS10 has not been hacked yet to release its true potential. My recommendation might be different if the a TiS10 was hackable.Fraser

author: aronake
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 03:20:50 pm
content: Thanks! Very helpful! In line with my thinking.Intended use is to help in electronics repair to identify hot components, because its fun to have a thermal camera, and whatever i may figure out to use it for. Super exact temperature less critical.

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 03:22:37 pm
content: UTi260B and C210 will both serve you well in that application.Fraser

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 03:26:45 pm
content: There is also the UTi690A mentioned recently on this forum. Resolution is 120 x 90 pixels and I believe it uses a Guide Sensmart TIMO core. I personally would spend the bit extra fir the higher resolution UTi260B or Infiray C210 with their excellent imaging cores.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/thermal-imaging/uni-t-uti690a-(120x90-entrybudget)/Fraser

author: aronake
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2021, 09:03:46 am
content: Hi all,I bought the Uni-T UTi260B. Works very well for my use. Thanks for comments and input!