FLIR K2 Compact Thermal Imaging Camera with MSX, Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging, Operability in Temperatures Up to 500°F, for Firefighters

You come to expect the highest reliability and quality from FLIR and the K@ does not disappoint. Reasonably priced, does exactly what we need for our mission.

Dont waste your money on this TIC, it is not made to the quality they say and does not meet any of our needs in the fire service.

I love this camera. It’s affordable and has really good quality for a camera this cheap. I wish every firefighter here had one. It may lag for a couple seconds at start up but then it’s great!

Purchased to supplement an MSA Thermal Imager. Works well, but batteries are hard to change. Either battery diameter is too big, or receiving slot is too small.

It's not a high end camera, and it is constantly refreshing which takes about 3 seconds. The FLIR software doesn't work on a Mac computer, so I've had to change setting using someone else's computer. It's light. It doesn't come with a retractable lanyard either, and unfortunately, the one I purchased isn't strong enough to keep it wound tight to my gear, so it bounces around. I bought it for firefighting because my employer doesn't want to get batteries for our Scott Eagle that is over 10 years old, so I bought it for myself because a TIC is an invaluable tool to have in my line of work. I couldn't afford a top of the line model on what they pay me, but I hope this will hold up well on the job. It has a rubber flap door on the top of the unit to access some things, and I see that getting ripped off since it doesn't seem to stay closed. I hope that no water enters it and damages it. I know this unit is intended to be an entry level model, but I guess I was hoping to get something a little more geared towards firefighting. It was either this or the Scott SCBA mask one that came out this year. That one requires a bunch of batteries though and since I seem to go through 3 AAA batteries a week with the stupid SCOTT voice emitter, I wasn't willing to shell out that kind of cash on something that would cost me ten times as much to constantly replace batteries. If you are a small department that can't secure the big $$ for a better model, and don't have many fires, I would think this one would do just fine. We are a department next to Detroit that sees a lot of fires, so I guess we'll see how this holds up over the next year. FLIR makes amazing products and is top of the line when it come to TI, this one hasn't really met my expectations so far though.I wrote this review because I wasn't seeing any reviews for this model before buying it.Everybody be safe out there.