FLIR E5-XT - Commercial Thermal Imaging Camera with WiFi. High Resolution Infrared Camera with FLIR Ignite Cloud

Haven’t had an issue with it since purchasing. Great investment.

I’m new to Flir but am looking forward to learning more about this amazing design.

I have owned more expensive FLIR infrared cameras. This one is much lower price, but also very effective.

We bought this for our mitigation crew to help with a water loss that flooded 8 floors in a hospital. The crew stated it was a valuable tool, which helped locate and pinpoint the affected areas along with their moisture meter.

At the time of this review the price for these were $491 for the HTI-19 and about $1575 for the E5.Craftsmanship & Comfort: Right off the bat you can tell the difference in assembly quality.E5: Better pistol grip, hard carrying case.HTI: Feels more "toy like" has protective pouch with carrying strap.Ease of use: Both photo taking is "point & click," however the HTI-19 asks you every time if you want to save. E5 just saves.User Interface & buttons: HTI-19 menus are a little tricky but you can get used to it. The SELECT and ENTER are obscurely translated. What does select mean to you? "select between these things" or "select the option your cursor is on"? To view your photos you have to navigate through menus with no image preview. E5 Buttons are much simpler. Easy to go right to your photos by hitting the "play" button. Also has image previews.Boot up time before use:Hti-19: About 13 secondsE5: About 4 secondsThermal Camera quality: Both claim to have a "thermal resolution" of 320x240. E5 IR images are more defined than the HTI-19. E5 saves a normal photo (648x480) at the same time as IR. HTI has 5 photo modes where progressively stronger thermal data is overlayed onto the raw photo. One click on E5 gets you 2 photos where the HTI requires 4 clicks. (since it asks you if you want to save each time)Distance detail: HTI really tries but clarity goes to the E5. Distance in photos are about 25 feet.Photo retrieval: Both can be connected to your computer via USB. E5 offers wifi/wifi direct although I haven't been able to figure that out. (haven't read the manual either)Conclusion: HTI-19 is a good budget thermal camera for fun + more. But if you want the professional look and feel then the E5 with more features is a better choice.

This product has been amazing so far. During home inspector training, my mentor had an E8 that he taught me on. After hours and hours of product research, I couldn’t justify the thousand dollar price difference between the E6 and the E8 when starting up my own business. This camera does everything that the E8 does and I can barely tell the difference between the image/thermal quality. Definitely recommend this for the home inspection profession, well worth the money when you can make it right back. A thermal camera, which you should use at every inspection, is not a tool that I would cheap out on in this line of work! Thanks FLIR!The picture is just an example, one of the shots I already had uploaded to my phone. Cool heated towel rack at a home inspection last week!

2025/01/13: Got this today and it's missing the battery charger. Either this is poor QA on FLIR, or was a returned product that Amazon didn't check that all parts were there. Contacted FLIR support and it was super easy to get in touch with them, no long wait. Will update later.

We are only using for informational purposes but has been helpful in area thermography rather than point of contact temperature usage.