I dropped $400 on a thermal camera and it's been a huge waste for my shop

Everyone says these things are a game changer for finding shorts and hot spots, but I've used it maybe twice in six months. Most of the time, a simple visual check or a multimeter gets me there faster. The one time it helped was on a weird laptop power circuit, but that's it. For that kind of money, I could have bought a really good soldering station or a bunch of other stuff we actually use every day. Has anyone else bought a tool that just collects dust?

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lisa_hill2312d agoMost Upvoted

Really expensive cat toy" is why mine lives in the bottom drawer now.

laurar3812d ago

Mine's basically a really expensive cat toy now, the laser pointer gets more use. What other fancy tool did you end up not using much?