jwagner

The # in scan mode is arbitrary (just a low to high). It may correspond somewhat with a percentage but I wouldn't put much stock in the actual number. The light and audible beeps are what you should look at and then confirm the results using the pins, if possible, to discount false positives.

I spoke today with an IR instructor with RestCon in Sacramento. He stated that he and his company looked at both the Flukes and FLIRs and put them thru the paces. They decided the Flukes were a better overall camera with higher image quality. They now are a Fluke distributor. Right now the FLukes are on sale with fairly significant price reductions. The sale lasts until Dec 18th. I am now seriously considering the TiR2 because of the $3500 price reduction (check out www.moistureview.com). This puts in the same price league as the b60 which I was leaning toward. But the TiR2 is tripod mountable and has higher thermal sensitivity which will give you a better image and ability to detect more subtle temperature differences.

I too am in the market for an IR camera and have been researching both the Fluke and FLIR models. I have talked with a few different people who use them now and they all have Fluke cams. One, however, stated that the bundled FLIR software was better that the Fluke software. A FLIR rep came to one of our ASHI conferences and had a number of models for demo. The new Flir b60 has a replaceable battery with stated 5 hr life (likely more like 3-4), PIP fusion and 180x180 resolution. This is better than the similarily priced Fluke cameras. It seems all the b-series (b40, b50 and b60) cameras have longer battery life, are lighter and have PIP fusion.