[TPR] SuperEyes borescope review

[Teampantera]

Great read...after my  MAD Col. Kurtz rambling manifestod  its more fun to read your Tech Writing non fiction skills....i love gadgets like the borescope which reminds me of my DC Comics  "Xray glasses" that promised one the ability to see through womens clothes...unfortunately rhe first woman I looked at was my mother....I took those glasses off and nevet put them on again. Yea sometimes you get what you pay for....its like the time I bougjt Gary Halls 'Flow thru Ventilation Kit'....anyone else get that?

It was a piece of plastic and a one way flabber valve for each door...that promised fresh air.... pretty much the same thing advertised in DC comics that I believed at 12 years old  ;+)

Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>Today I finally got a round to trying out that fancy and inexpensive
>borescope I found on Amazon.  Well, it might not be all it's all cracked
>up to be, and I don't have anything to compare it against so here goes.
>
>It fits through a spark plug hole with ease; there is plenty of
>clearance.  The lens area is only about a quarter inch in diameter.
>
>The neck is flexible but isn't easy to control; it's really only
>"flexible," there are no control cables or thingy's to help you
>manipulate where it's pointing.  This makes it a bit of a trick to get
>it where you want, having to flex it around, reposition, etc.
>
>At one point I attempted to flex it into a u-bend, in an attempt to look
>back -up- the cylinder to see if I could tell what kind of heads I had
>(quench or open-chamber).  Mind you I already know what I have; I was
>trying it to see if it could be done.  Well, maybe.  I believe this
>particular piston was about half way up the bore, so I don't think I had
>enough room.  I did however manage to get it turned around enough to see
>I was right next to an intake valve.  My impression is that if the
>piston is all the way down, you might be able to futz with it enough to
>get a view back up the cylinder, but I didn't go that far.
>
>There is no focus adjustment.  If you are too close... things are fuzzy,
>and if you are too far away... dark.  The LED lighting on the lens is
>very bright, but it's also very concentrated.  Therefore in a dark
>cylinder, if you get too far away from the subject, it tends to get dark
>all around.  There -is- a brightness adjustment on the LED and I was
>constantly checking to make sure I hadn't accidentally dimmed the light.
>
>The protective casing on the flexible neck is thin and easily damaged. 
>In my attempt to get the neck bent into a u-shape inside the cylinder,
>the protective coating rubbed on the threads of the spark plug hole and
>cut into the sheath.  It wasn't bad but now when you run your hand down
>the tube you can feel sharp bits which is a little annoying.
>
>The software that comes with it allows you to take snapshots and video. 
>It runs on Windows computers and I think there is a driver for MACs on
>their website.  This was probably the cool part, having a nice large
>streaming picture on a laptop screen while using two hands trying to
>manipulate the darn thing.
>
>It's inexpensive and I guess you pretty much get what you pay for.  I
>don't know how the more professional borescopes work; if they have more
>control over the lens head so you can flex it in specific ways or not. 
>I don't know if they have an adjustable focus or not.  If they do, they
>may be a much better investment for detailed examination of an engine
>cylinder, piston, head and valves.
>
>This is the product:
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007ROP3FO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
>Asa Jay
>
>-- 
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>& Shelley Marie
>Spokane, WA
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