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Do not buy FLIR products, they are scumbags (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de to c/skookum@discuss.tchncs.de

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I have a FLIR One Pro iphone thermal camera, and I've been scratching my head trying to find the "Lock Span" function in the app. You know, the one that makes the camera actually useful? Without it the display is a constantly changing disco light show and you can not use it to survey anything efficiently.

Turns out they simply removed the feature from the app, to encourage you to buy a new product, which still has the lock span feature enabled.

Needless to say, fuck that, I'll be buying the CHINESE cheapass equivalent thermal camera next time.

more info from 2 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/FLIR/comments/p25le8/flir_one_app_lock_scalespan/

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Always get a standalone device. Never buy equipment that requires an app to function.

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Fuckin eh.

[–] BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So,... What's the Chinese one?

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t know yet

[–] Willer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can you downgrade the software or anything?

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

This is difficult on the iphone

[–] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The strange thing is that I also have a FLIRone pro (Android version with USB-C in my case), but that one still has the scale lock feature. There's also an alternative app by a 3rd party developer if I'm not mistaken.

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yea buying the apple specific hardware version was also a big mistake. Much more difficult to roll back or sideload an app

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whats the name of the 3rd party app?

[–] GbyBE@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thermal Camera for flir one.

I just tested it again and it doesn't work anymore on my phone. It also hasn't been updated since 2017. YMMV though.

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