Recommend an endoscope?

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Recommend an endoscope?

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Can anyone recommend a decent endoscope? I need to check in some walls and ceilings to find out how much knob and tube wiring I have in a few areas. Might come in handy for examining bores, looking around corners in an engine, etc.

And I don't want HTRN's $20,000 one, either. :lol:
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Should have mentioned - I've looked at the ones that use your phone. Some plug in; some use wifi. Vastly different resolutions available.

I'm not sure what differences those make.

Wide range of "snake" (?) lengths available - maybe up to 18'? My ceilings are 9'8" downstairs and 8'8" upstairs. Balloon frame, so a long one might make good sense to go down an entire wall from the attic.
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no experience with those. Sorry
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I bought this one a couple of months ago to inspect rifle bores.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083F ... UTF8&psc=1

It’s 100% pure chineseium but wasn’t very expensive. It seems to work OK for me so far. Might be worth a try.
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Weetabix wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:13 pm And I don't want HTRN's $20,000 one, either. :lol:
The one I'm going to recommend is 50 bucks on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Caliber-Borescop ... 2121498305

If you want something more expensive, Lyman sells one for 250ish.

Or you can move up to big boy budget and spring for a gradient lens Hawkeye. They're sold by Brownells, and cost around 1500, depending on model.
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I recently bought some kind of endoscope, but I couldn't see anything with it. I came to go to the service station. Actually, I want to sell this car and buy myself a Honda Pilot. I think this car will be extremely reliable.
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Audiosmin wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:38 pm "I came to go to the service station."
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Uhm I'm the one who had the stroke, and even I was never that bad... :?
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I was wondering if I could learn anything from this discussion.
I know virtually nothing about endoscopes myself , except that I have experienced two in a medical examination on the recommendation of my doctor due to my advanced age.
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