On Friday 14 March 2025 08:28:30 am debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > I don't want to look at the outside of the hull, I want to look > > inside right down in the bilges under the engine. This is quite > > inaccessible and one of the cameras that are advertised mostly as > > 'endoscopes' would make looking around down there more possible. > > > > As I said before the only reason I used the word endoscope was that > > it's the best way to actually get hits on the type of device I'm > > after. Another search term that can work is 'inspection camera'. > > FWIW, I bought an endoscope a couple of years ago. It was from Amazon > and brand Depstech, but isn't available now. It works well for me. > Features I like: wi-fi link to an app on my phone; 1920p resolution; > built-in LED illumination; 5m long. Waterproof might be important for > you. As others have said, there are lots around and it's pot luck! > > Again FWIW, this one > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Endoscope-Inspection-Flexible-Waterproof-Android/dp/B0DR9HLKNZ > seems pretty cheap.
That _is_ amazingly cheap, I had no idea that one of these could be had for that kind of a price. Given that, it's just a little bit big for one of the things I'd like to use it for, and I'm also kinda interested in the ones that have two cameras, so I guess I'll poke around some and see what I can find. Thanks for posting that link. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
