NTS500 Borescope Review - Is It Really That Good?

The NTS500 borescope is one of the better low cost, stand-alone borescope camera tools currently on the market. Robust, easy to use & great image quality round out the hits.

How many times have you used a flashlight or something similar to peer down into a dark and difficult to access area or through a hole to find or see the condition of something, only to realize you can't see a thing? How about when you have to take something half apart just to visually inspect it?

If you can recall many such frustrating, eye squinting, time wasting moments, you likely wished you had a borescope camera. These are such handy and amazing tools, but if you've worked in any industry that uses them, you pretty much figured they were too costly for the average DIY'er, home owner, or hobbyist to justify. Name brand borescopes such as Snap-On and Fluke are into the thousands of dollars after all. Keep dreaming - right?

Not so with these recent consumer grade borescopes & endoscopes from several Chinese manufacturers. You can get good industrial quality, convenient & easy to use borescopes for under $200 USD such as this NTS500 I'm reviewing.

The NTS500 industrial borescope is marketed under several different brand names such as Teslong & Anykit and offer several borescope cameras with different snake cable lengths (1m, 3m & 5m) options. All their cameras are IP67 rated and come in sizes ranging from 3.9 to 12.5mm diameters, with single or dual camera options.

If you're considering getting lower cost yet good quality borescope, but also want it to be robust and easy to use, you should definitely have the NTS500 series on your short list.

Product Links:
- NTS500 with 8mm dual camera 3M cable option:
https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KDv...
- NTS500 with 5.5mm single camera 3M cable option:
https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KvK...
- Amazon NTS500 with 8mm dual camera 3M cable option:
https://amzn.to/3rIABvA

Video Chapter Index:
- Intro to borescopes 0:00
- Why choose the NTS500 1:40
- NTS500 camera & flex cable 2:07
- NTS500 head unit / display operation 7:29
- HVAC duct inspection 10:55
- RC helicopter inspections 12:15
- Automotive/engine cylinder/piston inspection 15:00
- Plumbing drain inspection 16:23
- Does it work in motor oil? 18:00
- Conclusion 19:34

NTS500 Head Unit & Camera Specifications
Head Unit:
- Screen Type: 5.0 inch IPS HD Display
- Screen Resolution: 1280*720 pixels (HD)
- Image Capturing Resolution: 1920x1080
- Video Recording Resolution: 1920x1080, 1280x720
- Ports: Micro SD charging port & Micro SD card slot
- Included Storage: 32GB Micro SD card
- Flash Light: 1 Watt Cree LED
- Power Source: 3500mAh lithium battery
- Battery Life: 5-6 hours
- Operating Temperature: 32° to 113°F (0° to 45°C)

80D03 Camera:
- Type: Dual Lens (straight-viewing & side-viewing)
- Diameter: 0.31-inch (8.0mm)
- Cable Length: 9.8-ft (3 Meters)
- Camera Sensor: 1 Megapixel
- Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Camera Viewing Angle: 70 Degrees
- Rated Depth of Field: Straight-viewing Camera (1.18-inch to 3.94-inch / 30mm to 100mm) Side-viewing Camera (0.4-inch to 0.79-inch / 10mm to 20mm)
- Environment: Rated IP67 (maximum depth of 1 meter up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529

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