Two-Way Articulating Borescope, Industrial Endoscope with 0.33in Articulated Snake Camera, Video Inspection Scope with Light for Automotive Aircraft Mechanics- 5.5FT

This thing is great. I've used it for working on everything from cars, to BESS, and now to electron microscopes lol. The image is good, screen is clear and decent size, the carrying case protects it well, USBC charging is a plus, and the movement of the head with the knob is very easy to control. You can turn it completely around in both directions.i sometimes wish I could turn it the other a is as well, but the cable issue tiff enough to rotate the whole cable and then use the button to rotate the image. Very nice for the price, I've recommended it to multiple coworkers.

Was trying to work on something I couldn't see in my car and this thing saved the day and helped me get over the final hump of a project I was working on, has a good light on the end the camera quality is good enough to see what you need to and the ability to flex the end of it while having a 'strong' base in the cord makes it work really well. It's small enough to fit in most smaller areas you'd wanna see in and the screen quality is clear as well.

Update, I notified the manufacturer on this issue. The said they would replace the unit and they did. I received a new replacement and it was all complete in the package. Thank you for the great customer service! I would definitely buy this again.ThanksJohnI open the package to see this product and there wasn't any attachments for the end of the camera. Then when I turned it on there were pictures already on the SD card. Very unhappy!

It's only by first seeing the extra detail included in the printed User Guide that comes with the unit that customers can begin to learn about the limitations of the tip-bending feature: The less straight the cable is, the more friction occurs for the cable inside the cable that moves the tip (as one would expect). The User Guide admonishes us to not have more than one loop of the main cable, but the bends in the accompanying illustration actually show a total of 540 to 580 degrees of bend (with the last two bends being in opposite directions, so if I count both, then it's 580), implying that that much is OK. Testing it in person just now I agree that the friction of the internal cable reaches a critical limit at roughly 560 degrees of total bending. This can tell you how many corners or bends or U-trap curves, whatever, you should be able to go around while still being able to make adjustments to the angle of the tip. Note that it's not the position of the tip angle that's the issue, rather it's changes to the tip angle.At 300 degrees of total bend, for example, there is still very little resistance. Pretty smooth at 360 degrees still, but not so good at 450 degrees. So maybe barely usable at 560 but dangerous for stress on the internal cable mechanism, likely just OK for limited use at 450 and completely safe at 360... Something like that, judging by the feel.I also did a brief test to see if the radius of the bend in the main cable made an obvious difference in the amount of friction resistance to the adjustability of the tip and found that it did not, down to a radius of 1.5" or so. This is a critical plumbing radius for fittings in 1½" drain lines such as those from a sink. The minimum bend radius is another important figure which is omitted from the product description, but I can confidently say that it is at least as small as 1.5", having just bent it into a 180 turn with the U being 3" wide, and the tip adjustment still operating just fine, as well as the main cable not feeling overstressed.Notice also that the descriptive material given by the company never actually says that you can push the snake into a pipe and then use the tip bending feature to do anything more than just look into a side branch at a Tee in the line! Can we indeed push the snake far into the side branch or not? I suspect so but I'm still not certain.Printed warnings come with the scope saying "WARNING: It is forbidden to operate the wheel when the coil pipe in curl state, Otherwise the wire rope will be broken. The damage caused by incorrect operation will NOT [be] covered by warranty. Do not curl the coil pipe and keep it flat [straight] in working." (in their usual broken English) Two illustrations first show NOT to use the tip angle control with a total bend of 400 degrees and then show to use it with a total bend of only about 20 degrees. Both illustrations also show the tip bent to 180 degrees. See the attached picture of their message.To be straight with potential customers, this limitation needs to be clearly stated in the product description, not only given after purchase!Also: Note that the various web pages for their variations on this device, the illustrations used show multiple cable lengths, only one of which is the correct length for any given model! This makes knowing the actual cable length that you will receive a lot more tenuous and should be remedied with correct images of the product at hand only. Reviews for the various models are also intermingled, so that comment(s) about the 3-meter (10-foot) model are present in the reviews of the 1.7-meter (5.5-foot) model, for example.Also: The web page descriptions of the 5.5-foot model that I purchased and received this morning (but have not powered on) and of the 10-foot model each claim to be the same model number! ACG430N. Oops...The product itself does seem to be very nicely made and presented with respect to its case and retail box. The 1- and 2-star reviews suggest that some of the units are defective in various ways but the odds of that seem fairly low. In many respects it's a beautiful effort, but the description needs to be improved and the errors fixed.Remember, that you will not want to ever withdraw the snake with the head turned sideways or backwards, even if it would fit. Conversely one might want to insert it into a dirty shower trap with the tip bent one way or another to help avoid crudding up the lens.The actual width of the tip when set to a 90 degree bend is 1.65". This means no making a U-turn inside of a nominal 1.5" pipe (except at a tee or a wye). But fine in a nominal 2" pipe.The total cable length from the end of the strain relief to the very tip is 69" (3" longer than the 5.5 foot spec). Nice!The two metal sections of the tip are over 5/16" and just under 11/32" wide. The tip is only very slightly wider than the rest of the cable, which is basically 5/16", but a bit wider, between 11/32" and ⅜", at an apparent splice in the cable that exists about 9" in from the strain relief of the base. That surprise splice or cable patch seems to be harmless, so far... Also don't forget that the outermost 3/16" or so of the tip by the camera's lens and the LEDs is a separate piece, which can unscrew for attaching the three optional attachments. That tip piece is firmly snug to my fingertips (it wasn't loose). The printed user manual says nothing about how to attach the attachments (unscrew the snug tip piece, might require a loop-around tool to twist it off, e.g. a large rubber band or the like).Subsequently received answers from support@DXZtoz.com said:“…the borescope cannot handle "P-trap" pipe. The articulation function cannot work above 1 turn, or it will break the internal structure.It cannot work for four bends. Sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused.”and“The minimum bend radius of the cable is 7cm [2.75”] (for over 90 degree turn). The bend radius of the camera is 2.9cm [1.15”]”

I got this borescope several months ago and it's been so much more useful than any I've had! Others had a washed out look from the lights and they never had enough clarity to be sure what I'm looking for plus the articulating head makes all the difference! The build quality and the battery life are great, the case holds everything securely and gives tons of protection. Overall a tool worth having in your toolbox!

I'm very happy with this scope. Especially for the price. The picture is very good. And the articulating head works well. The pictures it takes are good.

Video perfecto soy mecánico de protección verifico motores internos por problemas de válvulas rotas o doblas todo mecánico debe tener.una es muy buena

The Articulating Borescope is well made and a good value. The LED lights are adjustable and the 360 degree camera works really well. The camera pics and video modes are great.