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

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.

I had a difficult plumbing problem and I wanted to see the problem before tearing apart walls and pipes to diagnose it. After looking at many different borescopes, I took a chance on DXZtoz product because of the price while still having 180 degrees of articulation. Ideally, I would get a 360 degree articulating borescope, but I can't afford it. This borescope worked perfectly and is very easy to use. I was pleasantly suprised that it came with a nice carrying case and even a 32GB microSD card already installed. The image is plenty clear and the light very bright which made it easy to see inside the pipes. As an added bonus, it can take still pictures and video, which can be reviewed on the device without the scope being attached, or you can pull the SD card out and view them on another device. Very pleased with this borescope!As a sidenote: I almost bought a 3 foot long scope, but am very glad I paid more for the 6 foot scope, it was just barely long enough for my project. If I were to buy again, I'd look for at least a 10 foot scope.

I have had 2 scopes in the past but this one is clearly way way better . The first thing I checked was the view it had before actually inserting it an a small opening . I was happy to find that is has a picture much like a camera , that is a wider view in that use . I find that can be very helpful if you have to first sort of finf your way and the actual entrance you want the probe to enter and see inside of .A good example woiuld be a project I am workinh on on my car . I am tryingto find an evaporator emmission leak . so I am laying under the rear of the car but I have to try to see over a crossmember of the frame and up around the gas tank where there are several com[ponents I have to try to look at to try to find what might be leaking vacuum . The camera is very helpful for this task . The resolution is great ,also the several available lighting levels, and the zoom options . Really great . The articulation of the head of the camera is probably the best feature of all . I used to think that a sort of fixed "fish eye " view by the camera lense was adequate . But I have found that the ability to aim the lense more specifically at different spots is a huge improvement . I am a professional handyman for a living . Sometimes I have to try to see inside drain lines looking for blockages or inside walls to help fish wires , as a couple of examples . I also work on my own vehicles . This scope is very helpful to see down deeper in the engine bay because cars are just a maze of hoses ,wires etc . I have also used it to get a good look inside a catalytic converter to see if the insides were in good shape .In summary this a very well performing camera which has very many uses that come up all the time if you are a guy who likes to work on a variety of projects .It makes things much easier and quicker to get completed . Money very well spent !

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”]”

Awesome tool to own. The flexible tip makes find issues very easy. Great to borescope engine cylinders, find leaks without taking parts off. I used it to find leaking A/C evaporator, hard to see air filters. use it several times a week at work