Thank you, Susan and Miles!! And thank you Ben and everyone at InterNACHI!! We appreciate you!! John Grimaldi CMI and InterNACHI Home Inspector Mentor Orange Blossom Home Inspection
I've owned this robot for a few years and sent it under 50 houses or so. It has worked well for me for the most part. My only issue is high-centering it a few times on rocks and broken concrete; mind you, I'm in SoCal, where all our crawlspaces are bare dirt. I generally use it when I can't fit in the crawlspace; a couple times, I've put it through the vents when there isn't any other access. It crawled over and under countless obstacles and found defects I would otherwise not have been able to find. The run cam it uses works well, and the recorded image quality is more than suitable enough; I've successfully used image grabs from the video file in addition to still photos. The run cam is specifically marketed to RC FPV users, it is designed for similar purposes, and parts are readily available. The monitor gets a bit glitchy around 50 to 60 feet for me; it's more noticeable with concrete or block foundations; the largest crawlspace I've had it in was about 4k square feet. I follow it inside the house when it gets glitchy, which is nice when it's 100 out. The lighting is enough; any brighter and it would wash out the photos. I generally do two to three crawls with it before swapping the battery out. I put it up there with a thermal camera. I don't use it all the time, but when I need it, it is there for me. At the very least, it has prevented me from feeling I need to say sorry I can't get into the crawlspace for you.
I know I said it in the previous video, but having a scissor arm with gimbal mount camera would make this a perfect machine for inspections. You just need to have that level field of view perspective when looking at drain runs, uneven pillars, or to get up to a joist to get accurate measurements if there is improper notching.
Thank you, Susan and Miles!! And thank you Ben and everyone at InterNACHI!! We appreciate you!!
John Grimaldi
CMI and InterNACHI Home Inspector Mentor
Orange Blossom Home Inspection
Thanks for watching.
I've owned this robot for a few years and sent it under 50 houses or so. It has worked well for me for the most part. My only issue is high-centering it a few times on rocks and broken concrete; mind you, I'm in SoCal, where all our crawlspaces are bare dirt. I generally use it when I can't fit in the crawlspace; a couple times, I've put it through the vents when there isn't any other access. It crawled over and under countless obstacles and found defects I would otherwise not have been able to find.
The run cam it uses works well, and the recorded image quality is more than suitable enough; I've successfully used image grabs from the video file in addition to still photos. The run cam is specifically marketed to RC FPV users, it is designed for similar purposes, and parts are readily available. The monitor gets a bit glitchy around 50 to 60 feet for me; it's more noticeable with concrete or block foundations; the largest crawlspace I've had it in was about 4k square feet. I follow it inside the house when it gets glitchy, which is nice when it's 100 out. The lighting is enough; any brighter and it would wash out the photos. I generally do two to three crawls with it before swapping the battery out.
I put it up there with a thermal camera. I don't use it all the time, but when I need it, it is there for me. At the very least, it has prevented me from feeling I need to say sorry I can't get into the crawlspace for you.
Thanks for watching.
I know I said it in the previous video, but having a scissor arm with gimbal mount camera would make this a perfect machine for inspections. You just need to have that level field of view perspective when looking at drain runs, uneven pillars, or to get up to a joist to get accurate measurements if there is improper notching.
That would be cool!