Round the bend in a line
A straight probe reaches the junction and stops being useful. Steering the head is what lets you look up the branch instead of at it.
3.9 / 6.2 / 8.5 mm · 180° each way · 1 m probe
360° Articulating Borescope Inspection Camera
A 2 MP camera on the end of a 1 m semi-rigid probe, with a roller on the handle that steers the head 180° to the left and 180° to the right. Your phone clips to the handle and does the looking. Pick the probe by the opening you have to get it through.
Probe diameter
8.5 mm
$119.95
Was:
The one to take unless something is forcing you smaller. The widest head is the easiest to feed down a line, and it is also the cheapest of the three.Sold out
The one to take unless something is forcing you smaller. The widest head is the easiest to feed down a line, and it is also the cheapest of the three.
6.2 mm
$141.95
Was:
The middle size, and the one to pick when you do not know in advance what you will be looking down next.Sold out
The middle size, and the one to pick when you do not know in advance what you will be looking down next.
3.9 mm
$290.95
Was:
For openings the other two will not enter. It costs a good deal more than the 6.2 mm; the maker does not publish a reason, and we are not going to invent one.Sold out
For openings the other two will not enter. It costs a good deal more than the 6.2 mm; the maker does not publish a reason, and we are not going to invent one.
All three are the same handle, the same roller and the same 1 m probe. The diameter of the head is the only figure the maker changes between them.
8.5 mm
Total $119.95
- Free US shipping from $49
- 30-day returns on unused items
- Delivery in 7–15 business days
Steer the head, not the whole probe
A straight probe only ever looks straight ahead.
Roll the wheel under your thumb and the head turns — 180° one way, 180° the other. That is the difference between seeing the end of a bore and seeing the wall of it, the far side of a weld, or round the bend in a trap.
- 180° left, 180° right
- 1 m semi-rigid probe
- Your phone is the screen
The head
Eight LEDs ringed around a 2 MP camera, in a head as narrow as 3.9 mm.
The camera sits behind a stack of glass at the very tip, with the LEDs around it, so whatever you are looking at is lit from the same place you are looking from and does not throw its shadow back at you. Brightness is set on the handle rather than in the app — there is a second button beside the shutter for it.
Eight LEDs at the tip
Lit from the lens, which is the only place a light helps inside a bore. Brightness steps up and down from the handle.
In focus from 2 to 10 cm
Nearer than 2 cm or further than 10 cm and it softens. That is a short working range, and it is normal for this kind of camera.
IP67 on the head and probe
The maker rates the probe for standing water in a trap or a part-flooded bore. The handle is not rated, and neither is the phone clamped to it.
One number the maker gives twice, differently: its lead photograph says 1080p, its spec sheet says 1920 x 1440 for both stills and video. Both are printed below rather than whichever reads better.
The numbers
Everything the maker publishes
Read off the manufacturer's spec sheet and its own photographs. Where two of its sources disagree, both are below.
180°*
Each way
360° of sweep, in one plane
2–10cm*
In focus
Outside that it softens
8*
LEDs at the head
Brightness set on the handle
1m*
Probe length
Semi-rigid — it holds a bend
* Nothing here is measured by us. Where the manufacturer publishes no figure, there is no figure.
Full specifications
One sheet covers all three sizes. The head diameter is the only line on it that changes.
- Head diameter
- 3.9 mm, 6.2 mm or 8.5 mm, depending on which you pick
- Probe length
- 1 m, semi-rigid — it holds the shape you bend it into
- Articulation
- 180° left and 180° right, in one plane, from a damped roller on the handle
- Camera
- 2 MP
- Stills and video
- 1920 x 1440 on the spec sheet; 1080p on the lead photograph
- Field of view
- 70°
- Focus range
- 2 to 10 cm
- Lighting
- Eight LEDs at the head, brightness set from the handle
- Water resistance
- IP67 on the head and the probe. Not the handle, and not your phone.
- Connection
- Plugs into the phone. The maker lists Type-C, USB and Lightning; its kit photograph shows two short cables, not three.
- Display
- None. The phone you clamp to the handle is the screen.
- Working temperature
- 0 to 45 °C for the unit. The maker rates the camera head itself from -10 to 80 °C.
- Model
- J108 at 8.5 mm, J106 at 6.2 mm, J103 at 3.9 mm
- Shipping weight
- 0.41 kg
Three places the maker contradicts itself
- Screen: one line of the attribute table says 4.3 inch. Every photograph shows a phone clamp and nothing else. There is no display on this — the phone is it.
- Case: the main photographs show a hard zip case. The kit photograph shows a plain box, a manual and two short cables. We are not counting a case in.
- Lightning: it is on the connection list, but the kit photograph shows two cables. If your iPhone still has a Lightning port, do not order on the strength of that line.
All three come from the same listing. We cannot make them agree, so here is what each source says and what we are prepared to promise.
Where it goes
Openings you cannot get your head into
The manufacturer sells it for pipework, engines, ducting and drains. These are its photographs.
Into standing water
The head and probe are rated IP67, so a full trap or a part-flooded bore is what they are for. Keep the handle out of it.
The four jobs the maker names
Pipework, under the hood, air-conditioning ducting and blocked drains. Anywhere you would otherwise be working off a mirror and a flashlight.
Using it
Plug it in, feed it in, steer it.
Nothing to pair and nothing to charge: the maker lists no battery and ships no charger, so the phone carries it.
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Plug the probe into your phone
The handle ends in a cable. On a USB-C phone it goes straight in. Read the connection note under the specifications before you count on Lightning.
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Open a USB camera app
The maker does not name one anywhere — not in the listing, the spec sheet or the photographs. If that matters to you, ask us before you order rather than after.
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Feed it in, then steer
Push the probe with one hand and roll the wheel with your thumb. The roller is damped, so the head stays where you leave it while you are reading the screen.
Two directions, not four. The head bends in one plane; to see the other walls of a bore you turn the whole handle in your hand. A scope that bends up, down, left and right on its own is a different tool at a different price.
Three sizes
Which probe to take
One spec sheet covers all three. The head diameter is the only line on it that changes.
| Feature | 8.5 mm | 6.2 mm | 3.9 mm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head diameter | 8.5 mm | 6.2 mm | 3.9 mm |
| Probe length | 1 m | 1 m | 1 m |
| Articulation | 180° each way | 180° each way | 180° each way |
| Camera, focus and field of view | Same sheet | Same sheet | Same sheet |
| Model | J108 | J106 | J103 |
| Easiest to feed | |||
| Price | Lowest | Middle | Highest, by a distance |
If the optics differ between the three, the manufacturer does not say so. We have not taken one apart to find out.
Free shipping on orders of $49 or more. Below that, standard shipping is a flat $4.95 to any of the 50 US states. Delivery takes 7–15 business days from the time you order, and that window already includes the 1–2 business days we take to process. Shipping & Delivery.
30-day returns. Items must be unused and in their original packaging. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number to start a return. Returns & Refunds.
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QUESTIONS
Before you order
Does it have its own screen?
Will it work with my iPhone?
Which app do I need?
Is it really 360°?
Can I put it in water?
What is in the box?
Which diameter should I pick?
How long does delivery take?
180° each way · 1 m probe · 2 MP
Stop working off a mirror and a flashlight.
Pick the probe by the opening you have to get through. The 8.5 mm is the cheapest and the easiest to feed; the 3.9 mm goes where the other two will not.
Free US shipping from $49 · 30-day returns on unused items
