Seek Thermal Camera Comparison - Compact Pro vs Compact XR vs Compact. Which To Buy?

Is the Seek Compact Pro worth the higher price tag? Is the "cheap" Seek Compact any good? What's the difference between all 3 cameras? Should I buy a Macro Lens? Let's walk through each one & find out.

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The Seek Compact, this one is the least expensive of the 3 and is currently selling for about $250 on Amazon. The resolution is at 206 by 156, a 36 degree field of view and can view a distance of 1,000 ft.

Now for our use case, smartphone repair, the viewing distance probably doesn’t matter, but it’s there in the specs.

Then we have the Compact XR at $297. It also has the same 206 by 156 resolution, but it has a more narrow viewing angle of 20 degrees, and a viewing distance is 1,800 feet.

Then we have the Compact Pro, this is the one I use and you’ve seen in my previous youtube videos, which sells for $458 as of today, it has a higher resolution of 320 by 240, a viewing angle of 32 degrees and 1800 ft viewing distance.

One tip I would give you guys, when you’re on Amazon browsing these cameras, scroll down a little bit below where the price is and you’ll often find a super discounted Seek Camera, because it’s used or open box.

The one i’m personally using, I actually bought it used and saved about $50 at that time.

In summary, the Compact is the lowest price, the XR is basically the same as the Compact, but with a longer viewing distance, which technically doesn’t really matter for us in Smartphone Repair.

Then there’s the fancy Compact Pro which has a higher resolution, but also a higher price tag

So let’s actually test these out in a real-world scenario

We'll use an iPhone 8 Plus with a VDD MAIN short in the video.

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