The Thermal Master P2 Pro Thermal Imager Review

Another post, another thermal imager review. This time, I’m looking at the Thermal Master P2 Pro, iOS version! This is a very cute little thermal imager for both iOS and Android, with a useful pile of adapters, and the ever-impressive thermal macro lens that’s very handy for close up thermal imaging work. I received a review unit free of charge, but all the conclusions are mine. What’s Inside? The box comes with your usual bits and pieces for a thermal imager of this type: A manual, the imager, the thermal macro lens, and, usefully, a couple adapters and extension cables in the “accessory box.” The extension cable is useful if you want to stick the imager somewhere small that you can’t fit the whole phone, and the USB-C to Lightning adapter makes this particular imager a bit more future-proof than some others. I’ve no problem with keeping a phone/laptop/tablet of a particular era around for talking to some particular bit of hardware, and I’ve got an old… I think it’s a Nexus 5X, that exists to talk to cars. But as Apple has largely moved from Lightning to USB-C, and I still have an iPhone SE that has Lightning (as well as an iPad Mini with USB-C), the adapter is pretty darn nice. It should help keep this device useful longer than a Lightning-only device (though, again, there’s nothing wrong with keeping an old phone around to run a bit of dedicated hardware). Install the app (there’s a QR code in the box, or you can search for Temp Master), plug the device in, and go! The App There’s something annoying about dealing with apps, but… such is modern life. Plug the gizmo in, launch the app, and you should see the home screen confirming that the camera is attached. Most of the “Setting” section can be ignored. Really, all you’re going to want to do is set the temperature scale to your preferred mode (Celsius, Kelvin, or Fahrenheit), and change the default thermal emissivity settings. The major setting you really should mess with is the “Variable Correction” section…