Handy Tool or Spy Gear?

Inspection and detection tools are looking more and more like stuff out of Q’s lab.

Ridgid microEXPLORER digital inspection cameraInspection and detection tools are looking more and more like stuff out of Q’s lab.

For its second generation of inspection camera, Ridgid has come out with the microEXPLORER. Where the first SeeSnake simply displayed the innards of a wall, the microEXPLORER will let record your tour and view it later. It you really want, you could post it on YouTube. (Know of anyone who’s done this? Post a link in comments.)

Milwaukee Sub-scanner detection tool

Milwaukee also as an inspection camera similar to the SeeSnake. (Check out the spy-movie ad for this tool above.) Recently, the maker of red tools introduced another probing device: the sub-scanner cordless detection tool. This tool is more than your average stud finder. It can detect rebar through 6€³ of concrete and can differentiate ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

With tools like these, the secrets behind your walls won’t stay hidden.