You know that something is too expensive for you when there is "request quote" instead of price on the product page.

@Epstein-guy youtube algo pressured me to watch this infomercial about this Flir geigercouter last week. Enjoy a cringe trip to chernobyl ukraine.

🎥 Inside Chernobyl with FLIR
https://youtu.be/EEl_Zk14z7A

@Epstein-guy It can function as a geiger counter but it can also identify radioactive isotopes, neutorns and other stuff... It is not intended to be used as a dosimeter but it will sound an alarm if it picks up high doses of radiation.

@heyheni that's exactly what I just watched... I did not watch it for the Chernobyl footage tho :D I watched it to see how awesome this device is XD

I'm pretty sure this thing is used to identify materials. You point it at something, it emits a specified amount of energy in the form of ionizing radiation and measures the emissions it gets back. Different materials will emit different wavelengths.

Could be completley wrong though 🤷‍♂️

@olback nope, it measures radioactive isotopes, it does not emit radiation on its own, I know which device you think it is but this is a different device :D

"If you need to check the price, you can't afford it."

It's probably not too expensive ($2000?) but think about who uses those things. It's government agencies, military and big corporations. So Flir's goal is probably to sell fleet management service contracts. That's where the money lies.

They have a own government military division, which leads to a lot of suffering in the world.
https://flir.com/applications/...

@heyheni It's also useful for researchers or someone who is curious about how much radiation there is in their environment and what exactly is causing that radiation. (mainly because of the relatively close proximity to Ukraine and Chernobyl and being in the path of the radioactive cloud that roamed around Europe after the disaster)