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Tile Inspection Camera Advice: Vevor?
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JDpastor
Posted 4/8/2026 10:25 (#11611243 - in reply to #11611193)
Subject: RE: Tile Inspection Camera Advice: Vevor?



E718 - 4/8/2026 09:50

It is my experience that Vevor is where Harbor Freight was years back. Low prices. It has been my experience that the things I have bought there did what they said they would.
My experience with tile camera is from the guy at UNI was at my place as reaserch and demonstration. I am sure they do not do custom work. Only what they want to do. I expect his camera setup was top of the line. It did a nice job.
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I am sure you have been around tile enough to know that new, plowed in plastic broke clay or concrete without knowing but the old tile drained into the new and still did the job. New laying electric cable may cut unknown tile and it stop draining and no idea why. There is a lot more out there than I know about. And I been around it for a long time.
As to length, I suppose it is like a manlift or crane. You have 30 foot, you need 45. If you have 45 foot, you need 60. And so it goes.


I kind of like going with the low price and it will do what it says it will do when I buy something that I am not sure how much I will use. I do that with a lot of first time tool purchases from Harbor Freight. If I only use it once a year, then I am glad I bought the cheap one. If I use it every week and wear it out, I figure I used it enough to pay for it and then I can justify buying a higher quality replacement. Years ago, the first dual grade laser I bought was a David White. It was cheap and did the job. I used it enough that I replaced it with a Topcon and now have the David White as a backup. Some days we have had both going but the DW seldom gets used unless my in-laws want to borrow one.

This will mainly be for inspecting the tile we know are there. Most of the plastic in this area is recent enough that there are maps or a general idea of where it is at. There is however a lot of 100 year old tile in this neighborhood as well. Some of that outlets miles away across multiple landowners, so tracing from the outlet is not always practical anyway. I am expecting a lot of tile will "be found" once there is a backup or a washout after the wind project is completed. If the project caused the problem the evidence of that problem should "typically" be within 300 feet or less from where the damage is. Then if we can document that the damage is under an access road or over an electric line, then it will should be easier to have the wind company compensate the land owner.

I do agree however that if I have 300 feet, then I will probably need 350 quite often, but with the locate feature, I can dig down and restart pretty quickly. If it happens a lot and I am using this tool a lot, then I can justify an upgrade. I just want to make sure I am not going to be disappointed with the performance of this tool for what I need now. Thanks for the advice.
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