The Vevor Sewer Camera is a well equipped tool that allows for probing of most pipes, tubes, and any sort of extended crevasse. It's $800 price tag allows it to be an inexpensive device in it's current market.
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Overall Review10
Ever want to see where everything disappears to after flushing a toilet? Me neither, but there are many professions that need to investigate such pipes and locations.
Clogged, damaged, and collapsed pipes inside a home or office can be devastating to fix. Given that pipes are often underground, knowing the cause of damage to them can be vital is a successful repair.
Pool pluming, gutters, water lines, and even toilet sewer drains are all common failure points at some point in time and we often have to give people a call to take a look to fix these sorts of issues.
If you’re in the profession or just an avid do-it-yourself fixer, a scoping camera can be a new best tool in your arsenal and it’s exactly what we’re going to look at today.
Vevor is a new brand on the Amazon marketplace that sells all sorts of items, mostly consisting in the tool area. From welders to sewer cameras, Vevor is looking to become a shop that supplies unique tools at a discount
Welcome to my review of the Vevor 150FT Sewer Camera.
Design
Vevor’s sewer camera is a complete portable package that is ready to use right out of the box.
The entire device is mounted to an easy-to-lift black coated metal frame that contains the 150FT bright yellow camera and cable, rotating cable spindle, and a durable plastic box that houses the electronic components inside.
When not in use, the metal frame is designed to be stood upright and has small rubber bumpers on the bottom to prevent any damage to the black coating of the metal. When the time comes to deploy the device, users are intended to place the entire frame onto its back with the plastic electronic housing box facing upwards.
The freely spinning spindle allows for easy deployment of the camera and it’s attached cable. Unfortunately, the wheel is always free-spinning. The “locking” method provided by Vevor is to use an attached carabiner that just holds the spindle, loosely, in place. I would have preferred an actual break or lock.
On the cable itself are clear, gray marker numbers to indicate how much cable has been deployed into the pipe or tube.
At the end of the bright yellow cable is a flexible, but strong metal camera housing. The 720P camera is protected by a clear epoxy that prevents any water or dirt damage to the camera’s lens.
Circling the camera’s lens are multiple LED lights that do an excellent job at lighting up even the darkest of pipes. More on this later.
Finally, the Vevor sewer camera has the aforementioned electronics box. Held tightly shut by two plastic clips, inside is a 9-inch TFT LCD color display, a battery, and attachment pieces for the camera.
The functionality of the display will be mentioned next, but it’s well attached to the housing and surrounded by foam for protection. I doubt even drops would damage it with how Vevor secured this to the device.
There are display buttons that allow for adjustment of the screen or for a microSD card to be inserted to save images or video of the pipe in question.
Vevor also includes a charging cable and two guide brackets that attach to the end of the camera and allow it to sit securely in most pipes.
Functionality
At the moment, all of my sewer pipes are clean. Thank goodness. However, for testing purposes, I decided to use the Vevor sewer camera outside of its normal expectations.
First, I visited a pool that contained a leak in one of the return lines to the pump. The sewer camera is IP68 which allows for the camera to get down to 65FT of water before there’s any worry of damage.
One immediate notice is that on smaller pipes that contain 90-degree bends, getting the camera to follow the turn of the pipe is rather difficult. It includes pushes, pulls, twists, and some patience, but it can and will eventually push into a 90-degree bend if there’s enough room.
Under water, in a dark pipe, the 12 LEDs did an excellent job at lighting things up and you could see imperfections in the pipe or any clogged areas. I was well impressed.
Next, I pushed the camera down a known-clogged gutter pipe that goes into the ground. About 20 feet into the pipe, a notable clog was discovered and it appeared to be general debris. Knowing of what the problem is, a solution could know be discovered to resolve the clog.
I attempted to use the included attachment pieces that help the camera stay centered inside a pipe, but they were either too small or too big for my testing. In addition, they use a plastic screw that press fits against the camera’s metal body. These plastic screws begin to yield very, very easily. This is outlined in the picture below. I could see these attachments failing or needing replacement after consistent use.
All of this was easily checked thanks to the 4500mAh 12V battery that powers the sewer camera. Having the portability makes this camera well standout from its competitors. The device is meant to last 8 – 10 hours of use time.
The 9-inch color display is bright and was used in bright sunlight, but shade is ideal for the best viewing. Or video can be recorded at the time of probing and reviewed later.
In the end, I found that Vevor’s sewer camera is a great functional camera for its purpose. You can easily use this for all sorts of applications: sewers, drains, pools, gutters, water systems, HVAC, storm drains, and a lot more that you have trouble seeing into.
Given that this model comes with 150FT, that is more than plenty for most users. For those extreme use cases, Vevor does offer a 300FT unit.
My Final Thoughts
As I said earlier, Vevor makes a lot of different tools. I’ll even have an upcoming review for a welder and possibly other items from them shortly. Their sewer camera is a nice attempt at something that has practical valve and one that I would recommend if you have constant use for this, say at a profession that does this daily.
Priced at nearly $800 for the unit shown here with the 150FT cable, it’s a costly purchase, but looking at the market, this is more on the inexpensive side of things.
Everything worked like a charm, continued to work, and worked well. I easily see myself using this consistently in my new house and for any other troubles that I need to investigate. There weren’t any troubles or problem that I could find with Vevor’s sewer camera.
I find this to be a good buy and would recommend it if it suits your needs.
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