Thanko LED Flashlight & HD Infrared SpyCam Review: Specs and Price are Great!
Japan’s most innovative gadget-maker Thanko has came up with another novel product in the Thanko LED Flashlight & HD Infrared Spycam. It is built like your regular pocket-size flashlight but it features an HD video camera that records in 1280×960 resolution in real 30fps speed. Furthermore, Thanko incorporated night vision video capturing mode for this flashlight!
This James Bond-worthy gadget will set you back $148 and you can buy it from http://www.japantrendshop.com/infrared-led-flashlight-spy-video-camera-p-885.html. You should buy it if you are interested in recording the naughty activities of people inside movie theaters. This LED flashlight is perfect for covert recording under dark circumstances. Unlike the stationary Garrity KN300G: Garrity 8 LED Touch ‘n Lite Lights, the Thanko flashlight can record up to 5 hours of HD videos using the microSDHC slot which can support up to 16GB SDHC cards. Aside from its emergency light and video cam functions, the Thanko LED flashlight can also serve as a voice recorder which can record WAV files up to 192kbps audio fidelity. Below is a list of this item’s features.
- Infrared LED flashlight with HD video, photo, and voice recording functions
- LED x 8
- Colors: black
- Size: 110 x 33mm (thickest part) (4.3 x 1.3″)
- Weight: 95g
- Video resolution: 1280 × 960 pixels (up to 30 fps)
- Video format: AVI
- Still image resolution: 1600 × 1200 pixels
- Still image format: jpg
- Charging time: about three hours
- Sound recording: WAV 192kbps
- Battery time: 10 hours of video
- Recording time: c.5 hours with infrared light and 2 hours for recorded video (will record a maximum of 30 minutes video in one shot), sound for 8 hours
- Memory: 16GB Toshiba microSDHC (not included)
- OS: Windows XP/Vista 7
- USB ports: USB 2.0
- Video encoding: MJPEG
- Shooting distance: approx 50 cm (19.7″)
- Includes: USB cable, CD-Rom, strap, manual
- Instructions: Japanese only
Don’t be discouraged by the high price of this gadget. It really is a good buy like Energizer MIL2AA1L Hardcase LED and IR Tactical Flashlight. Thanko engineers have created a very useful and ingenious device. The night vision feature is rated to work in total darkness. You can also expect top-notch build quality which means you can enjoy this gadget for years and years. The video camera sensor can also record still images as an added bonus. Buy it!
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