and its upside down for some reason...probably cause i am australian :V
will update it soon

Is that an infrared thermometer? How much range do you get on that puppy?

Not exactly sure what you mean by range, but i use it for measuring CPU temps...and checking water when cooking pasta >.>;;

so i know it will do over -20c to over 100c
as for distance, not sure, never used it further then a few Cm away from something

https://www.amazon.com/IR-88H-Pocke.....mp;*entries*=0
Here is the model and such, hope that helps you, i did get mine at Altronics for like $20

Yeah, I meant distance. It'd be nice to be able to check bonnet temps at a distance with some of our sites, is all. We've had some... claims that need checking out, and a cold engine would prove them quite nicely. Being able to check it at range would avoid putting certain people on the defensive about it.

Alright, well i have found that hotter something is, the easier it is to get a read at a distance
but you are looking at about 1-5 meters, obviously closer is more accurate,

like example, measuring something about 30c on a 16c night, was getting about 3 meters away before it wasn't getting a good read on the source (like i started getting readings of 24c instead of 30)
where something 50c on a 16c night, i was getting 5 meters and still reading fairly clearly

Thanks for that. It looks like we're still looking at some sort of thermal image system, which is a stupid level of expense. Certainly not worth avoiding potential hurt feelings.

So how do you you a broken laptop then?.. is it a cheap way to get a extra monitor?

Well kinda, i had to buy controllers for them online for $50usd, but had to make sure they work,
there were several cheaper ones, but the $50 one was willing to answer my questions and give me advice, and it's was the ones used by "Great scott" when he made his

as for a cheap way to get a extra monitor....KINDA, depends on what you want
for me, i wanted 2 smaller monitors, honestly for $50usd each, i could of gotten a couple of cheap and nasty monitors,
but there is also a benefit to laptop screens, their power draw is less, and both of those are actually running off a single 12v-2a power supply,

there is also the pleasent surprise factor, i actually have a 3rd monitor, tiny 9inch thing, when i got a board for it, i found out it was actuallly a 1080p screen (the other two, were 768p), so that made it useful for test footage or playing consoles

So really depends on what you want, and depends on prices,
its a good way to get some small screens, especially 13.3inches
which as you can see, are fitting in a place where a 20inch screen couldn't