The weirdest tool I own is also one of the most useful (and it's $14 on Amazon)
www.zdnet.com
This tiny device was made to inspect ear canals, but it's surprisingly useful as a pocket-sized inspection tool for just about anything.
  • frog_brawler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    14 hours ago

    I have one of these. I’ve been using it for 2 years, but I only use it to clean my ears. It does a great job. You can see your own ear drum. That’s the stop point. Don’t clean beyond that.

  • dparticiple@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    16 hours ago

    Spoiler: it’s a clickbait detector! (The device is actually a “…a compact 360-degree wide-angle 1080p camera that’s perfect for use as an inspection device.”

  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    14 hours ago

    They only show one example picture of what it can see. And it’s a blurry picture of an iPhone port that you could see with your naked eye just by looking at your iPhone.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      I couldn’t see a port like that without magnification, and it’s hard to get light with magnification just right.

      I can see this being useful for things where I just can’t get the magnifyer, light and my head in the right spot. Though it would be better as a borescope connected to my phone (via USB rather than this thing’s WiFi). Which you can get for about the same price.