DEPSTECH Endoscope Camera with Light, Dual Lens Inspection Borescope 16.5FT

Why it's worth it

The DEPSTECH DS300 shows the front and side cameras at once on a 4.3-inch screen and gives you 16.5 feet of IP67 cable. It's the low-fuss option for occasional jobs — a slow drain, a suspected leak, a noise in the wall.

Split screen is genuinely useful for a first pass. Instead of toggling, the DS300 can show both lenses at once, so you're watching where the probe is headed and what's beside it in the same glance. A 70-degree field-of-view button widens the picture when you're in a cramped space and can't tell where you are.

You get 16.5 feet of cable without paying for a pro tool. That's enough for most residential drain spot-checks, a run of vent duct, or the length of a wall bay. Combined with a 180-degree rotating camera orientation, you can right the image when the probe twists on its way down instead of reading everything sideways.

From our review of 7 inspection cameras and borescopes, by Ben Carter, Tech Editor

What we like

• +Split screen is genuinely useful for a first pass
• +You get 16.5 feet of cable without paying for a pro tool
• +The picture is better than the screen size suggests
• +Switching lenses doesn't stall the picture

What to know

• –The screen is small
• –No card is included and the tip is fixed
• –This is a homeowner's tool