There are now dozens of small handheld inspection cameras on the market with any number of options and price ranges. What is becoming more obvious is that as there are more units available each needs to find its specialty. The Ridgid CA-300, for instance connects to reels from 30-100’ and replaces larger camera at a fraction of the investment. Other cameras with tiny heads are finding useful application looking into motor blocks for automotive applications. The Milwaukee M12 Camera 2314-21 ($240, Ohio Power Tool) has found a happy place as the toilet specialist.
This M12 unit comes with a very flexible, non-rigid 9” cable with a round pipe guide on the end. The pipe guide allows the 9mm head to navigate into and out of some pretty sharp turns without getting hung up. The pipe guide obviously makes the head larger than 9mm and without the rigidness of the cable this unit is less suited for looking in walls, engines, HVAC, tanks or many other applications without changing heads. For this particular application however we think this is one of the best solutions out there.
The camera also features the 360 degree swivel head which is nice for when you are constantly twisting and turning the camera to navigate into tight spaces. To see the other Milwaukee cameras and the full line of Milwaukee M12 Tools visit Ohio Power Tool.
