HOME TRUTHS: A Camera that Lets You Look inside Crevices

The SeeSnake micro Inspection Camera allows you to peer into hard-to-reach places. It comprises a 2.4-inch color LCD screen, a 3-foot-long cable, and three different snap-on tips: a hook, a magnet, and a mirror.

Last week while I was doing the laundry, my favorite ring tumbled into a narrow space between the machine and the wall. Yes, I should’ve known better than to rest it on anything that vibrated, but my momentary lack of common sense caused me to spend the next half hour with a combination of flashlights, yardsticks, and tape fishing the sucker out. It made me wish I had the SeeSnake, a camera, cable, and helpful attachments that would have saved me a lot of neck-craning and other contortions—as well as from having to cobble together my makeshift rescue kit.

The SeeSnake has a host of uses, from jewelry retrieval to looking behind walls to examining ductwork.

True to its name, the Ridgid SeeSnake micro is a high-resolution, professional-grade mini camera affixed to the tip of a 3-foot cable. Manually controlled, it relays images back to a 2.4-inch color LCD screen attached to a pistol-grip handle. The camera is equipped with adjustable LED lights so you can illuminate the holes and crevices, and comes with three attachments that fit onto its head: a J-shaped hook for pulling small objects, a magnet for picking up metal goods, and a mirror for looking around corners. Additional cables can be purchased to extend the SeeSnake’s range to 30 feet.

The unit—which, aside from jewelry retrieval, is also suitable for heavy-duty do-it-yourself jobs such as examining ductwork and the wiring behind walls—weighs just over a pound. It takes four AA batteries and retails for $239. —Green Genes

Julie Taraska
Home’s Articles Editor
aka Green Genes