I got this borescope as an upgrade to a cheapy scope that plugged into my phone. Having a dedicated scope that can articulate saved me from fully opening a wall when there was a snafu.

My house is from the seventies, and we still have lots of plumbing pieces from the original build. When the overflow drain on one of the kids tub partially crumbled into dust I had to tell the family to be careful to not overfill the tub until we replaced everything. You can probably tell where this is going...

Last night after cleaning up the yard from the summer play I heard the bathtub filling and went in to find the tub filled all the way to the overflow valve. I shut it off quickly and opened the main drain. Panic set in.

I opened this inspection camera for the first time, drilled a 1/4" hole on the other side of the wall from the overflow drain and took a look down into the wall to see what the damage was. With one 1/4" hole I was able to scoot around under the tub, the busted drain assembly and the pipes and 2x4s and found that I had gotten to the whole situation just in time. There was no water anywhere. The articulating tip allowed me to look at everything from multiple angles.

Having this inspection camera at the ready saved me from cutting a big access hole in my wife's closet when I wasn't prepared for that amount of work or mess. If the wall had been full of water I could have handled it, but it was nice to have the peace of mind that I didn't need to do anything drastic.