PC World – December 2015

REVIEWS
& RATINGS
object to tell you when it occurred.
All recorded footage can be saved locally to an SD card or stored in
the cloud via one of Flir’s subscription offers—and you must have a
subscription plan to create RapidRecaps. The Flir FX includes
complimentary access to Free Cloud Basic, which gives you 48 hours of
video storage and three
RapidRecaps per month. FLIR
Cloud Plus and FLIR Cloud
Premium extend storage to
seven days and 30 days for
$10 per month and $20 per
month respectively. Both of
these plans come with
unlimited RapidRecaps.
If you want to use Flir FX to
capture your extreme sports
adventures—terrestrial or
underwater—be prepared to
shell out an additional $70 for
Flir’s sport camera case (go.pcworld.com/flircase). To use it as an in-car
camera, you’ll need the $40 dashboard mount (go.pcworld.com/
flirdashmount). The outdoor model, meanwhile, costs $250.
Setup and usage
Setting up the Flir FX hardly went smoothly in my tests. The first
camera Flir provided for me wouldn’t power on, and, after the
company determined it may have shipped me a pre-production unit, it
sent me another. This one powered on initially, but I couldn’t complete
the setup process, which involves scanning a QR code on the bottom
of the camera and connecting it to your Wi-Fi network. Despite about
a half-dozen attempts following the in-app prompts, I couldn’t get the
app to recognize the camera. Shortly after, that camera also stopped
powering on and I was never able to revive it despite troubleshooting
help from a representative in Flir’s engineering group.
Flir’s
RapidRecap
feature can
show you the
events it
recorded over
a period of
time, with
timestamp
overlays on
each event.
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