Infrared Thermometer

Infrared thermometers are temperature measuring devices which take a measurement using infrared rays. Hence these are known under different terminologies. Infrared thermometer (IR Thermometer) sends an Infrared ray to the surface of measurement and sends feedback to the instruments and thus conveys the temperature.

The Infrared thermometer is the best and only means to measure temperature from a distance and without touching the surface. It has a laser beam in red colour to assist the user to point the rays to a certain surface. The measurement will still work even without this laser beam. In most of the models, the laser can be switched off and the instrument still works. But you’ll not know where exactly you are pointing to. For this reason, an Infrared thermometer is also known as a laser thermometer.

However, the laser beam does not do any measurement. Be careful not to look into the laser beam at all under any circumstances. In case you are taking the measurement of a surface where people are standing, it is better to switch off the laser so that even if someone looks into the device they will not be affected. Be very careful when you point the device towards an area where people stand.