🎄 What to Ask (or Give) This Holiday

Shopping on Amazon? It doesn’t take a Jeff Bezos Christmas budget to find quality tools that will work, something that will help you or you favorite contractor get started and cost less than $500.

🛒 The Home Energy Nerd’s Christmas Wishlist

Here’s some tools to put in an Amazon cart or better, request from Santa directly:

1. Laser Distance Measure
   For measuring floor area, ceiling height, and window sizes.
   Example: Bosch GLM 20

2. Thermal Imaging Camera
   Attaches to your phone. Reveals where your home is losing heat.
   Example: FLIR One Pro (USB-C or Lightning)

3. Wall Scanner (Radar)
   Detects pipes, wires, and studs without drilling holes.
   Example: Walabot DIY 2

4. High-Powered Flashlight or Headlamp
   For crawling into attics and under floors like a true energy hero.

5. Blue Painter’s Tape (2-inch width)
   Mark key measurement spots or label things for clean data collection.

6. Safety Gear (N95 Mask + Safety Glasses)
   Because energy nerds should live to tell the tale.

Optional: Tripod, extra phone battery, extension ladder (for attic access).

🌟 Final Thought: Observe, Label, Then Let Software Do the Work

When evaluating a home, don’t stress about getting every R-value or efficiency stat perfect. Focus on three simple things:

• What is it made of? (materials)

• How big is it? (area or count)

• How old is it? (year built or installed)

You don’t need to smash your walls open. You just need to give the right data to the right software. And by giving these tools as gifts, you’ll be helping yourself, other homeowners or deserving general contractors be armed with more of the tools they need to fill a role that is all but impossible to fulfill due to labor shortages, especially out in rural areas.

You don’t need to break things to see behind walls. (AI generated photos)

Merry Christmas. 🤖🎄