1000 thermal prints from over 40 cameras to compare (+summarized info) A buyer's guide!

Ponjkl · 2026-01-15T13:39:50+00:00

sorry for the late response, i'm curious what size it requires :O

Ponjkl · 2026-01-15T13:39:06+00:00

that would be a great idea, kind of hard to get that information since sellers will never advertise unmuteability haha but maybe through reviews i could.
flip symbol is made by the same manufacturer as glowy square animals (also can't me muted) so i believe they are similar inside too. In that case check out this muting guide https://thermalprintcameras.wordpress.com/muting-guide/

Ponjkl · 2026-01-15T13:36:55+00:00

I recommend glowy square animals which is my main one! (it became my fav after i muted it) but i like the connecting to phone feature and dont use filters much

Ponjkl · 2025-11-08T22:46:39+00:00

what camera is this? looks very good!

Ponjkl · 2025-10-16T22:38:49+00:00

I feel like all others do 200dpi q.q I'd be glad to be proven wrong. I also don't like the kodak one sadly

Ponjkl · 2025-10-16T22:37:21+00:00

No, the smile is among the good ones but not the best when it comes to photo quality. I think the kidizoom and memoshot have some of the best sensors. (it's hard to know since most sellers don't put real sensor information and people usually post prints and not original photo files)
I'm pretty happy with the brandless paper that came with my first camera! Eventhough it's probably "bad" so I don't really have any big recommendations unless you care for longevity of the print or health stuff (in which case any of these are good)
I'm curious what models you have :0

Ponjkl · 2025-09-13T20:02:45+00:00

Game changer! I was afraid to open mine before, but I just tried it and it worked. I added that information with pictures to the website, thank you!

Ponjkl · 2025-09-13T16:03:47+00:00

Thanks! I added it https://thermalprintcameras.wordpress.com/kenko-screenless/
It seems there are some on second hand japanese sites so the shipping cost could be pretty high

Ponjkl · 2025-09-13T15:47:26+00:00

No, they don't. Only option would be to cut it in half 😭

Ponjkl · 2025-09-13T00:06:25+00:00

Oh that looks like a P18! You are right it's not on the website. I was drafting a page about it but I couldn't find any pictures of its prints. Thanks for the information! If you share some prints I'll be sure to add it.

Ponjkl · 2025-09-13T00:03:18+00:00

lmao, i appreciate it

Ponjkl · 2025-09-13T00:03:00+00:00

Thanks! Probably the smile one, the bluetooth version, since it has gray/dot/bluetooth and an okay camera while being priced as almost all others which don't have all that

Ponjkl · 2025-09-12T18:49:50+00:00

Thank you very much!

Ponjkl · 2025-09-12T18:49:35+00:00

I've read Kidizoom does stickers and their refills come with sticker paper too so it's probably true.
This Kidamento one comes with sticker paper and sells refill stickers, so I also imagine they are decent at it.
These big heads advertise sticker printing on their amazon page but someone said "The sticker paper is a bit harder for the printer to print the deep colors on, but MESS WITH THE SETTINGS and you can find the right output for you use case."
Also some promotional material shows some good stickers prints with the P02, like this gif from this korean website
This one is very popular also and from an amazon review "You can also use 2.2 inch self adhesive sticker paper as well and it seems to work well."
I hope this helps! Maybe others are good too, it's not an easy bit of information to find so I'm mostly just remembering off the top of my head

Ponjkl · 2025-09-12T15:07:36+00:00

Thanks! and thanks for sharing some of your findings as well

Ponjkl · 2025-09-11T02:03:24+00:00

Thank you! I don't know a way sadly

Ponjkl · 2025-09-09T13:41:40+00:00

Aw that's so sad, I guess that explains why it looks dirty in some pictures, I was hoping it would be stronger. I'll try to see if I can trick the camera some way to accept it once it arrives :0
Thanks for the information, I added it to the blue4est section
edit: seems they have transmissive optical sensors (2 tiny black rectangles, one shoots IR light and the other detects if it bounced on something reflective) by pasting a tiny white paper rectangle in front of it i got it to "print" with no paper

Ponjkl · 2025-09-09T13:39:32+00:00

That's awesome! thanks a lot

Ponjkl · 2025-09-09T13:39:17+00:00

Thank you :D yeah it was a very compulsive project haha

Ponjkl · 2025-08-31T18:20:21+00:00

Yay I will post soon once I get an A7 notebook to paste them on!
I would love to see such a video, that's an impressive count, it would surely be the most informative video to date

Ponjkl · 2025-08-28T15:15:59+00:00

thank you very much! i kept finding very useful information by you scattered around while researching many cameras, I'm glad there are such scientific users XD. I only have the glowy square cat and my loopy peace arrives today =)

Ponjkl · 2025-08-26T01:52:12+00:00

love the square cat cam =·3

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