Ferret Tools - Shaping the future through innovative thinking and award winning innovation in smart inspection camera solutions

Ferret Tools is an award-winning Kiwi tech company based in Auckland, New Zealand, specialising in wireless innovative inspection camera technology. We design smart, practical tools that help trade professionals and DIYers work safer, faster, and more efficiently whether inspecting walls, ceilings, cavities, or hard-to-reach spaces.

Compact, lightweight, and built for real-world use, Ferret cameras attach to glow rods or fish sticks to slide effortlessly into tight spaces—behind walls, into ceilings, under floors, and beyond. Wirelessly
connected to a smartphone or tablet, users can view, record, and capture photos and video in places they couldn’t previously reach.

Our mission is simple: to create tools that can see and reach where you can’t. 

Led by Founder and CEO Andrew Wigney and Co-Founder Therese McNaughten, our team is driven by a passion for innovation—combining cutting-edge electronics with real-world usability.

Innovating for the Future – Our Story

Our journey began with the groundbreaking Ferret WiFi inspection camera, the first in the world that combined wireless with cable-pulling capability, setting a new standard in the inspection camera market and earning multiple international awards. Building on this success, we developed the Ferret Lite, Pro, and Plus range, recognized worldwide for innovation, performance and usability, including Platinum Honours at the Cabling Innovators Awards and multiple industry accolades including being highly accoladed with prestigious Showstopper awards by the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the Trade Tool of the Year at the Electrical Awards in the UK. To date Ferret Tools have earnt 13 globally awards for
innovation.

Multi Award Winner

Today, we continue to push boundaries with our latest innovation—the award-winning Ferret Thermal wireless thermal imaging camera which goes beyond the traditional handheld thermal camera. Designed for both handheld use and to give extended reach on poles, glow rods or a Ferret stick, allowing users to inspect hard-to-reach it enables users to detect heat, leaks, identify faults, and inspect hard-to-reach areas with precision with ease. Ferret Thermal was recognised with a Showstopper Award at NECA in the USA, highlighting its versatility and impact.

It combines 640x480 user-selectable TISR Super Resolution (160x120 Native IR) with a highly sensitive USA-made FLIR thermal sensor, delivering sharper, more defined thermal visuals with precision. Everything about the Ferret Thermal is purpose-built and high quality:
• Lightweight at just 2oz (57g)
• Durable waterproof design
• Onboard WiFi hotspot for wireless connection
• Up to 2-hour battery life
• Premium optics including 3 x K9 glass lenses and 1 x silicon lens

The result is a flexible, professional inspection tool that helps you identify problems quickly and easily—in real-world conditions.

Paired with a powerful and free iOS and Android app, users can switch between thermal and visible and everything in between imaging, monitor temperature points, and capture photos and video instantly—ideal for electrical inspections, HVAC diagnostics, plumbing, building inspections, pest control, and maintenance work.

Across the entire range, Ferret cameras are designed to attach, connect, and go—sliding into tight spaces, inside ceilings, behind walls, under floors, into roof cavities, and into areas traditional inspection tools can’t easily access.Today, Ferret is one of the world’s biggest-selling, trusted and most awarded inspection camera brands, trusted globally for over 10 years by electricians, plumbers, building inspectors, HVAC professionals, home inspectors, chimney inspectors, marine, pest control professionals, DIY users, Ferret Tools products are used across industries worldwide.

From Auckland to the world, we continue to innovate—delivering smarter inspection solutions without compromise. You can tell you have the genuine award-winning Ferret by the unique shape.

Work safer. Work smarter.

The Ferret can see and reach where you can’t.

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