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Infrared Thermometer

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at +4.2% this quarter, so Infrared Thermometer is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£477K/yr318K searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Infrared Thermometer against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Infrared Thermometer is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Infrared Thermometer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Infrared Thermometer 318K times last year and spent an estimated £477K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 318K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £477K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
318K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.5%
Market size, estimated
£477Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
infrared thermometer90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.09.

Listings sell for £13.09 on average, from £6.57 to £34.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £13.09 that is £16K to £20K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.57–£34.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£16K–£20K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Test & Measurement. It carries 3,297 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#10in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,297per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Infrared Thermometer products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£48K£95K£143K£191K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • ERICKHILL34%
  • SOVARCATE13%
  • ABOHU12%
  • TILSWALL11%
  • TempPro9%
  • Eventek6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 16%)

Demand

Infrared Thermometer search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

9K7KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Infrared Thermometer search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • infrared thermometer90K/yr
  • temperature gun63K/yr
  • laser thermometer22K/yr
  • infrared thermometers24K/yr
  • thermometer gun18K/yr
  • infrared thermometer gun27K/yr
  • pizza oven thermometer gun6K/yr
  • pizza oven thermometer7K/yr
  • infra red thermometer gun8K/yr
  • ir thermometer7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Infrared Thermometer

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Functionality-Overall17%−0.13

not effective

Does t work well

Doesn't work

Measurement/Reading Accuracy16%−0.12

Inaccurate

Inaccurate readings

Wrong reading

Quality-Overall14%

Absolute garbage

Cheap quality, poor piece of equipment

Very bad quality

Battery Life8%−0.04

AVOID THIS INACCURATE RUBBISH THAT CLAIMS ALL BATTERIES ARE LOW EVEN BRAND NEW ONES THEN REFUSES TO WORK

Batteries do not come out

Weakness is the battery

Ease Of Use7%+2.15

they are extremely difficult to remove

Unnecessarily complicated to use

of limited use

Love

Ease Of Use35%+2.15

easy to handle

Easy to operate

Easy to Use

Value For Money18%+1.21

Excellent value

Good price

Great value for money

Quality-Overall15%

Excellent product

Good product that performs well

great build quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+0.82

As advertised

As described

Exactly what I needed

Efficiency7%+0.57

Does the job

It works straight away

Works perfectly

Return

0.8% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall42%▇▇▇█▇█

not effective

Does t work well

Doesn't work

Measurement/Reading Accuracy16%█▇▇▆▂▁

Inaccurate

Inaccurate readings

Wrong reading

Defective Material/Parts8%▃▆▆▄▆█
Quality-Overall7%▅▃▄▃█▅

Absolute garbage

Cheap quality, poor piece of equipment

Very bad quality

Heating6%▅▅▇▆▆█

DIFFICULT TO CALIBRATE

Thermometer stopped working after a few months

FAQ

Common Infrared Thermometer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.