Infiray FH35R V2 yay or nay??????
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Bo Diddley
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My nephew purchased one and it's a great bit of kit, I like the image better than my Pulsar XG35lrf. Not built quite as robustly as the Pulsar, but you hardly throw them around.
01goatboy
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open box return.
01goatboy
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I see websites saying "was £2500" nearly everyone is selling them for around £1300 I can't remember what they came out at.
I know it is an old model now so prices will be reduced, and tech moves on, it is vastly better than my current spotter,
im not sure if I should just buy a 50mm spotter secondhand as the 35mm spotters seam to lack clarity.
I do like the LRF feature and the build quality is solid.
Bo Diddley
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I think my nephew's was knocked down to £1299 inc vat, which he can claim back. They reduced the price to 2.5k when they rebranded, I think, he got his from Blackwood Outdoors.
Haggis Hunter
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I bought one last autumn to replace a basic Pulsar Axion Key model I'd had for a few years. The image quality is far better, punchier and better resolution, more like a Hik thermal a pal has. Despite its shape I find it quite ergonomic to use and I am lefthanded. I am a techno numptie and even I can manage to scroll through the easy menus and adjust things as required. Hell I even manage to intentionally record images on it occasionally, and when I do I feel god like... The rangefinder was a big attraction and it is easy to use and works well.
I find that my unit does munch through batteries (3, maybe 4hrs each) but I had a habit of leaving the screen on and I am now managing to remembering to put it into sleep mode. It comes with 2 batteries anyway and I bought another couple of spares recently, I did cry afterwards... They are not cheap or that easy to find.
The focusing of the front lens can be a bit fiddly, in terms of actually rotating it and the fold back plastic cover for the front lens looks like it was inspired by a Butler Creek scope lens cover, and not in a good way. I'm sure I'll snap it off one day.
Knowing what I know now would I buy it again? Probably yes, for the right sort of money anyway, and under a grand is the right sort of money.
Hope that assists,
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I find that my unit does munch through batteries (3, maybe 4hrs each) but I had a habit of leaving the screen on and I am now managing to remembering to put it into sleep mode. It comes with 2 batteries anyway and I bought another couple of spares recently, I did cry afterwards... They are not cheap or that easy to find.
The focusing of the front lens can be a bit fiddly, in terms of actually rotating it and the fold back plastic cover for the front lens looks like it was inspired by a Butler Creek scope lens cover, and not in a good way. I'm sure I'll snap it off one day.
Knowing what I know now would I buy it again? Probably yes, for the right sort of money anyway, and under a grand is the right sort of money.
Hope that assists,
hh
BenBhoy
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What are they?
FISH BOY
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Had one for about a year as a spare, good little light compact unit with decent resolution for woodland use.
As above, only drawbacks are the awkward front lense cover (removed) and a 3 hour winter battery life (so have to carry a spare). Menus in pictures, but once set up at home, I’ve left it alone.
Other than that it’s Ronseal.
As above, only drawbacks are the awkward front lense cover (removed) and a 3 hour winter battery life (so have to carry a spare). Menus in pictures, but once set up at home, I’ve left it alone.
Other than that it’s Ronseal.
I have one too as a back-up spare thermal having been without my Telos whilst that was back for repair. Also use by son on joint outings. Works well in the field and in the rain - picture is very different to my Telos XP50 as is the menu as other say, but it does the job quite admirably 
Haggis Hunter
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£50 each...from Blackwoods, which is significantly cheaper than I could see them anywhere else, but I suppose they are very niche and I didn't want the hassle of trying to source new ones in a couple of years time when they might be very much 'old stock'. Compared to my spare Pulsar battery I bought or batteries for my Pard007 and Pard008 I regarded the costs as stingy.
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01goatboy
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Thanks for the concise review.
It has left me scratching my head,
As my current spotter infiray eye c2w (which is probably the lowest spec branded scope out there), has excellent battery consumption, (over 7 hours continuous use) it is just not very crisp at over 10M.
I think I will just compare them together in the shop and see if the Infiray FH35R V2 is noticeable better at range.
regards G
Haggis Hunter
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Good luck and let us know what you choose to do.
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Freeforester
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You’ll not regret getting one. Great picture, compact unit, good ergonomics, LRF built in. The lens cover can be stowed back out of the way if you make an eyepiece protector from eg a cork, with either a magnet and small metal washer etc or a Velcro self adhesive dot ( the latter may be noisier).
Rewulf
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I can tell you with 100 % certainty that its massively better at range than an eye C2.
Looking at things in a shop is not a great way to compare.
Just buy it, you wont regret it.
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