My Son in Law is looking to sell his Helion 2 XP50 as he has upgraded to a Telos, if you are interested ?
Recommended entry level Thermal spotter?
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Flash G 74
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Hello, There is a chap i know who tests night vision and has been as long as i can remember, Russ Douglas, Should be at the show ( Think DNT Stand )
Flash G 74
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Russ will be on the DNT stand,
Hmmmmm how's that going to help .... seriously ?
Flash G 74
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Hello, Is this directed at me ??
I’m holding off until the show, but also looking second-hand, to upgrade from a Pulsar Axion XM30. It works well and I learned how to interpret the image but the world has moved on so far, I now want to improve the image, on a par with my Alpex 4k lite, for pests out to 200m, although 150-180 is normal on my ground. The blizzard of new products has me confused, but Lynx 3.0 is looking like a contender…
Lynx 3.0 is decent , 19, 25 or 35mm and your sorted, tiny compact unit..
Err yes. How is someone being on a stand going to help him ?
To start with, viewing a thermal at a show is pointless, totally different ambient conditons, lots of hot objects with high temperature differentials, lots of hard lined objects...
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Maybe secondhand. Great thermal for the money , but discontinued now and hard to find new...
BenBhoy
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The other thing to bare in mind is the different colour palette. My go to is white hot. Last night conditions were shiť. After an hour chuntering to myself I flicked through palettes & realised some were far more usable than others in different conditions (last night I ended up on aquamarine or something- first time used that one)
Flash G 74
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Hello, Oh so the 1000s going to the Shooting show wanting info and a look on night vision are wasting their time ???
Had my xq38 8 years s/hand off SD, no traveling to a show paying high prices if you want food/drink people dressed in their Sunday best camo clothes, couples in matching leather hats wearing Oz stock man long coats with a fat lab in tow
The old saying "don't buy a car in the rain"
So I am not going
Flash G 74
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Hello, Me neither, , And yes you can find some good deals on here, But people do like to look at shooting gear before the buyHad my xq38 8 years s/hand off SD, no traveling to a show paying high prices if you want food/drink people dressed in their Sunday best camo clothes, couples in matching leather hats wearing Oz stock man long coats with a fat lab in tow
The old saying "don't buy a car in the rain"
So I am not going
The good deals are long gone, but it’s a good day out, to get hands on with stuff. I don’t do the camo thing - they tend to be down at the air soft and air gun end and I don’t have a fat lab or a matching leather hat, or a tricked up “truck” to show off in the car park. But Im happy to let others do so, if that’s their thing. I also like the leatherwork, knives and artwork at the Show. At least it’s not as crowded as it used to be.
If you want to see a unit in the flesh, see how big & heavy it is, fine, but to get a real idea of how the kit you're looking at performs in its intended environment then yep, waste of time! A bit like trying out binos in bright sunshine looking at objects that are already visible to the naked eye then finding that at dusk you can’t tell the difference between a clump of bramble & a roe deer!
@DeadEyeSimo. - I’ve had a Lynx LH25 2.0 for about 18 months now & have been amazed at how much you can see, both in terms of seeing deer at distance, being able to differentiate between roe & fallow at up to 500 yards clear line of sight & easily tell the difference between a doe & a pricket at usual shooting distances. Albeit that you do need to know what you are looking at in the first place, ie recognise the form & gait of the species as well as the tell tales between sexes.
Stalking buddy bought the LH35 2.0 & he wishes he'd bought the 25 as field of view is reduced & base mag is higher which hampers things close in, eg looking for a fallen animal in cover in the dark.
I was echoing Ian's thoughts on the performance of a spotter in the conditions it would most lightly not be used, yes people will go which is fine just not for me.
What spotter are you going to look at and try?
Flash G 74
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Hello, I do not go to shows anymore , I just thought SD member Symo might find talking to Russ helpful , I do have a Thermal spotter but has a low dioper magnification so i might look at a NocPix Lumi, Saying this i do not shoot much now at 76, , That is over 60 years of shooting with Air Rifles / Rifles and shotguns, over 25 years using night vision, But look what we can buy today compared to 25 years ago has been a revalation
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