The Stalking Show and Guide Orion C Thermal Clip On

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Chiyuan

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Anyone going to the stalking show this weekend? If you have some spare time, could you have a look to see if the Guide Orion C thermal clip-on is available in UK?

I saw a youtube video about it and am very interested.

But I could not find any stock in UK, not even an official importer. Normally I will go to the show but not this year. So it is appreciated if anyone can help me on this.
 
Hi from stalking show nobody knew nothing about guide orion or they what to tell because they were there to sell there own products hope other guys of the page might find something
 
Chiyuan said:
Anyone going to the stalking show this weekend? If you have some spare time, could you have a look to see if the Guide Orion C thermal clip-on is available in UK?

I saw a youtube video about it and am very interested.

But I could not find any stock in UK, not even an official importer. Normally I will go to the show but not this year. So it is appreciated if anyone can help me on this.
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Looks like Optics Trade Eu are starting to list them.
 
Hate to say it but your right
Most guys expect to go in a local gun shop handle the thermal day/ night vision ect
Then go home and get it cheaper on line from a few people well known for under cutting trade prices I get it but that’s why shops close down there’s a lot of over heads involved with running shops
 
I think it's a very challenging market, and not a big one compared to the industrial and security sectors where Guide-Sensmart has its roots. Their sporting products have not historically been well developed, so there hasn't been a lot to sell beyond old-school monoculars. By contrast, ATN, HikMicro, Infiray/NocPix and Pixfra have been working hard on developing products for the hunting sector, and creating customer interest and expectations to match.
 
6mmarc said:
Hate to say it but your right
Most guys expect to go in a local gun shop handle the thermal day/ night vision ect
Then go home and get it cheaper on line from a few people well known for under cutting trade prices I get it but that’s why shops close down there’s a lot of over heads involved with running shops
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I really don’t understand how or why people do the above. But I know that plenty do.

I went into Game Fish in Edinburgh about three weeks and treated myself to good Salmon rod and spent a few hundred quid. I am sure I could have got it cheaper online after having spent time looking at it. New real, line and skaget head (what ever that is).

I fished with it for two days. I hated it day one. I couldn’t get on with it at all. But then my existing rod is 30 plus years old. I looked a few videos overnight on how to use modern rods. I had been doing everything wrong.

Day two I started dialing into it. And beginning to get the hang of it. My god its easy to cast a long way when you get it correct. I went from 1 cast in 10 to 4 out of casts during the course of the day.

Day 3 was in the water before 8. Casting with godlike beauty. 09.30 my 22 year old daughter turns up. She watches me for a few moments, I hand her the rod, and five casts she is into a huge fish - her first.

Together we play it for 25 minutes. Just getting to stage where its getting towards being ready for the net and we start moving it towards some shallower water where we can actually land it.

And the clean breaks in two just above the handle. Miss Heym is left with a fish on the reel. She does get a few turns on the handle and then it breaks the line.

Following day I pop into Game Fish with the Rod. The take one look at my face - you broken it? Yep. They take a look at the rod. A clean break - manufacturing fault- no issue at all. It will be replaced. We don’t have another one here, so borrow one of our rods for the time and we will have a replacement forth with.

That’s why I much rather buy things from people whom I can have a conversation with rather than some faceless bott in a shed.
 
Germany was a good place to look. I think they can still only own clip-ons, not dedicated thermal sights, so the clip-on segment is that much more important.
 
My only experience of a clip on was pre pandemic hunting in Germany at Night. I had a clip-on on the end of 6x42 Zeiss scope. I could see perfectly well with my binoculars under moon. I really didn’t like the image of the thermal so I removed it. At 3am I had dozed off, heard some grunting woke up. Looked out, snow had stopped, two boar in the field. Put the 3 oclock thick bar of No 4 Reticle on the end of the pointy bit, the 6oclock on his front leg and 9 oclock coming out of his back side and squeezed the trigger. Almighty squeel as he ran into the wood. Waited till first light, he was dead at bottom of a big hazzle about five yards in. His hide is on my study floor.
 
Heym SR20 said:
My only experience of a clip on was pre pandemic hunting in Germany at Night. I had a clip-on on the end of 6x42 Zeiss scope. I could see perfectly well with my binoculars under moon. I really didn’t like the image of the thermal so I removed it. At 3am I had dozed off, heard some grunting woke up. Looked out, snow had stopped, two boar in the field. Put the 3 oclock thick bar of No 4 Reticle on the end of the pointy bit, the 6oclock on his front leg and 9 oclock coming out of his back side and squeezed the trigger. Almighty squeel as he ran into the wood. Waited till first light, he was dead at bottom of a big hazzle about five yards in. His hide is on my study floor.
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That’s exactly why I want a clip-on instead of a full thermal scope: you can take it off when not needed! Thanks for the sharing!
 
BLUEROLL said:
Looks like Optics Trade Eu are starting to list them.
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paul dillon said:
venari-jagdtechnik.de

Guide Orion Test: The smallest 640 thermal imaging attachment put to the test in practical use - Venari Hunting technique

Back to the article overview HIKmicro Thunder 3.0 device family in first contact: TH35c 3.0 and TQ50c 3.0 in the territory impression of VENARI
venari-jagdtechnik.de venari-jagdtechnik.de

they sell them in Germany they are around 1300euros not sure about shipping fees hope this helps copy & paste into search bar
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Thanks for the info. Both are out of stocks at the moment. I registered for a notification when they are available.
 
I like the size and centre-mounted focus of the Guide, but the lack of recording is a negative for me. A more important minus point is the apparent lack of a remote control, a feature I find extremely useful with a front-mounted device.
 
That's a lot of clip on for the money! Looks like sensor spec is the same as the Thunder Clip on which is about twice the price and weight. I could Iive without the bells and whistles for that cos/weight saving. Will be good to see when available
 
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