OK I've got the scope and my first impressions are that it will work well in an open environment with some adjustments to the light and Settings. I is difficult to judge range at night , but I'm still learning. The light gathering under a full moon is pretty good without the IR but better with. I don't think that finding game is it's strong point as the field of view is too small and panning blurs the image too much, but slow scanning while sitting up in a hide or from a hilltop it will function well.
I went down to an isolated footy oval last night to look for rabbits but only saw roos. I took some pics as I couldn't get the video function to work. The zoom is minimal as it does get grainy.
As I said I'm still getting used to it.
This roo (small joey) is at 60m. It's in the middle of the oval and I'm in the car park.
This is a really big boomer and he's way over at the other end of the oval 110m away.
I do not shoot roos here as they are no problem and it's nice to have wildlife on one's doorstep sometimes.
Rabbits and foxes are another thing though and get short shrift.
I have yet to try long range but the 5x seems like 10x when looking at stuff under 40m. The crosshairs are not centred when the rifle is sighted in. That is a bit annoying but I will adapt the mounts and get it closer to centre eventually. Sighting in is really as easy as the promo material says. Set height above the bore. 1 shot at 25m and move the crosshair to the hole. Save and you're done.
Otherwise I'm happy with it and looking forward to a trip out foxing when it stops raining.