Hik Microlynx 3.0 19 or 25mm

[Revan797]

Afternoon Everyone

Is the extra 300m detection, slightly larger base mag at 2.4x with the 25mm lens really worth it over the 19mm with it's larger FOV base mag 1.9x and 150£ saving you get with getting the 19.

Going to get one next month, looked through both at Malmos up m6 and couldn't really see that much difference between them.

A J

 

[Chris]

I have the 19mm and it is an excellent bit of kit. Can spot hares/pheasants several fields away at 800m+ quite easily. In woodland the field of view is good and the image quality is spot on.
I can quite easily spot deer in crops way beyond the distance I need to and the FOV is large enough to use at closer ranges. Personally don't think I would gain anything with the 25mm as the higher magnification would reduce field of view too much for the land I shoot.

 

[Revan797]

I have the 19mm and it is an excellent bit of kit. Can spot hares/pheasants several fields away at 800m+ quite easily. In woodland the field of view is good and the image quality is spot on.
I can quite easily spot deer in crops way beyond the distance I need to and the FOV is large enough to use at closer ranges. Personally don't think I would gain anything with the 25mm as the higher magnification would reduce field of view too much for the land I shoot.

Hi Chris, nice one very good, that's a bloody long way that is, the fov is what's drawing me to the 19mm,

That's really good unbeatable for the price performance ratio, it was a better viewing area with the slightly less mag over the 25mm from the little test I had when I was at Malmos

How long do you get out of the batteries without the extra features being on?

it certainly is from the limited time I had it in my hands both the ergonomics, build quality, image and the shutter less tech they now have in them.

I mean the only other I would touch would be the 35mm 640 sensor microlynx If I could upgrade in couple years time, that was unreal how they managed to get all that tech into such a small compact unit when you compare them to the old generation units

A J

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

I have the 19mm and it is an excellent bit of kit. Can spot hares/pheasants several fields away at 800m+ quite easily. In woodland the field of view is good and the image quality is spot on.
I can quite easily spot deer in crops way beyond the distance I need to and the FOV is large enough to use at closer ranges. Personally don't think I would gain anything with the 25mm as the higher magnification would reduce field of view too much for the land I shoot.

Chris, I'm not being a nob here. But pheasants at 800m+ With a 19mm 384px unit. Feather is more insulated than fur as well, so much more difficult to detect. A pheasant at nearly 1km , are you sure you didn't add an extra nought by mistake.

 

[Chris]

Chris, I'm not being a nob here. But pheasants at 800m+ With a 19mm 384px unit. Feather is more insulated than fur as well, so much more difficult to detect. A pheasant at nearly 1km , are you sure you didn't add an extra nought by mistake.

I think you misread my original comments slightly. Hares- quite easily at (over 800m), pheasants etc across a very large (harvested) field at approaching the same distance. Not the same definition as it would for fur, but certainly identifiable as heat sources, which then allows you to spot properly with binoculars/scope.

Not sure of the technicalities but yes it will detect feathered creatures at considerable range, pheasants tend to show as a heat spot from the head especially.

I am using it on white/red hot setting and what the older models called jungle mode (hunting setting?- I don't have the manual with me at work).

Distances are known via mapping of field boundaries/ known landmarks. Not relying on the LRF in the unit as that is not accurate.

At work we routinely use thermal for undertaking ecological bird surveys and especially for ground nesting bird assessments and they are widely used for that purpose by Natural England, Environment Agency, wildlife trusts etc.

 

[Chris]

Hi Chris, nice one very good, that's a bloody long way that is, the fov is what's drawing me to the 19mm,

That's really good unbeatable for the price performance ratio, it was a better viewing area with the slightly less mag over the 25mm from the little test I had when I was at Malmos

How long do you get out of the batteries without the extra features being on?

it certainly is from the limited time I had it in my hands both the ergonomics, build quality, image and the shutter less tech they now have in them.

I mean the only other I would touch would be the 35mm 640 sensor microlynx If I could upgrade in couple years time, that was unreal how they managed to get all that tech into such a small compact unit when you compare them to the old generation units

A J

I normally recharge the batteries after each use. Getting low battery warning after 4 hours intermittent use (single battery) in warm weather. I have it adjusted settings to standby off when vertical and completely shutdown after 15 mins without use, I think.
Unit comes with 2 batteries so that gives a fair operating period per charge.

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

I think you misread my original comments slightly. Hares- quite easily at (over 800m), pheasants etc across a very large (harvested) field at approaching the same distance. Not the same definition as it would for fur, but certainly identifiable as heat sources, which then allows you to spot properly with binoculars/scope.

Not sure of the technicalities but yes it will detect feathered creatures at considerable range, pheasants tend to show as a heat spot from the head especially.

I am using it on white/red hot setting and what the older models called jungle mode (hunting setting?- I don't have the manual with me at work).

Distances are known via mapping of field boundaries/ known landmarks. Not relying on the LRF in the unit as that is not accurate.

At work we routinely use thermal for undertaking ecological bird surveys and especially for ground nesting bird assessments and they are widely used for that purpose by Natural England, Environment Agency, wildlife trusts etc.

The detection range of each thermal model is based on a large man sized object, some over exaggerate slightly and use a vehicle or red deer sized object to skew detection range further. The LH19 has a 900m detection range so viewing a man at 900m, it will display a single pixel of heat on the display in ideal conditions, I'm sure HikMicro use a red deer as an example. So one pixel at 900m shown on the screen, you would have zero idea what it is, as its detection values, if using recognition and identification ranges instead, then reduce these tremendously, your looking at way less than <1/4 the distance for ID.

 

[pizzonia]

I have Lynx 19 3.0 and Pheasant is visible maybe on 80m.. Battery last about 4-5hr for my use scenario.

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

Afternoon Everyone

Is the extra 300m detection, slightly larger base mag at 2.4x with the 25mm lens really worth it over the 19mm with it's larger FOV base mag 1.9x and 150£ saving you get with getting the 19.

Going to get one next month, looked through both at Malmos up m6 and couldn't really see that much difference between them.

A J

I would buy the lower cost 19mm, it's more versatile close range, it is the most popular model by far from the range.

 

[Blackwood Outdoors]

I have Lynx 19 3.0 and Pheasant is visible maybe on 80m.. Battery last about 4-5hr for my use scenario.

Yes more like it.