If you need thermal for dedicated night time rifle then buy Stellar. If you already have glass scope and want to use it during day time, than buy thermal front add on. Quality of glass is not important, since it is only loking at the add on screen. As long as it holds zero it should be OK.
There will always be people claiming that front add ons are PITA.
Supposedly they don't hold zero, they limit amount of zoom you can use on your scope...
Well, I had a chance to test Pulsar Proton, Pulsar Krypton 2 XG50/XQ35, HIKMICRO Thunder TH35 2.0, ThermTec Hunt 650, HIKMICRO Thunder TQ50C/TQ35C 3.0 and Guide TB630.
Not single one of them had ever shifted zero after initial zeroing. And I am removing adapter after each hunt.
I am using Smartclip and Rusan modular adapters and in case of Pulsar Krypton 2.0 its original Pulsar adapter.
What I like the most with thermal add ons is versatility of use. It allovs you to keep your glass scope and when you need it, just clip on thermal adapter. With separate monocular you can even use thermal add on as a spotter.
Regarding Thunder 3.0.
Picture on TQ50 is great.
I had a chance to test it in thick fog alongside with two other thermals and the diference was well noticed. Using 12x magnification was still ok, but I never really use more than 6x at night.
During 4 weeks of testing I newer experienced any fault.
You get 2 batteries, each lasting around 4hrs.
Would I prefer 18650? Yes. But nothing is perfect.
Cheers
