Thermal spotter for woodland stalking?
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Freeforester
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Infiray Finder 2 FH35 R comes with 2 batteries, compact with good ergonomics, 640 x512 sensor and built in LRF. Very good value. Having used thermal image units since 2009, first Flir commander 65, then Pulsar Quantum XQ38, before I got the Infiray I thought I’d never get as good as the Quantum; needless to say I am very pleased with the Infiray Finder.
You can spend a fair bit more but it won’t find any more deer. Depending on the conditions and your chosen settings the Hik Micro may offer an ever so slightly better image rendering, but that is not to say that the image from the Finder is anything less than excellent too. Excellent value in a great ergonomic package.
You can spend a fair bit more but it won’t find any more deer. Depending on the conditions and your chosen settings the Hik Micro may offer an ever so slightly better image rendering, but that is not to say that the image from the Finder is anything less than excellent too. Excellent value in a great ergonomic package.
paulbshooting
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Use a HIK condor 2.0 35mm and its great. Replaced a pulsar XP50 that packed up.
My first HIK thermal and impressed, one hand op is superb
My first HIK thermal and impressed, one hand op is superb
Jim Hutton
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HikMicro every time for me.
What did you go for in the end? Im trying to deciede between to two units.
Jim Hutton
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Completely agree. In woodland fov is key. Generally the lower the distance mentioned in the thermal the better the field of view.Better options for woodland stalking. I started thermal long before most even knew they could be used in daylight. Used a FLIR PS24 scout since 2012 and walked woodland with colleagues using high end pulsars in the years since and I find animals much quicker, ID them and move on, only for the high end equipment to eventually spot something, to which I usually say something like, “roe buck, yearling”, or whatever else
The FLIR is 9 hertz, basic sensor, but it has 24 degree FOV, and this is where the advantage lies. The scout is supposedly 1x base mag, but I think it’s more like 0.8x
So I’ve been looking at a replacement for a few years now and have finally gone for the Pixfra Arc 625 LRF, which has a FOV of 17 degrees, well down on the FLIR, but significantly better than the 12 degree on the 2 models you mention.
Take it from a pioneer of using thermal for stalking, low base mag is king alongside the necessary use of a good pair of binos.
If any of the known thermal manufacturers made a 1x base mag thermal, I would have gone for that. Even the FLIR can see heat at 800 to 1000 yds, and that’s all you need along with the binos.
The Pixfra, good price of kit, a little too complicated for real world, although the “forest Mode” algorithm simplifies things and seems to work very well in woodland. I’ll miss the extra 7 degrees the FLIR gives you, but will have to live with it
Pellet Pinger
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Leec6.5
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How thick is your woodland?
Because if cover is thick with bramble etc it’s a waste of money, if you want clarity and sharpness buy a top end pair of binoculars.
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