Thanks, I’ll check out the Pulsars too. The Rico comes with a 5 year warranty and a one week turnaround guarantee if something needs to be fixedYes. Good thermal. 100% Chinese. Their US office is down in the DFW area. They have better ones but higher cost. Look at Pulsars as well, but that’s a pretty decent deal. If it was a lower resolution I’d say save your money but 384 would be my minimum recommendation. It will have a nice image, the Chinese ones always do
The Sightmark wraith thermal is a 384 made in TX and uses a non Chinese sensor. It’s a great entry thermal as well. Cheaper than the Rico but the Rico is a better sight, and getting a blem price is always good.
So I was looking at this picture of the Hydra and I can't get my brain to understand how this setup could work. It looks to be mounted ahead of a LPVO. Even at 1x it's not the same as looking through a red dot sight. The scope would have to be able to focus on the display screen in the thermal which no scope could do unless there is some sort of corrector lens mounted on the rear of the unit. What am I missing here?Just about the time I talk my cheap ass into the TNC225, they pulled off an Olympic level broad jump. I think I’m going to be selling some stuff….
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He’s using it as a clip-on, vs a standalone. We (in my old occupation) have been using Clip-on NV since 2002ish and many a terrorist has met his fate at the end of a Clip-on thermal or tube in pitch black hundreds of meters away. It allows to to use your day optic without changing the zero. A well made LVPO will be able to see the display at 1X without issue. The problem arises when you zoom. A side focus scope doesn’t have this issue so you can focus on the display without issue as long as you have a good scope. Cheap scope??? Not so much. The focus on a scope is not on the eyepiece, it’s on the front or in the center. The diopter allows you to focus the reticle. Whole other topic.So I was looking at this picture of the Hydra and I can't get my brain to understand how this setup could work. It looks to be mounted ahead of a LPVO. Even at 1x it's not the same as looking through a red dot sight. The scope would have to be able to focus on the display screen in the thermal which no scope could do unless there is some sort of corrector lens mounted on the rear of the unit. What am I missing here?
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Is there a thermal that works as a clip-on better than the rest?He’s using it as a clip-on, vs a standalone. We (in my old occupation) have been using Clip-on NV since 2002ish and many a terrorist has met his fate at the end of a Clip-on thermal or tube in pitch black hundreds of meters away. It allows to to use your day optic without changing the zero. A well made LVPO will be able to see the display at 1X without issue. The problem arises when you zoom. A side focus scope doesn’t have this issue so you can focus on the display without issue as long as you have a good scope. Cheap scope??? Not so much. The focus on a scope is not on the eyepiece, it’s on the front or in the center. The diopter allows you to focus the reticle. Whole other topic.
The problem with that setup in the picture, is that the device has an adjustable diopter vs a fixed focus eyepiece, therefore inducing POA/POI shift. Bad. A lot of idiots think this is alright but when the shift is severe, and at 100m you miss, things can go south real quick. If your shooting hogs and there’s live stock nearby, it can mean you miss the hog and hit the cow. Bad.
A good clip-on will have a fixed diopter adjusted as close to 0 as possible.
Personally, WRT DNT, I wouldn’t waste 5 seconds on their “multispectral” magical buttplug. The hydra might be worth looking at but them advertising it as a clip-on, not so much.
Yes…$$$$$$$$Is there a thermal that works as a clip-on better than the rest?
I think we all knew the correct answer to that question.Yes…$$$$$$$$
Well yeah . . . I figured it was pricey. I was wondering about the actual make/model, etc.Yes…$$$$$$$$