Budget thermal on the way, may surprise some of you!

[Jem45472]

How many color palettes does it have ? Obviously white hot and rainbow, but are there more ?

It has your normal pallets. Six I believe.
1 looks like a low contrast white hot
2 red hot
3 black hot
4 white hot
5 iron hot I believe
6 rainbow.

Many reticle choices, and color combos.

Here's base mag 2x at about 50yds or so.
Dark outside now, looks like neighbor got home a bit ago.


And what the app looks like.

 

[Jem45472]

At under $400, I like it. I've seen that it holds zero fine on 5.56, but if I was going that route I'd buy a dedicated nv/thermal scope. I'll use this as a scanner, and I believe I'm going to buy a silenced .25 pcp that I'll throw this on for pest control.

 

[Tisto]

That resolution looks pretty good ! Just my opinion, but using red hot is awesome to find a critter initially, then switching to white hot makes identifying and targeting easier. The rainbow and ironbow palettes are great for complete dark navigation. The other white hot is called "highlight" on my thermals. It's very much like red hot and great for searching for heat sources. They just jump out at you. White hot and black hot are my go-to palettes for targeting.

 

[Tisto]

Go look at some big billowy clouds with it. Also, leaves on the trees from below against a cool sky.

 

[Jem45472]

That resolution looks pretty good ! Just my opinion, but using red hot is awesome to find a critter initially, then switching to white hot makes identifying and targeting easier. The rainbow and ironbow palettes are great for complete dark navigation. The other white hot is called "highlight" on my thermals. It's very much like red hot and great for searching for heat sources. They just jump out at you. White hot and black hot are my go-to palettes for targeting.

I like white hot myself, followed by black. I can enable Hotspot tracking too. Makes it so you can't miss anything really. The reticle auto tracks to the hottest part of the screen. Works really well for black or white hot to make sure you're not going to miss any critters.

 

[Jem45472]

Also can do pip with the phones cam. Too bad it won't let me zoom the camera to match the thermal though.

 

[Shoots100]

Looks like a very versatile optic at a reasonable price.
Looking forward to seeing some varied range pics when the weather gets better, but it's also good to see how it performs in inclimate weather too.
SJC

 

[Jem45472]

Went outside quick to show daughters boyfriend not expecting to see anything. He was just scanning around quick and found three deer completely invisible to us.

This was at around 4x mag and somewhere between 100-125 yards. Incredible how quick and easy it is to spot something.