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<blockquote data-quote="HBoothe" data-source="post: 1982649" data-attributes="member: 115172"><p>FWIW...this isn't the Gospel.</p><p></p><p>I had a Sightmark something or another. I liked it fine and it was about $700.</p><p></p><p>I had an ATN XSight 2...it sucked something awful and the company didn't care to hear about the problems I had when I called them so I sent it back supah quick.</p><p></p><p>I have thermals now, one of them a Pulsar. I lost a piece (the button shroud, plastic thing). They replaced it for free. They were pleasant to deal with.</p><p></p><p>Based on my limited experience I would choose the Pulsar over the ATN products just because of the interactions I've had with each company's customer service.</p><p></p><p>A friend has an ATN XSight 2 HD. I had a Pulsar XP38 a kid was carrying. I had a Trijicon IR-Hunter 35mm Mk III on my rifle. We all looked at a deer feeder about 75 yards away. The kid saw a deer under the feeder. I could read its mind. My friend asked, "There's a deer there?" He couldn't see it.</p><p></p><p>The point is: a quality illuminator is critical. With my friend's illuminator on maximum output I could barely see the eyes of the deer when I took a look through his scope. I never looked hard, so maybe that's why, and I never found a good illuminator for my NV time. You will want one that can be focused. Skip the super-bright and cheap stuff you may see on Amazon (which I bought) which cannot be focused. If you can't focus the light to the distance you want to be looking, the NV will adjust to the splash of light in the foreground, making visibility past about 15-20 yards very difficult. Just the same as you being outside on a dark night and turning on a very bright, un-focused spotlight: your eyes adjust to the splash light (reflected off the ground and other near objects) preventing you from seeing in the distance. So, too, will the NV scope washout if the illuminator is a flood. </p><p></p><p>--HC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HBoothe, post: 1982649, member: 115172"] FWIW...this isn't the Gospel. I had a Sightmark something or another. I liked it fine and it was about $700. I had an ATN XSight 2...it sucked something awful and the company didn't care to hear about the problems I had when I called them so I sent it back supah quick. I have thermals now, one of them a Pulsar. I lost a piece (the button shroud, plastic thing). They replaced it for free. They were pleasant to deal with. Based on my limited experience I would choose the Pulsar over the ATN products just because of the interactions I've had with each company's customer service. A friend has an ATN XSight 2 HD. I had a Pulsar XP38 a kid was carrying. I had a Trijicon IR-Hunter 35mm Mk III on my rifle. We all looked at a deer feeder about 75 yards away. The kid saw a deer under the feeder. I could read its mind. My friend asked, "There's a deer there?" He couldn't see it. The point is: a quality illuminator is critical. With my friend's illuminator on maximum output I could barely see the eyes of the deer when I took a look through his scope. I never looked hard, so maybe that's why, and I never found a good illuminator for my NV time. You will want one that can be focused. Skip the super-bright and cheap stuff you may see on Amazon (which I bought) which cannot be focused. If you can't focus the light to the distance you want to be looking, the NV will adjust to the splash of light in the foreground, making visibility past about 15-20 yards very difficult. Just the same as you being outside on a dark night and turning on a very bright, un-focused spotlight: your eyes adjust to the splash light (reflected off the ground and other near objects) preventing you from seeing in the distance. So, too, will the NV scope washout if the illuminator is a flood. --HC [/QUOTE]
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