Been contemplating some better thermo since getting an inexpensive AGM monocular. Settled on Pulsar Merger XL50 LRF in bino form factor. The detail is ridiculous. I can see flying bugs at 40yds! I can see grouse at 100yds in the grass.
I went with the XL50 over the XP50 at a significant price premium to get from 640 to 1024. I went back and forth and settled on the 1024 with slightly larger FOV.
I often hunt open high desert and wanted to be able to sort out pronghorn, deer, sheep and elk out to around 400 to 500yds. I think the XL50 will do it. I am often trying to pick mule deer out of sagebrush or whitetail out of the brush or timber.
Warm spots really pop out in a quick thermal scan in low light. I have to study the terrain significantly longer with regular binos to be confident there is or isn't something out there.
After 2 days in the field I am confident I made the right choice for longer range. I have a late mule deer hunt in the high desert sagebrush in late October. The difference is significant beyond 200yds and when using 10X zoom. I think the XP50 would be a better value under 200yds and without the use of zoom.
I went with the XL50 over the XP50 at a significant price premium to get from 640 to 1024. I went back and forth and settled on the 1024 with slightly larger FOV.
I often hunt open high desert and wanted to be able to sort out pronghorn, deer, sheep and elk out to around 400 to 500yds. I think the XL50 will do it. I am often trying to pick mule deer out of sagebrush or whitetail out of the brush or timber.
Warm spots really pop out in a quick thermal scan in low light. I have to study the terrain significantly longer with regular binos to be confident there is or isn't something out there.
After 2 days in the field I am confident I made the right choice for longer range. I have a late mule deer hunt in the high desert sagebrush in late October. The difference is significant beyond 200yds and when using 10X zoom. I think the XP50 would be a better value under 200yds and without the use of zoom.
