I was the 3rd owner of a Gen 1 X-Sight until it just died. It seemed to have died in its sleep because it took it out to use it and it did nothing.
Fast forward 6 months and I’m looking at the 4K Pro reviews. Normally I’d steer away after my experience with the first one, but it was great for night hunting without thousands tied up in night optics.
It’s smaller than the old ones and weighs about as much as a Vortex Viper PST. More of a scope profile than a brick. Easy enough to see in the pictures online. It comes with a set of cheap rings which worked out well because it wouldn’t fit in the SSALT mount I have. Also has a sunshade and eye cup.
I turned it on, liked through it. Turned it off. And downloaded the firmware update.
What works so far: The image is amazing for a digital scope. The menus seem fine, buttons aren’t bad, the issue with SD card coming out or a gap for it to fall in the scope body have been resolved, and in playing with the menus and going outside after mounting to look around I had no lock ups.
It does connect to my phone via the app but it’s a pain. You have to first connect through the phones WiFi settings, the. Go to the app and connect again. Didn’t kill me, but annoying. It also connects fairly slow compared to other devices.
The photo gallery works to view pictures taken but they are slow to load and there is no “save to phone” option. I took screenshots to save a few.
The scroll wheel for zoom is a YUGE improvement.
The focus can be turned without twisting the rifle upside down and bending the scope rings. It’s actually pretty good.
What doesn’t work so far:
Streaming to the phone is a total failure. Takes about a minute to load the live image and then it’s just that. A frozen image. Maybe it will get fixed in a later update but for now it’s not a working feature, at least not on an iPhone 7.
Personal issue here maybe, but I don’t like the rail mount on the included rings. It’s too short and it has a rail on each side making the front ring very bulky. It should also be on top instead of one on each side so when using a highly focused IR light you aren’t required to adjust both windage AND elevation as distance changes. I have mounts to correct this and may end up just cutting off the ears on the scope ring. Probably not an issue if you use the cheap IR light included, but then you will be severely limiting the usefulness of the scope (I assume. Haven’t tried the included light but I bet it’s no good past 75 yards).
These were taken at 175 yards. The screen says 109 because I was playing without reading the manual.
5X Optical
20X using digital zoom
52X extended digital zoom
I’ll update as I use it more and test the 1 shot zero, recoil activated video, and night capability using both the included light and my Wicked Hunting Lights IR light.
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Fast forward 6 months and I’m looking at the 4K Pro reviews. Normally I’d steer away after my experience with the first one, but it was great for night hunting without thousands tied up in night optics.
It’s smaller than the old ones and weighs about as much as a Vortex Viper PST. More of a scope profile than a brick. Easy enough to see in the pictures online. It comes with a set of cheap rings which worked out well because it wouldn’t fit in the SSALT mount I have. Also has a sunshade and eye cup.
I turned it on, liked through it. Turned it off. And downloaded the firmware update.
What works so far: The image is amazing for a digital scope. The menus seem fine, buttons aren’t bad, the issue with SD card coming out or a gap for it to fall in the scope body have been resolved, and in playing with the menus and going outside after mounting to look around I had no lock ups.
It does connect to my phone via the app but it’s a pain. You have to first connect through the phones WiFi settings, the. Go to the app and connect again. Didn’t kill me, but annoying. It also connects fairly slow compared to other devices.
The photo gallery works to view pictures taken but they are slow to load and there is no “save to phone” option. I took screenshots to save a few.
The scroll wheel for zoom is a YUGE improvement.
The focus can be turned without twisting the rifle upside down and bending the scope rings. It’s actually pretty good.
What doesn’t work so far:
Streaming to the phone is a total failure. Takes about a minute to load the live image and then it’s just that. A frozen image. Maybe it will get fixed in a later update but for now it’s not a working feature, at least not on an iPhone 7.
Personal issue here maybe, but I don’t like the rail mount on the included rings. It’s too short and it has a rail on each side making the front ring very bulky. It should also be on top instead of one on each side so when using a highly focused IR light you aren’t required to adjust both windage AND elevation as distance changes. I have mounts to correct this and may end up just cutting off the ears on the scope ring. Probably not an issue if you use the cheap IR light included, but then you will be severely limiting the usefulness of the scope (I assume. Haven’t tried the included light but I bet it’s no good past 75 yards).
These were taken at 175 yards. The screen says 109 because I was playing without reading the manual.
5X Optical
20X using digital zoom
52X extended digital zoom
I’ll update as I use it more and test the 1 shot zero, recoil activated video, and night capability using both the included light and my Wicked Hunting Lights IR light.
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