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  • FireInTheWire

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    There are some in the $2k range & up...i'm sure like all products ... the more you spend the better it gets.
    Flir has some that start in the $2k range
    https://pr-infrared.com/product/fli...MIiMT-icfg2wIVA2t-Ch0frAi-EAQYAyABEgKOuPD_BwE


    there's also the Torrey Pines Brand that are like a reflex sight & good to about 100 yards. They start around $500 & go up to about $800

    https://www.opticsplanet.com/torrey-pines-logic-heat-seekers-termal-imagers.html


    I was torn between the Torrey Pines Thermal & the Armasight Tube style when i got my scope. I figured i want a little more than 100 yard visibility so i went with the Armasight Vampire 3 ... cost is about the same
    http://www.armasight.com/night-visi...-sights/armasight-by-flir-vampire-3x-core-iit
    I had the vampire for about year. Great scope for the money. I blew the tube out of it by accident and armasite made it right for free.
    DK Firearms
     

    FireInTheWire

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    Why is thermal so expensive? The single most expensive part on thermal scopes is the lens. The cheaper scopes you see offers usually have very small lenses. The lenses are not glass per se, but germanium lenses. Germanium is very expensive, but regular glass will not work in a thermal optic.

    I have worked with the Torrey Pines gear. It is not the gear for a hunter. It really isn't.

    Flir and Pulsar each have a sub $2k scope, the FLIR PTS233 and the Pulsar RXQ30V. Neither are particularly impressive, but they are thermal and will get you out to 200 yards with a big enough target, like a large boar. Pulsar has probably one of the best lesser priced scopes around, the APEX XQ50 that folks are using for coyotes out to 200 yards and hog out to 300. It will run about $2800. It is a good scope.

    I do own some current top of the line gear and I certainly enjoy it, but I hunt 3-4 nights a week. For Third Coast Thermal, I get to field test a variety of products. Given issues such as product reliability, customer service, etc., the two companies I like best are Pulsar and Trijicon. For customer service, Pulsar (through their importer, Sellmark which is located just outside of Ft. Worth) is the absolute best.
    I use a hand held FLIR at work. Had to go to a week long training on it. In the training they covered why it's so expensive. That dang Germanium is high.

    I almost pulled the trigger on a pulsar xq50. But was going to wait till after the year. Than I saw some videos on the trijicon scopes... it was at that point I told myself... It's either on of those or nothing at all. They seem really sharp and clear. I thought about renting one for a few days. But that's just gasoline on the fire.

    The bad part is I can justify having one out where I live. So it's being drivin by reasoning. lol
     

    Double Naught Spy

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    Well, if you don't get a Trijicon, I really do think the Apex XQ50 is the best value for a thermal scope, when you consider the cost, capability, image, and features.
     

    FireInTheWire

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    FireInTheWire

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    Since every environmentally conscious solution carries high cost, I’d go straight to silver, gold or platinum.


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    Gold.. sure. Platinum.. absolutely. Silver... no sir. Those are for the big critters only.
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