Decent with minimum - Armasight Zeus 336 3-12x50mm Thermal Imaging Weapon Sight, FLIR Tau 2

I originally ordered a Pulsar LRF thermal that showed to be available. After a few days, I get an email that the ordered product was discontinued. So, I go with this thermal as my 2nd choice. I would rate this thermal as “good” based on image quality and native magnification.

Build: sturdy milspec quality, solid as it gets.

Battery life: warm weather-the 2 CR123 battery pack made it through 3 hours of hog hunting. Weather in the low 90’s with about 30% remaining. Cool weather-hunted last night in north Texas (12/4/2018). Temps were in the low 40’s. Two CR123 pack dropped into the yellow 1/4 power in less than 45 minutes of constant use. 2nd battery pack goes in and after another hour of use, I’m showing 1/3 capacity, still in the green. To be fair, the first pack might have been the pack that I use to sight in, so it was possibly not a “fresh” pack. Regardless, this thermal loves to eat the batteries, compared to other manufacturers who use LiPo technology.

Accessibility/Sharing: If you look at and use this unit, it becomes clear that it was constructed for military use. The included DVR is junk and the way you mount it is disgraceful. You are expected to plug in a wire and then route the wire to the vinyl DVR holster that you have zip tied somewhere on your rifle. Looks like they fixed all the gimmicks on the PRO series. Pulsar is the much better way to go if you intend to share with friends.