Battle Born XJ from United States, NV Public Profile

This review was originally posted under the Thor HD 640x480 1x10 by mistake. My apologies. The price tag is a bit steep, but after two months of heavy use in the field, I think it was a good investment. The scope is well made, easy to use, it holds zero, and has the best image quality among comparable scopes. The out of the box settings will lead you to believe that image quality is not that impressive, but once you learn to make the proper adjustments, the image quality improves drastically. The colder it gets, the better it works. The NUC process needs to be performed often to optimize image quality (the NUC process recalibrates the image to compensate for changing environmental factors like temperature etc.) which is a bit annoying but it is quick and easy to do. The detection, recognition and identification distances claimed by the manufacturer, in my experience, are a bit exaggerated. Cattle and horses can easily be seen out to half a mile, but smaller animals are a different story. Sometimes, well insulated animals like coyotes can be difficult to spot at 100-200 yards unless they are looking directly at you. Their faces stand out well but not their bodies. The scope, according to ATN, is recoil tested on a .308, so mounting it on a 12 ga shotgun is not recommended . I have it mounted on a "return to zero" picatinny mount that works very well. This allows it to be held in the hand and used to scan an area or used as a spotting scope and then quickly and easily reattache

The price tag is a bit steep, but after two months of heavy use in the field, I think it was a good investment. The scope is well made, easy to use, it holds zero, and has the best image quality among comparable scopes. The out of the box settings will lead to believe that the images are not that impressive, but once you learn to make the proper adjustments the image quality improves drastically. The colder it gets, the better it works. The NUC process needs to be performed often to optimize image quality (the NUC process recalibrates the image to compensate for changing environmental factors like temperature etc.) which is a bit annoying but it is quick and easy to do. I have it mounted on a "return to zero" picatinny mount that works very well. This allows it to be held in the hand and used to scan an area or used as a spotting scope and then quickly and easily reattached to your rifle. The factory mount that it comes with is almost worthless. It is actually a flashlight type mount and not well made. A $5000 scope should come with a better mount. I would not recommend using it. This scope has a lot of whistles and bells but most of them are unnecessary for someone who is seriously hunting. The Obsidian app is awesome. The bluetooth connection with a smart phone allows anyone who is with you to watch on their phone exactly what you are seeing through the scope. Very cool. The external battery is also a must. You really need to leave the scope turned on the entire time you ar