Derek Taylor from United States, TX Public Profile

Been really happy with this so far. I use it to add extra battery life for my thermal scope. Mounts super quick and easy with a just a click to picatinny rails. I did have to install MLok to picatinny adapters to mount it where I wanted to on the firearm. Much lighter than other external batteries, with the same mA, I've used for cell phones and other applications. Battery life lights are green, which are great for checking at night. If I had to state downsides, I feel like it takes forever to fully charge, and removing the battery form the rails could be better. You just kinda "snap" it off and I feel like over time the retention springs might go out, or snap off. It would be nice if there was a button or lever to compress the springs for easier removal. Sometimes I used a pocket knife to compress the springs before removing.

I've been putting this Rave 140 by Rise in my AR's for a couple years now. Love the feel and have had no issues running them on different platforms and calibers. This is my go-to AR trigger.

No issue here and love Strike Industries products. All items in the packaging and fit well on my 80% lower build.

Good grip. Has plenty of tack. Shape feels good in the hand and is easy to hold onto and control the weapon. If I had one complaint, it's just lightly larger for my hand than I wish it was it was. For reference, I like my work gloves to be pretty snug on my hands with no loose or extra material, and my glove size is medium. I probably just have small hands...

Nothing special or exciting here. Both parts function exactly as they should. The small screw will hold the spring in place and can be installed before or after placing the spring. The detent retention spring will come out the hole without the screw holding it in place.

If you don't need ballistics and bluetooth to phone or tablet, this is the thermal scope. You're getting a great processor, thermal sensor, screen resolution. The dollars are going directly towards matter here, and not all the ancillary BS that doesn't effect the performance. Has the things you need, like 1-shot zero, multiple color pallets, and such. I have compared this to and used the Pulsar Trail XP50 as well, which has the same performance specs as this scope, and its extremely comparable in performance, for half the price. I absolutely recommend this LTV640 and only waited as long as I did because I thought I needed to budget $5000 for thermal. Not the case at all with this one!

One recommendation, on the AR15 platform, get the 30mm extra high rings. I couldn't get my eye behind it properly with high, and the mediums didn't lift the scope off the rail high enough to get it mounted. Also, I never found a 1-piece mount to fit it. You need at the absolute minimum, 3.5 inches of clearance between the rings.

My only real complaint is on the rubber boot. It cuts off the edges of the screen and can be difficult to get your eye directly in line with it and the screen. I am running the scope without the rubber boot, would prefer to use it, but it's more of a hinderance than helpful.

Being it doesn't have an external battery, and I didn't want to have to bring the gun close to a plug to charge the scope, I went with the Sightmark external battery that mount to picatinny rails