hawaiijames from United States, PA Public Profile

I own a Pulsar trail XP50 thermal scope and love it. I want my buddies to predator hunt with me and the clip on system made a lot of sense since no zeroing is required and it uses your current mounted optic. I have an Armasight CO MR clip-on night vision device that works the same as this pulsar unit so I was familiar with how to use it. The Armasight NV died and it was $3,500 to replace the defective core, so for a little more money, thermal was the way to go.
The unit is very light and easy to use. The green tint is like night vision and easier on the eye than my Trail unit.
The menu is super easy to navigate and I think that at the sun $5,00 price point, Pulsar is the best thermal product out there and I have used most of them. It is super easy to use as a monocular and then convert it to a clip on in under a minute in the field.
The problems with the core are as follows:
1. the field of view is very narrow
2. the unit moves on the objective end of the scope unless you really crank it super tight and I am not willing to damage my scopes.
3. I was deer hunting and trying to see turkeys and squirrels between 50 and 100 yards and it was very hard to find them. I used my Trail XP50 and the squirrels were easy to pick out even at 130 yards.
4. The screen is like a 16:9 ratio tv and is wider than my 44 and 50mm scopes so you have an even narrower field of view than when it is used as a monocular.
Unfortunately it did not work for me and it has been returned.

I really like this product. It was so easy to install and looks great. For what I do, a dust cover is not necessary but I added it for the cool factor. Closes and opens perfectly every time. I have to write more to get this review to accept the number of characters, so I am just typing in really fast. Buy this product.

I bought 2 of these for my duck blind boat. I have the desert color. They are very well made and provide just enough visibility through the nylon material to see incoming or overhead birds. The tie straps are very sturdy and long enough to tie off easily. This is a great product for blind coverage, When or if these wear out, I'll definitely buy more.

I have had a few run ins with armasight. Their products are hit or miss. This mounting system fits loosely on my 40 mm objective and wont even come close to fitting my 44 mm objective. It's a great idea but unless you own a dedicated nv scope I wouldn't go this route. They first kit they sent me had the wrong spacer sleeves in it and I had to wait for a replacement set. Still no better than the first set. I had to sand the inside of the plastic sleeves to get the mount to go on my Viper 44 mm objective. I wanted to order one for my nightforce but don't trust the product from armasight. I have dealt directly with Steven and Andrew at armasight and they don't follow through on their promises. Had many returns of night vision scopes to finally get something that work come close to functioning. I returned items that they claimed weren't in the box so I did not get credit towards other products. Very shady experience. I returned my NYX 14 HD 4 times for repair and the still didn't fix the problem. That took a year and $4,500 later I'm still not happy. I recommend that you look elsewhere for your NV products. Big thumbs down to armasight