James from United States, CA Public Profile

I purchased this scope as a night optic, opting for thermal over traditional night vision, and I've really enjoyed working with it. In addition to using it as a weapon-mounted optic for airsoft, it's been a great teaching aid for school field trips out to the park where I work, allowing kids and adults to see the world using a different sense, as many animals do. Explaining how some animals, such as pit vipers and some pythons, hunt using heat instead of vision, and showing them the comparison between a traditional photograph of a squirrel and a thermal photo really gets kids excited.

The photo and video functions are wonderful to have, both for hiking and airsoft, and the long eye relief is especially helpful when lying prone or sitting up in a tree. The ability to stream video to my phone or tablet to show larger audiences or teammates is a huge boon.

I'm taking off one star because the microphone has never worked quite properly, and the zoom knob doesn't seem to work correctly on my device, but these don't really affect my day-to-day use.

Special shout-out to Milen at ATN support for rapid responses to questions and concerns!

All in all, I'm very pleased with this scope, and would heavily consider ATN's offerings when purchasing in the future.