Excellent entry level - Leupold LTO Tracker HD Thermal Imaging Monocular

I bought the lto quest and was not happy with the performance so I returned it and tried the lto tracker. I used it for about a week on coyote hunts. I could see them at about 200 yards but couldn’t tell what it was. Not bad for what I wanted it for though. After a lot of thinking and testing I just couldn’t justify the money it costs and returned it. I then took my chances on the LTO HD from OpticsPlanet since it was on sale and... yep. This ones a keeper. I can detect at 250 yards and probably further but the area I’ve been using it is that far to the wood line. At that distance I can tell if it’s a deer or a coyote and obviously the closer it is the more defined things become. Zoom is not really worth using. I tend to leave it on 1.3x. The quality is great. I can spot my horses in the pasture while I’m 100+ yards into the woods so it def detects well. A lot of people have issues with the backlight illuminating your face. It’s not an issue. There isn’t much literature included with the device (or a lanyard, case, caps or anything for that matter) but I’ve learned that if you hold the color mode button down it brings up the brightness adjustment. What a great find. All in all this thing is a win. You can comfortably scan large fields and when you get a blip you just put it away and bust out the xsight 4K pro to handle the situation appropriately. Fun fun fun