Thread: Thermal Bino options

Hi Guys,

I'll be getting into Thermal fairly soon, want to get both a spotter and a scope and looking for opinions on both. These will be for pest control work on everything from possums and pooks at 5m to deer at 400m or more, in open country, tight bush, long vineyards and messy orchards. The spotter needs to have a fairly wide POV as I will be walking/driving/riding and using them to scan a lot.

Scope - I have looked at both the Thermion and the Pard and liked them both, not such such fan of the bigger bulkier models as most of my rifles are short and lightweight and I don't want to stick a big heavy box on top of them.

Spotter - I have my eyes on (pun intended) the Accolade LRF, something about using both eyes really appeals to me. I would like the spotter to be able to record clear images and like the idea of wifi streaming to an iPad etc.

Are there other models I should look at? I see the ATN range has a pair of binos as well and they have a ballistic calculator that talks with the scope which also appeals as that would really speed shots up which is important to me as the trajectory of some of my rifles is a bit of a rainbow at times.

Battery life needs to be decent (or easily swapable/ability to use powerbank) and a good warranty is preferred as I will be using them pretty much daily.

Budget is around $10k, depending on how long I can hold out and save more.

Cheers!