Thread: Cheap thermal or night vision

I'd have to disagree Outdoors. $1100 for a IR NV day/ night scope is on par with a mid range non NV scope, and definitely does the job.
The resolution of the sensor is better than all but the most expensive thermals, so is pretty good in that regard. Like most things, it's not perfect, but chucking a larger IR illuminator on either a digital NV scope or a analogue Gen1 or Gen 2 NV scope will just make the results infinitely better.

The Pard on the lowest IR setting on the inbuilt illuminator can easily pick up rabbits at 150M. Obviously it cannot pick up the rabbits sitting in the corn without their eyes showing like a themal could, but then it does not cost $7000+ either.

https://youtu.be/5JxtHNP7hQs

Yes agree with you. Both have there uses and price points. It was the couple of hundred buck ones that I was talking about which they advertise using more upmarket vision to sell their crap.