Thread: Leupold enter the Thermal market

Seriously considering getting him to bring me a Pulsar at that price, as with a 2 grand saving on nz retail, I don't give a toss how many times I have to send it back under warranty

thermal has become a lot cheaper, there are even phone attachments

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I'm ordering one today

Cheers Antz

Originally Posted by Antz

I'm ordering one today

Cheers Antz

Which? The Lupy? Let us know how it goes

Originally Posted by Pengy

I guess these are as well then

Pulsar Quantum XQ38 Thermal Imager | Uttings.co.uk

???? That's 3x the price of the Leupold unit and is proven to be about the best bang for buck at the moment.

Originally Posted by Pengy

Seriously considering getting him to bring me a Pulsar at that price, as with a 2 grand saving on nz retail, I don't give a toss how many times I have to send it back under warranty

A mate is selling one if you are interested, has extendable rechargeable battery pack and a couple of other extras $3250

Yukon keeps telling people the thermals arent going to come down in price , if anything get dearer. With new models coming out like leupold etc the only way i see it is they going to drop in price like a stone in the next year or so as more come into the market. Im sure as not many options here at the moment we being ripped off.

Originally Posted by Antz

I'm ordering one today

Cheers Antz

Let us know what's it's like and I will have to find some more room in my pack for another electrical device and another set of battery's to carry with the others.

the reason the price has stayed the same with the new Pulsar models is because the performance and features have been improved. The XQ19 now has a performance closer to the older XD38s, which means that the price has come down if performance is the criteria by which a TI is judged. We have learnt that performance is what our market demands, that is why we don't stock the low performance Pulsars with the 'A' suffix that are avalable in the US. You do get what you pay for.

Originally Posted by deer243

Yukon keeps telling people the thermals arent going to come down in price , if anything get dearer. With new models coming out like leupold etc the only way i see it is they going to drop in price like a stone in the next year or so as more come into the market. Im sure as not many options here at the moment we being ripped off.

Just another Big screen TV shitfight in 3 years time bring it down to the budget conscious buyer - as long is there isn't a single strangle point like "patent royalty" or one manufacturer of a key part. just like the Samsung apple thing...

Grabbing popcorn and sitting back for the race to the bottom... NOT!

Originally Posted by Yukon

the reason the price has stayed the same with the new Pulsar models is because the performance and features have been improved. The XQ19 now has a performance closer to the older XD38s, which means that the price has come down if performance is the criteria by which a TI is judged. We have learnt that performance is what our market demands, that is why we don't stock the low performance Pulsars with the 'A' suffix that are avalable in the US. You do get what you pay for.

That maybe be true, you do get what you pay for most of the time, not to say something abit cheaper wont do what you want it to do thou. Its all very good saying performance is what the market demands (at a darn good cost), but the fact is we havent had the option to buy the low performance Pulsars or something simlar.
When you only have a limited option on what you can buy of cause you can say that. Im sure with the new players coming into the market or sourcing them somewhere cheaper its only a matter of time that the prices are going to drop like a stone or cheaper models become avaiable that some of them will do just what you want at a cost nothing like we getting rip of currantly.
I say in a year or two everyman and his dog will be able to afford one without paying anywhere near 6000 etc and they do the job.
So i suggest any buyers hold off and save your dollars. Heard a new one from the UK is soon to be released at a good price that will be pretty darn good for the money

I ordered a leupold LTO today, can't wait to try it and at 1150 hopefully a good entry into thermal imaging.

I would like to market a lower priced option, as I agree, not everyone needs the high performance offered by the new XQ models. The prices always drop when the units are in full production, or when a new model is about to be released, for instance, the Xd19s was for sale at $3199. We had quite a few in stock, but found them very hard to sell because everyone wanted the new model. I'm just SO lucky that I didn't buy a shitload of XD's, thinking that I had was going to fill a lucrative low price niche.

You can't get a much more protected market than the thermal imaging market... restricted entry and export, minimal number of producers. The technology is no longer new, particularly at the levels that are available in the civilian market. There is an inevitability about readjustment, provided accessibilty improves.

To suggest otherwise is not only protectionist and self serving, but either naive or dishonest. Watch this space...

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

I ordered a leupold LTO today, can't wait to try it and at 1150 hopefully a good entry into thermal imaging.

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