Thread: Question - 850nm or 940nm IR torch?

Well well well, seems I haven't been getting notified of these comments, even though I'm subscribed to the thread...very odd.

Thank you for the feedback Phil, if at any time you want to switch to white, it'll only be about $12 instead of buying another torch. Any chance you could leave a feedback on the website? It helps a lot when it's something I'm building. I had that red light there for 3 months of no sales, managed to sell one and asked for a review to be left. Immediately after, I sold around 10 of them, same story for the C8+ green and L21A.

I've read on a lot of forums that animals spook the same for any color once they know it means danger. Many have had mixed success with both red and green, so it sometimes makes it hard as of what to recommend someone.

This is a video demonstrating the range of the Osram LED in the torch I'm wanting to bring in. Made it for the company hoping they would use the Osram LEDs so I didn't have to assemble everything myself . Unfortunately they weren't really that interested, even though it destroys the stock version.



I'm having a hard time trying to decide on an IR setup, is that head too large? it's 70mm. How do people usually mount an IR torch, on the scope or on a picatinny rail or? I'm super new to IR. Maybe I should hold off and get some help from a flashlight forum. Maybe I should start off with just the white, green, and red LEDs and see how people like them before getting into IR straight off. I think that would be the wise approach. I almost need to get NV equipment to test my own builds and that's not cheap....hmmmm.
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First time looking through Dad's Pard SA-45 thermal and wow it's quite something, easily spotting animals over 1km. If only it didn't cost 5.5k secondhand.