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There will be a noticeable decline in quality. However you don’t need telos quality just to see heat when walking to your stand.
Pulsar also has the axion monoculars. Smaller and cheaper than the telos. The XQ30 or XG35 will be all you need.

There are plenty other cheaper thermal options out there but not all thermals of the same price are equal. Plenty of Chinese sensors and cheap parts in these no name / new companies out there.

Sandy Creek Outfitters. Its about 2 hrs south of CS. Owner is good people and some of his staff is on our thermal hunting prostaff team. They have a healthy hog population.

Can’t help on boat batteries in cold because my boat lithium is only a week old however I do have an electric (72v lithium) dirt bike that I thermal hunt with. I’ve hunted in sub 32 temps plenty of times. Battery performance was likely slightly decreased but hardly noticeable. My hunting buddy’s bike gives him an error beep/code when it’s below 32 but it still works. Mine has always functioned as normal.

Reaper rest

easier to use than a tripod in a box stand

It’s not my GMC but a friend of mine. His issues were for the turbo failing, catalytic converter failing, a valve was stuck causing motor to over heat and shut down. All issues related to the emissions system

Another friend has the same truck same year and no issues.

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Fair enough, i guess.

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that's primarily what these will be used for

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Binos only have one side for imagery and the other is the laser range finder which add cost if you dont need it

The telos XP50 monocular will have the same image and can be bought w/o LRF. The telos is literally 1/2 of a binocular

Id get the Merger XP50 binos or telos XP50 mono. Superior imagery for gathering cool footage. The XT50 is great but i find its not as crisp as the XP which is crazy because the sensor resolution is 2x the XP. I guess is an algorithm issue

Also, the merger NXP50 is a thermal / digital day time combo. you can expland your footgate to digial daytime imagery too.

Yall go check out Infected Outdoors I’m part of that team and it’s all thermal hunting with footage we get. I’m the only Louisiana guy but the channel is based out of Texas

Could be. Clean the gun and try again. Might be a gas issue or simply your setup doesn’t like those.

There’s always an excuse to find lol I noticed this trend when I forget to turn on the scope before getting to the range.

All thermions take the same aps 3/2 batteries. Pulsar is proud of that system and it isn’t going away anytime soon. That older XG50 will go through batteries faster than the new models so you definitely need them.

Sorry. Typo, turD

XG50 has a 40mK sensor sensitivity. The least sensitive thermal sensor of all the scopes mentioned.

This rating means how fine of a difference in temps the sensor can display. The lower the number the more sensitive or how small of a temp difference the sensor can pick up. Helps with the detail and sharpness of the image

XG50 40mk
XG60 25mk
XP50 25mk
XP60 18mk

Pulsar has netd and snet - netd is native sensor sensitivity and snetd is system netd (after algorithms). Above is snetd values (recalling from memory here but they should be close)

See my post above. Yall didn’t miss out on some new scope for cheap

The XG50 is not an upgrade from the XP50. That xp50 T2 (I’ve owned two of them) gives an unreal image. It’s a more sensitive thermal sensor than the XG50. Only downside is that the xp50 is a 17micron so image retention when zooming it not great.

The xg50 is discontinued, that’s why it’s cheap, I never liked its image either.

Technology is always changing. Waiting might not the thing to do. This year pulsar release the 60 line up. The XP60, XG60 and XL60. I’ve used the XG60 and it’s a huge improvement over the XG50. It’s great for long range at 4x base and 12 micron. I may grab one as a back up scope/coyote scope at the end of this year.

I own the XL60. 1024 res 12 micron at 2.5x base. Great middle ground for 80yrd pig groups and 300yd coyotes. and superb image rentention for long range.

XG60 and XL60 I have no issue ID dogs/deer/pigs at 1000yds. Technically no settings help you ID further, that comes with time in the scope. You can try the ultra contrast setting to get object more contrast but personally I don’t think it makes much difference. More resolution and a 12 micron scope will help you more than settings

I have no used the XP60 but it’s has the same sensor as the XP50 so it can only be great.

All 60 series have the biggest and highest resolution display screen so you feel even more zoomed in.

The XP50, XL50 and XG50 are discontinued and replaced by the above 60 series.

Pulsar has not told me of any price increases due to tariffs. Regardless, my statement still stands. I rather spend a few extra bucks and get something quality

The merger will ruin your image expectations for a scope so going to a 384 res or lesser brand will be underwhelming.
The thermion XL60 series will be the closest to the merger. I run the XL60 and it’s the best out there. In the past I’ve owned the XL50, XP50, trail 2 XQ50 and trail XQ38 and have looked plenty more.

so you bought a $7k+ optic dedicated to scanning, cream of the crop 1280 resolution , why would you pair it with a knock off thermal scope? The merger image is unreal. Not one bad thing I can say about them.

If you’re looking to save a few bucks, a pulsar thermion 2 XQ50 pro will be better than that Athlon or any pop up thermal company. Don’t cut corners now. The XP50 or XL50 can likely be found for a steal since they are being discontinued.

Buy a reputable brand. Quality of the parts used (germanium, display screen, thermal sensor) is a big part in image quality and optic longevity. All of these pop up Chinese knockoff companies use crap parts

I gotcha. Ive done this shite multiple nights a week for a long time now I've used almost every scope out there.
I've posted my stuff before so here's my IG. Pig killing IG

I have 4 videos with the XL60 posted. Conditions have been tough lately with rain and wind but its doing well.

I'm pulling up the the crop fields now. Hopefully stack the pigs tonight.