FLIRScout TKx - Compact Infrared/Thermal Imaging Monocular for Wildlife Viewing, Hunting & Outdoor

This thermal scope is good FOR THIS PRICE POINT, sadly it has shortfalls and doesn't fit my needs so ill be returning it. In hindsight I wish I did more research into the products but fell for the limited time only sale price malarkey during the prime sale. I advise going to YouTube and type 'FLIR Scout TKx Teledyne FLIR'. There you'll find video of what the device can do from FLIR themselves.Pros:- Intuitive, easy to understand controls- Good field of view (FoV)- Great variety of Image colour palettes (able to change to better suit the situation, very nice, might be best feature)- battery life is great (used it for an hour and a half ish and still on four of four bars)- able to see the wires of power lines from fairly far away (little over 200m ish, against the backdrop of the sky. Wasn't lucky enough to see any wildlife when i went out at night to test it so can't comment on that part)- feels great in the hand- video recording and camera is a nice touch- accessories are really handy- feels rugged and solid in the hand but I'm not going to test its durabilityCons:- The detector resolution isn't able to keep up with FoV leading to issues. Two of which are the image being very washed out (therefore not detailed). Secondly, I found it struggles to look past branches of trees (few to no leaves but fairly dense concentration of branches) to lukewarm objects behind the tree (in my test the exterior of my house with recently driven car in front).- Probably my biggest gripe, the refresh rate. oh dear. I understand that thermal imagers fall under International traffic in arms regulations (ITAR) which is some legal stuff imposed by the USA on a select few countries to stop these devices getting into the wrong hands. So there isn't any infringement on ITAR, the refresh rate is set to be below 9Hz. This isn't great, it's a slideshow. This makes using it whilst walking jarring at best. As i live in a non embargoed country, the UK, ill definitely be getting ones with better refresh rate. Best used standing still.- probably because of the price point, there is no zoom. There is the focus for the display within the imager but that's it. Can definitely be used without this though, just would of been nice.It annoys me that they could of had an amazing product if the sensor was just slightly larger and the refresh rate was not in the gutter (25Hz at least like other products on offer). The rest of the imager is fantastic, These 2 key points drag it down quite a lot hence my rating.

We use this as part of our dog rescue team (Hot dog dog rescue) and it has been really good for sweeping undergrowth day and night.The only issue I have is a glasses wearer, that I have to keep taking glasses off an on. That my broken eyesight though!

I received the package and the battery was completely dead. Usually the battery would have a small bit of charge. The device will not boot up correctly. Probably because it's lost its memory from being dead for a length of time. I've raised a support ticket with flir to see if this can be resolved.The build quality feels nice, its a nice size and fits in a pocket well.

when it arrived the box had been opened and the charging port was damaged wouldnt charged sent back for a refund

Generally it’s a poor product in my opinion, yes it does work but just not very well.