cal 7888 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 has anyone here got one? if so what is it like? quality? clarity out to what ranges? what retical does it have in it? seems a good bit of kit for £399.99! want it for rats with the air rifle and rabbits with the .17 or .22 out to 150-200 yards! suitable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 There are a couple of reviews here: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=yukon+photon+5x42+review&oq=Yukon+Photon&gs_l=youtube.1.4.0l5.1591.7358.0.9753.12.8.0.4.4.0.113.777.6j2.8.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.BtdJ3-p3gjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewluke Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 i had one and sold it within 2 weeks,i bought it for rats and found the photon to have a very narrow fov,i could see eyeshine plain enough but could not make out the actual rat so i got rid of it,there are videos on youtube but the pic you see is not what you actually see when looking through the eyepiece, andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal 7888 Posted September 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 i had one and sold it within 2 weeks,i bought it for rats and found the photon to have a very narrow fov,i could see eyeshine plain enough but could not make out the actual rat so i got rid of it,there are videos on youtube but the pic you see is not what you actually see when looking through the eyepiece, andrew i saw a video on you tube and with a nightmaster it didnt look to shabby but obviously the night vision recorder is after all the reticle and glass in the scope! yes i did wonder if that was the case! apparantly in day light you can hardly see anything! were you using the standard illuminator or were you using a torch pro or nightmaster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewluke Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 i saw a video on you tube and with a nightmaster it didnt look to shabby but obviously the night vision recorder is after all the reticle and glass in the scope! yes i did wonder if that was the case! apparantly in day light you can hardly see anything! were you using the standard illuminator or were you using a torch pro or nightmaster? the illuminator i used was a converted t20 lamp with oslon black ir,the standard illuminator is pathetic, andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 for the price they are charging for them I would want it to shoot,and prepare my rabbits for that, as said the illuminator on it is pants but the unit itself can be modded and be improved but why do that once you have paid a shed load of money out atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadioles Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 want it for rats with the air rifle and rabbits with the .17 or .22 out to 150-200 yards! Blimey... I am not sure that I could reliably shoot a rabbit at that distance in daylight using my hmr never mind at night with 5x mag and grainy night vision. Head shooting rabbits at 50 yards is hard enough using my .22lr with a pretty good dedicated gen2+ Pulsar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshootist Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 for the price they are charging for them I would want it to shoot,and prepare my rabbits for that, as said the illuminator on it is pants but the unit itself can be modded and be improved but why do that once you have paid a shed load of money out atb Evo £400? That seem t b a barbargain for a digital nv scope. Reviews on the bbs are pretty good and there is a huge waiting list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) I`ve seen a few for sale 2nd hand after people have only had them for a short while........ They seem too cheap compared to the rest of the market ,Andrewluke`s experience is very interesting ! Edited September 24, 2013 by matone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) A friend bought one and was very disappointed. Pretty much echoing the comments above. Its a nice idea but if going for an off the shelf nv that will allow you to shoot day and night I would still be going for the ns200 and a PA scope. The whole heads up shooting thing is a bit marmite, but I found it only took a few hours to adjust. The aftersales service is fantastic with them too. Or, go down the route myself, Evo and many others have, build yourself an add-on for much less. Edited September 24, 2013 by mick miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangon Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I had one and sold it after one outing. Didnt like it at all. As mentioned above I found it to have narrow field of view. Very focus fussy. The eye relief head position is very fussy. I used it with a NM 800 with 850 and 940 pills A Pulsar L808 The inbuilt IR is useless. It reminded me of looking through a Yukon Ranger only worse. It is Marmite. and I didnt like it! Dont get me wrong for the money its ok,. Im sure loads are people are very happy with it. I just prefer better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal 7888 Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 A friend bought one and was very disappointed. Pretty much echoing the comments above. Its a nice idea but if going for an off the shelf nv that will allow you to shoot day and night I would still be going for the ns200 and a PA scope. The whole heads up shooting thing is a bit marmite, but I found it only took a few hours to adjust. The aftersales service is fantastic with them too. Or, go down the route myself, Evo and many others have, build yourself an add-on for much less. i think i will give it a miss then... haha you say at the bottom of your comment about making my own! i have seen this before but never really knew exactly what it entail's to build you own? on a budget of course! thanks callum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 contact evo if your unsure about building yourself,he is making kits up for people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikemad24 Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 make one yourself. get a good camera ie ej230 or watec 902h and have a bit of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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