Thermal spotters

[lekyrog]

I am thinking of upgrading my spotter from an Axion XM30s to a Hikmicro Condor CQ35LRF. But have seen a few post about poor battery life and problems after firmware upgrade. Any advice appreciated, even advice on similar priced spotters.

[andrew f]

9 hours ago, lekyrog said:

I am thinking of upgrading my spotter from an Axion XM30s to a Hikmicro Condor CQ35LRF. But have seen a few post about poor battery life and problems after firmware upgrade. Any advice appreciated, even advice on similar 

Decent battery's make all the difference

[Rim Fire]

Just go for a thermal spotter with external batteries i have just upgraded to the Habrox binoculars brilliant 

[RyanMc]

Hi,

I purchased the HikMicro Condor CQ35L a few weeks ago and got my first proper outing with it this Saturday past. Brilliant piece of kit, a game changer over NV or lamping (which both still have their places). Recording and using LRF seems to kill the battery quickly, but there are x3 in the pack, I carried x1 spare and didn't use it, 4 hours nearly continuous use and a quick 10 min plug in via the cars USB port between one set of land and the other and didn't change batteries, suits me and my needs from the unit!

Found Deer on land I've been shooting over for the past year, quick and easy to cover the ground for pest control, easy to see rats and other vermin where it was a task previously.

Ampsplus batteries are pretty good if you want a few spares, I have a few of them and they last a long time on my opticsfire LED lamp, multiple trips with it and never ran out of juice.