I wrote my review of the Mars OneLeaf MT1000 back in early December. Here we are in late January 26 and my scope is still functioning well above its weight class. My Super Yoter has continued to be my backup thermal. I am not a representative for Mars and get no percentage for selling anything. I'm just giving my honest opinion. I don't claim to be a thermal expert and my experience is limited to 4 Pulsars, 1 Bering Optics Super Yoter, 1 Phenom, 1 IRay, and the MT1000. There has been some concern on warranty and repair work if/when needed. I have been told by someone who knows a lot more about thermal companies than I do that it could be an ITAR problem shipping these scopes out of the country for warranty/repair to Hong Kong. I don't know if that is correct. I purchased mine through Amazon and the rep. for the Mars store through Amazon assured me that all I had to do was send it to her if needed and she would take care of the rest. They have been very responsive to my questions. I am including the review here as it has not changed, and adding a couple of more recent coyote hunting videos.
From Dec. 2nd post:
To further answer your question, I purchased the One Leaf as a back-up to my Bering Optics Super Yoter. I liked it good enough that at least for the time being I'm using it exclusively on my main night rig. Things I like, view is great, 18650 battery, LRF works well, Ballistic Calculator works well, but I've only shot it out to 275 yds. so not really enough to tell. Has playback mode through the scope which helps in finding coyotes after the shot. It also had sound recording which you can hear on the videos. Video recording is good and can be done in various minutes according to user needs. Also can be set to start automatically when the scope is turned on or turned on manually. Controls are easy to figure out and on-screen menu pretty much explains everything you need to know. I have mine set to 60hz refresh rate, and the scope doesn't show any blip when it NUC's, shutterless they say.
Things you may not like, it doesn't have wi-fi, so you have to download firmware on a computer and then put it on the micro sd card which loads it automatically when you install the card back in the One Leaf. It doesn't come with a QD mount, so if you want to change it easily from one rifle to another you would need to purchase the separate QD mount which runs $99. The mount it comes with seems to hold zero well enough. I don't know about CS of course which could be a nightmare, but One Leaf has been very responsive in answering a couple of questions I had on the ballistic calculator. Warranty is only 3 years instead of 5, but the price is about 1/3 to 1/4 of scopes with similar features. So far, I have been more than pleased.
There seems to be a fair number of videos on the features on YouTube, but not many hunting coyotes yet. Most are reviews done by people who were sent free scopes to review. I purchased mine from Amazon because I knew I would have a 30-day free return window if it turned out to be a dud. I caught the 50mm model on sale during the 4th of July there for $1619. It was a 10% off sale from the regular price of $1,799. It ended up to my door at $1,730 including tax. I'm not representing One Leaf in any way or for any benefit. If it turns out to be a dud, I will certainly and surely post it here. Right now, I do not see how the mainline manufacturers are going to be able to hold those higher prices for very long which is a benefit for every night hunter in the long run, but the exception will be that it will allow many more people to get into night hunting. So cheaper prices benefit, but more hunting competition makes it more difficult.
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