Burnsome...
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Its time for an upgrade
I got to look through the FLIR Scion 640 today and it has amazing clarity. Probably a thousand times better than my origianal Scout which has served me well many years for a hand scanner. But the Scion is about 4x larger than the old Scout, and currently requires 6 CR123 batteries and less than ideal run time. I've heard FLIR may be coming out with a regargeable battery pack for the Scion but have not seen any news about it. An external battery can be attached to it but when I think about the larger size of the unit and having to deal with an external battery and cable it doesnt sound so ideal. Maybe doable and something one could get used to I suppose, especially with the amazing image it produces.
I've used one of the new compact Pulsars and they are nice but the field of view is a bit too narrow for my needs.
I've never looked through the Hogster-R but I believe Kirsch indicated in other threads that it makes a pretty nice hand scanner as well. It has the benefit of being gun mountable to boot. I've looked for the actual dimensions of the Hogster but cant seem to find them but it appears smaller than the Scion and would be pretty nice for both scanning and gun mounted. Its not a 640 core though, so was wondering if anybody has actually compared the image of the Hogster to the 640 Scion? I've also heard the Hogster does well in high humidity which is what I deal with well over half the year in my neck of the woods.
I suppose I could get both but trying to limit it to one unit at this time.
I got to look through the FLIR Scion 640 today and it has amazing clarity. Probably a thousand times better than my origianal Scout which has served me well many years for a hand scanner. But the Scion is about 4x larger than the old Scout, and currently requires 6 CR123 batteries and less than ideal run time. I've heard FLIR may be coming out with a regargeable battery pack for the Scion but have not seen any news about it. An external battery can be attached to it but when I think about the larger size of the unit and having to deal with an external battery and cable it doesnt sound so ideal. Maybe doable and something one could get used to I suppose, especially with the amazing image it produces.
I've used one of the new compact Pulsars and they are nice but the field of view is a bit too narrow for my needs.
I've never looked through the Hogster-R but I believe Kirsch indicated in other threads that it makes a pretty nice hand scanner as well. It has the benefit of being gun mountable to boot. I've looked for the actual dimensions of the Hogster but cant seem to find them but it appears smaller than the Scion and would be pretty nice for both scanning and gun mounted. Its not a 640 core though, so was wondering if anybody has actually compared the image of the Hogster to the 640 Scion? I've also heard the Hogster does well in high humidity which is what I deal with well over half the year in my neck of the woods.
I suppose I could get both but trying to limit it to one unit at this time.