RIX thermal? Anybody seen or used one?
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Vect0rstar
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Doesn't look like it's a true optical zoom, just zooms in on the screen. Would imagine it'd look similar to zooming in on a clip on unit.
hunt0168
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I’ve been using the RIX Leap3 for a couple months now and it’s been solid for the most part. It’s my first thermal scope so I have nothing to compare it to.
There is an optical zoom on these things which is pretty sweet. At least in the sense that there’s a series of lenses in the ocular bell that zoom in on the screen inside when you twist the bell like any variable scope. It also has digital zoom but the optical does allow for a clearer, less pixelated image in the scope. The downside is that when you zoom optically, and zoom far enough you end up losing the menu features at the top of the view screen. So if for example you wanted to change a setting you would need to zoom out to see the menus. Also, When zooming optically, any video that is recordedwill be at the base magnification or wherever you were zoomed digitally.
I like that it runs on 18650 batteries. User controls are super simple and intuitive. Any questions I had for tech support were answered and addressed quickly. I’ve killed 6 coyotes so far with it from 70-170 yards out. Holding zero fine. No glitches yet of any consequence. For the price I’m very pleased so far. I kind of wish I sprung for the 640 but I haven’t yet felt like I was under scoped.
There is an optical zoom on these things which is pretty sweet. At least in the sense that there’s a series of lenses in the ocular bell that zoom in on the screen inside when you twist the bell like any variable scope. It also has digital zoom but the optical does allow for a clearer, less pixelated image in the scope. The downside is that when you zoom optically, and zoom far enough you end up losing the menu features at the top of the view screen. So if for example you wanted to change a setting you would need to zoom out to see the menus. Also, When zooming optically, any video that is recordedwill be at the base magnification or wherever you were zoomed digitally.
I like that it runs on 18650 batteries. User controls are super simple and intuitive. Any questions I had for tech support were answered and addressed quickly. I’ve killed 6 coyotes so far with it from 70-170 yards out. Holding zero fine. No glitches yet of any consequence. For the price I’m very pleased so far. I kind of wish I sprung for the 640 but I haven’t yet felt like I was under scoped.
hunt0168
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Yes, I think it’s a good sharp image and at base mag, and using the optical zoom it stays sharper than the digital zoom when you zoom in. I’d suggest people just Google RIX Leap L3 and watch some of the YouTube reviews and videos. Plenty of videos through these optics to get an idea of what they look like. I like it, but I have no other experience with thermal so I can only give my opinion of this one. It holds zero and I can see critters in the dark! Video and pics are not the reasons I hunt predators or purchased a thermal optic so those features are less important to me. I know these things are very important to others.
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