FLIR Scout II 320 - Long-Range Thermal Imaging Monocular for Wildlife Viewing, Hunting & Outdoor

Awesome product. So far it’s held up good.

Spent a ton of money on this and the top output plug to view on a separate monitor never worked from day one. I wanted to be able to have others in the field also be able to view what I saw on a separate monitor but it simply does NOT work. I even took it into the nerds at Radio Shack THREE TIMES and they couldn't get ANYTHING to show up on their monitors or the DVR monitor I brought in. Who cares from FLIR...probably NO One!!

fabulous product, light and easy to use. Love it

I had a good idea what to expect, having briefly used the lifeboat one. My surprise initially was how much you could see of inanimate objects, mooring buoys and the like. When we came to use it to help leave the river Deben in the dark it was great for avoiding mooring buoys which are made of plastic and thus have a different surface temperature to the surrounding water but not so good at spotting bigger navigation marks, I guess because they are steel, which conducts heat better and thus has a similar temperature to the surrounding water. All in all useful but with limitations. I am sure it would be invaluable as an aid to finding someone in the water.

Had the scout ii 240 which was great but this is a lot better think a lot more would get sold if the VAT wasn't on it but the iterm is spot on cant knock it

When I was looking for FLIR, I have done a fair bit of research into this device and how effective it was. Not a cheap item for myself and I can imagine many others as well. The ergonomics of the device was really good and only a couple of minor flaws which others had picked up on previously. The charging port you need to pry out with something blunt but pointed. And could not find out if there is software upgrades to improve the image. Here we go. Image definition. I have had this thermal imager since the 15th of December 2018. If you wish to see a heat signature only, then fine you will see a heat signature. At about 300m I had a image of a blob at night which I know to be a hare running across a field, as we have a number of them. Same distance during the day I had 4 larger blobs in the field which to the naked eye was deer, and my eyesight isn't great. Tonight 03/2/2019 a blob of a rat at 25m. I also tried to get birds in trees at 10m close range out to 100 meters and it was impossible to distinguish between the bushes and the birds. The trees and bushes are like they are over exposed giving a kind of flare back. The range of this device is to close to pick out shapes when these items are at the outside temperature's. I would not like to be on a boat relying on this for guidance at night. What did surprise me is I was looking in a mirror and I could see my image? When I was researching this I went on to the FLIR UK website and found that someone had reported possible condensation inside and the team seemed to be excellent in dealing with his enquiry and more than helpful to assist him with this problem. Myself I am going to return this to Amazon for a replacement. Possibly I have the same problem as it looks like someone has tried to clean a window with a wet cloth and let it dry like that. I have no doubt in my mind that this item has very many uses but if they were all in this condition I would advise not to spend your money on this. If they are as good as the advertise then you will have a very useful device. Because of how expensive it is, there are some good much cheaper night vision devices out there. I know I have a few but they are restricted to about 60-100m for the price. I will update this after I have returned it to Amazon. Amazon have been very good so far. Amazon have sent a replacement to me and I have had a chance test it out. I have upgraded my review to 3 stars as there is an improvement to this devise image quality. For me I am afraid it's still really poor vision. previously the model was a 2015 this time it was a 2016. In wide open fields you can see rabbits 200 to 300 yards away in black heat, Click on to instant heat image setting's you see no heat source. Small birds can be seen as white dots as your walking along at night in white mode, in a field of cut wheat, you do see a tiny white hot impression about 15- 20m distance. So this item can be very useful. Its failure for me is I try to use this to find birds and grey squirrels in trees. It is like trying to find detail in an over exposed picture as I have mentioned previously. I need pinpoint definition to prevent glare from the trees. The heat signature can not be picked out as the whole tree with no leave glows making it useless for bird and squirrel observation. The tree also becomes the heat signature in red but the animal does not show up. Very good solid and very well made item. would like to see a separate mode button at the thumb. A forward and backward mode buttons instead of having to scroll through the menu to get back to what you have just passed. WORD OF WARNING. MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU BYE, YOU ARE RECIEVEING THE LATEST MODEL OR YOU WILL BE PAYING NEARLY £3000 FOR SOMETHING WHICH COULD BE 4 YEARS OLD. AND AS TECH MOVES SO QUICKLY YOU WILL BE DISSAPOINTED. CHECK FOR REVIEWS WHICH REFLECT THE YEAR OF THE PRODUCT YOU WISH TO BYE.