Thermal eye relief

[so1ocam]

bought a Reap Ir. Haven’t had a chance to hunt with it yet. Just played around the house with it a little to get used to the menus. One thing I noticed is that the shuttered eye cup they send with the unit is a nice idea. However when I mounted it on my AR it’s impractical. I have to tilt the rifle at an angle just so my eye can activate the rubber piece so I can see though the darn thing. I figure it’s better off just taking it off for hunting. Are all thermals eye reliefs like this?

 

[Rookie]

I don't know if they're all the same, but I took mine off my IR Hunter and left it off.

 

[Wildfowler]

I don't know if they're all the same, but I took mine off my IR Hunter and left it off.

Remove mine from my mark 2 immediately for that same reason.

 

[Taco]

That shuttered eyeguard sucks. Took it off my Reap and replaced with pvs14 style.

 

[pruhdlr]

My older ATN ThOR is focusable for target distance and the eyepiece is adjustable for your eyes and clarity of reticle.
I took the silicone eyecup off for a couple reasons. First,the places that we hunt typically has little or no ambient light to harm viewing. And second,the eyecup that came with the unit was a real PITA to get around your eye correctly.
This thermal . . set for my eyes . . has an eye relief of about 2 -2 1/2 inches. --- pruhdlr

 

[Bocephus]

I thought the shuttered idea was awesome.............until I mounted it. then I realized it was not practical to use. I then realized why I see so many pics of Trijicons without any eye pieces on them (which is how I run mine).