Thermal handheld scope

[Larryc]

I'm looking to buy a thermal handheld scope I've have had 3 neck surgeries and have a 4"piece of metal in my neck I can not use my gun as a spotting scope. I am using a Amasight Zeus Pro Thermal 640 4-30 x 100 60hz on my gun and I have a Armasight co -x Gen 3 Alpha night vision clip -on and I use a PVS 14 to use when am walking around. I really would like to have a thermal handheld. This is the best forum to get the right information I would like to say thank you for all your help.

 

[Brian Shaffer]

Well, the real issues here are how much do you want to spend and how far do you want to see?

The Pulsar Helion XP50 is a nice 2.5x 640 resolution spotting scope with an onboard battery that will last you around 8 hours that is really nifty. It has a lot of neat features and is a slick little spotter that isn't overly expensive for a 640 platform.
Helion XP50

Trijicon's IR Patrol (1x) is a neat scope and if you want the super duper spotter, then the IR Patrol M250XR is really cool. I have looked through rgilbert's.
IR PATROL M250XR

I think if I didn't need the 4.5x of the IR Patrol M250XR, I would likely go with a REAP-IR at 2.5x that could be used as a spotter, or do double duty as a backup rifle scope. REAP-IR It would be a higher end way to go for 2.5x, but then you would have a backup.

 

[chthump]

I use one of my first scopes 336 Armasight for a spotting scope, works fine,occasionally miss something really close, like less than 100ft, but that never really happens anyway