Night Vision Guide TB 630 LRF Clip on vs Athlon Cronus 35CL-640

[Waddles0931]

Good afternoon fellas! I've been eyeballing the Guide TB630 LRF and Athlon Cronus 35CL-640 for Coyote hunting and shooting heat treated steel for night shoots. Just by looking at them I can tell they are both very similarly manufactured but the specs vary a bit. It looks like the Guide TB630 has a 1920x1080 pixel display while the Athlon Cronus has a 1280x960 resolution. Now with the sensor resolution being equal (640x512 @ 12 microns) am I right in assuming that the 1920x1080 screen will be a lot better when optically zooming in? I'm still fairly new to thermal, I have a BAE UTM that I love and works great but I want to buy another clip on. Thanks in advance for any input!

 

[smarcus]

Also interested in hearing about screen resolution from someone who was seen or used both.

 

[Waddles0931]

I'm hoping someone might have an answer lol

 

[5RWill]

Guide is the OEM for Athlon. Only difference seems to be screen resolution. If you google for the TB630LRF it can be had for like $2000 right now.

 

[Waddles0931]

They both appear to be decent options, I just wonder would the screen resolution on the Guide being 1920x1080 if it would be better in front of my Trijicon Credo 1-10 or would the Athlon with its 1280x960

 

[smarcus]

2k for that unit is just crazy cheap.

 

[cake5150]

I'm only seeing the version with no Pic rail mount for $2k at Bobleisure. If someone found the rail mount version, where at are you guys seeing them for that price? I don't need another thermal, but that would be a fantastic deal.

 

[smarcus]

I only saw the Bob Leisure one. Everywhere else is 3K which is still a deal for that kind of performance.

 

[5RWill]

Looks like they make a $180 picatinny adapter with ADM but i seriously hate the way it interfaces. Then the one they sell with the 1.5" ADM mount is attached via screws in a recess on the ADM mount which is like every other one.

 

[5RWill]

Got a good deal on the ADM integrated tb630lrf. So i'll get to see how it compares to the DNT. I expect it to be much better the DNT suffers a little in clip on mode. Looking forward to it.

 

[Waddles0931]

The DNT is a 1.5x base magnification right? So your mil holds, bdc, etc aren't gonna be correct?

 

[5RWill]

The DNT is a 1.5x base magnification right? So your mil holds, bdc, etc aren't gonna be correct?

Correct idk honestly i think if it’s collimated it’s fine. I’m running 223 so right now it’s either a 50/200yd zero or 33/300 to alleviate that issue