Night Vision New Trijicon "REAP 2" line

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Trijicon’s Electro Optics Division Expands the REAP-IR® Thermal Riflescope Line
August 27, 2018 -
Wixom, Mich. — Trijicon® Inc, manufacturer of Brilliant Aiming Solutions™, is pleased to introduce the latest additions to the REAP-IR family of thermal imaging systems. The new and improved REAP-IR models retain Trijicon’s leading image quality, ease of use, and durability while adding new, user friendly features.

Trijicon is now offering two additional magnification options with enhanced features to the 35mm effective focal length variants (2.5x base optical magnification). The REAP-IR will now be available in 60 mm EFL (4.5x base optical magnification) and 20 mm EFL (1.5x base optical magnification) models.

The new and improved variants and the existing REAP-IR configurations will be available for purchase. The new REAP-IR variants feature a simplified “Easy Zero Method” which makes sighting in the optic easier and more intuitive. Getting rounds on target is now a matter of aligning an on-screen digital icon with bullet impacts using provided MOA readouts.

Trijicon also updated the main housing to include an integrated picatinny rail interface for mounting optional accessories, such as a Trijicon RMR®. The battery compartment has been redesigned to a ruggedized, top-loading compartment with an easy-to-use thumbscrew to allow simpler night-time operation.

All Trijicon REAP-IR optics feature 640x480 resolution, 12 micron thermal sensors and 60 Hz frame rates. The REAP-IR family comes standard with five included reticle options, and six advanced polarity settings for exceptional visibility in any environment. Trijicon Electro Optics thermal scopes are engineered, machined and assembled in the United States and are tested to MIL-STD 810-G.

For more information on the REAP-IR and the complete array of Brilliant Aiming Solutions™ for the hunting, shooting, military and law enforcement markets, contact Trijicon®, Inc. at (248) 960-7700.

For Hi-Res images, please contact Eddie Stevenson at [email protected].



https://www.trijiconeo.com/products/reap-ir/


MSRP

20mm $6,999
35mm $7,999
60mm $9,499

 

[SkyScrapin]

I like that they focused on redesigning the battery compartment. I'm hoping it's similar to the PVS-30 type battery housing.
Dealing with a batter swap while inside of 40 yards on a decent group of piggies can be a frustrating experience. Not a fan of battery pack setups.

Edit: it does look similar to the PVS-30 battery housing.

 

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Yup. vertical instead of "inline" ... which avoids the recoil issues the inline design entails.

Also, no manual focus ring, to avoid the POI shift issue, the Patrol suffers from.

The same joystick control.

The same PVS-14 rear lens system.

The ird-dloc mount, same as the REAP-1 and the SNIPE.

The rail on top instead of the shoe.

These are "hardened" up to be weapons sights first, versus spotters of the earlier patrol derivatives.

 

[Nate O.]

I think the reticle choices in the trijicons are lacking..

And I'm not a fan of the reticle choices from any of the manufacturers.. ..or maybe I'm missing it? Just give me a nice fine mildot crosshair with floating dot

 

[shoots100]

I think trijicon needs to be notified that there's a lot more competition out there now in every tier of the thermal imaging world.
There are other proven scope brands out there with the same or better features/options (to some), for considerably less $$$.
I like their products, but most don't have the budget of our military.

 

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Going back 3-4 years ago, you had Armasight and ATN holding down the bottom end of the commercian thermal market, the budget scopes, and on top of that the military thermals like the FLIR T-70 and the CNVD-T had the high end. Along came IRD and Pulsar. IRD aimed into mid-tier ... between the budget scopes and the military clipons. Pulsar took on the low end directly. Both Pulsar and IRD did well. Then came the mergers, Trijicon picking up IRD and FLIR destroying Armasight. In the mean time, ATN went to being a Chinese rebrander.

So now, we really just have pulsar on the bottom, making really decent gear for the money. They own the 'bang for the buck' space. FLIR has a few entries in that space from the rebuilt Armasights. The FLIR entries are either real small, or have a ton of magnification. But Pulsar, still owns the budget end of the market. In the middle you have Trijicon and they're doing fine in their space. Not everyone can afford them, but those that save their money can get in. And last but not least, we've have the military clipons like the LWTS and the BAE OASYS line taking the high end of the market, the over $10k msrp space, where only a few can play.

So what is trijicon doing? This release "hardens" up the popular REAP (Patrol) line and makes them viable weapons sights, particularly by taking the batteries out of the recoil alignment.

But their purchase of the rights to manufacture the BAE OASYS line mean they will be able to build and sell these military grade devices within the next year (we hope). So Trijicon does not seem to be trying to move down into the budget space. Instead, they seem to be trying to open up the high end of the market. If they can knock some of the premium off the prices ... like SKEETs MSRP was around $15k and the UTC-x was around $20k ... we think they will have little trouble selling them.

 

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I've heard from one dealer than REAP2s have shipped to him. So that answers my "availability" question partially. At least these units are shipping (we don't have to wait another six months for them to first ship).

 

[tkp401119]

Curious...does the OASYS core provide a superior image to what’s already in the IR Patrol/Reap?

 

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Negative ... The Trijicon thermals have all had OASYS cores since the Mk2 line ...

The announcement about Trijicon licensing from BAE to manufacture the OASYS line ... will allow Trijicon to manufacture the various thermals in that line ... the "OASYS Line" ... is named after the core they contain.

https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/oasys-thermal-imaging-and-aiming

All Patrols, REAPs and Mk2 and mk3 trijicons will continue to have OASYS cores as they always have had.

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[tkp401119]

Got it. So is the only difference that they are milspec since they have similar performance? I have the IR patrol and hunter so just wondering what the upside is to get a OASYS unit? Thanks.

 

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The BAE OASYS line have different lens systems. They also have housing differences and UI software differences. All the trijicons are using the OASYS 12 micro cores, which in theory gives them the potential to be smaller and lighter and less power hungry.
The Skeet-ir-x, the UTC-x, the UTM-x use the 17 micron core ... the SKEET is considerably smaller and lighter than the patrol. So, IRD (now Trijicon) did not take advantage of the 12 micron core potential, even though they used them.


So the Skeet is smaller and lighter than the Patrol ... and has a built in laser pointer (at least most of them do, mine does). That's its primary advantage. But that comes at double the list price. I have both, but if I had to pay list price for the Skeet and list price for the patrol, I'd rather have 2 patrols than one skeet

Comparing the UTC-x to the SNIPE ... and I had both side by side for 2 months last year .. There is no comparison. First and foremost ... I put the UTC-x on my .300WM(24) and it was dead on to the day scope out to 900yds ( as far as I tried it). The SNIPE was considerably off on the POI. That said the SNIPE has adjustments that allow you to move the display image around to get the POI to match the POA. I moved the UTC-x to the 6.5G(18) ... and again, dead on out to 700yds (as far as I tried it).
I never tried the SNIPE beyond 500yds.
The SNIPE is rated for 4x max magnification on the day scope, the UTC-x said 10x+ ... by using the "small screen trick" the UTC-x actually can get up to 16x before it starts to pixelate and is still very usable up to 20x. The SNIPE is pretty good up to 6x but maxes out at 8x. I shot the SNIPE on 8x at 500yds.

So the improved optical train in the UTC-x and the dead on collimation of the rear lens system, makes the UTC-x head over heels better than the SNIPE. But that comes at double the MSRP. BTW, the UTC, like the PVS-30 has no "adjustments" for its POI. It is just dead on. None needed or available.

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The SKEET has the COMPASS heading on the display.
The UTC has the
Compass heading
Pitch (angle of inclination)
Roll (cant)
on the display
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So those are the advantages of the BAE OASYS units compared to their Trijicon counterparts, in my experience.

I have a Patrol and a Mk3 60mm and a Skeetir-L and a UTC-x .. and I T&Ed a SNIPE for two months last year. I like them all. The "dream" is if Trijicon can product the BAE OASYS units and sell them at a lower cost. I doubt we will see a 50% price reduction, then they would compete directly with the current trijicons ... but a 25% price reduction would make them more affordable than the old BAE prices ...

 

[tkp401119]

Thanks. So basically fingers crossed for something like the UTC-xii for $15k

https://willsoptics.com/product/utc-xii-universal-thermal-clip-on/