Night Vision RH25 or the L3 LTWS, which would you choose?

[ST42]

Like the title states. I’m torn between the two. Never used either in the past. Most shots will be within 300 meters for coyotes. I’ll be using a SU230 for the day optic, so 4X. If you have any experience with these, please drop some learning on me.

Thanks!

 

[WhereNow&How]

Horta, where the hecque are you. The man needs some input.

 

[WhereNow&How]

I’d go RH25 .

Yep, that RH25 does look sweet and small footprint & weight.

 

[jMarine]

Horta, where the hecque are you. The man needs some input.

Bathing in his large assortment of night toys I would imagine

 

[WhereNow&How]

Bathing in his large assortment of night toys I would imagine

If he got around with the womens like he does the thermal, hecque, he wouldn't still be alive.

Maybe instead of Dear Abbey, he oughta open up a advice column called Dear Horta.

 

[ST42]

Thanks guys. I am leaning towards the RH25. I just ran across a pretty sweet deal on the LWTS, and I’m trying to gage its worth. Obviously the 5 year warranty on the iRay is a huge positive. The L3 is out of warranty.

 

[TheHorta]

LWTS was The Shizzle 3+ years ago, but RH25 beats the absolute stuffin’ out of it, hands down. I can’t think of a single area where the L3 would be better — save perhaps for ultimate durability and LARPness.

RH25 is what you seek. In fact, the dude selling his for a “sweet deal” is probably trying to fund an RH25.

 

[WhereNow&How]

When those LWTS get down to around $2,500 I will have an interest.

 

[ST42]

@TheHorta. Thank you sir! I will pursue it no longer. You guys are Great!

 

[jstokes1]

Rh 25. More use case (handheld/helmet/clip on), Lightner, newer tech, customer support, rechargeable batteries... the works.

Also, the field of views are pretty close. 14.8⁰ for the LWTS and 17.5⁰ for the RH25. This means that the LWTS will support a tiny but more day time mag, but has an inferior res display (which helps the RH25 bridge that gap).

I will say though, using it with a 4x elcan is decent....but won't give you the best image because it lacks the back end demag necessary to help cut out that pixelation. Same goes for the LWTS/UTM X/voodoo s and so forth (which are all roughly 15⁰ FOV and 1x thermals.) The voodoo starts to pixelate out at 3x optical, so the RH25 will as well (and maybe even a little more). Is it still usable? Yes. Is it the ideal image if that's what you're going for? No. An LPVO is better suited for units like this.