Night Vision Sig SV35/SV50 Scopes

[951Hunter]

I've been waiting for these to come in stock, but was also curious if anyone else had any insight on them.
LRF coupled with AB ultralight in a single unit sounds awesome.
18650 (or CR123) batteries, 640 with <20mK

 

[951Hunter]

Anyone had their hands on one of these? It looks like they're shipping now

 

[Tigerfan34]

I'm also interested in these, but haven't found any reviews yet. I did see a product video where Sig says they are talking with manufacturers about integrating QD mounts in the future.

Hopefully reviews are solid and the QD option is added soon.

 

[ping]

First review I've seen

 

[951Hunter]

I'd really like to know how these compare to other units. Every time you fart, there's a new iray and the nvision lines could use an update. With this price point, sig is really right next to the rest of the big kids. I'll probably end up grabbing 1 or 2 of these sig units, but I'd still like to hear some honest comparisons.
Edit- I figure these are closer to the iray RH50r and some of the pulsar units by comparison. I'd still like to know if the halo XRF beats it in the optical side

 

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The video did not give me any positive reinforcement of the image quality. I have an SV50 heading my way this week. Hoping the images through the unit are better than those on the video.

It isn't a good thing when the reviewer basically ends the video saying the image quality is "acceptable" and not as good as the Iray.

 

[goinghunting]

The video did not give me any positive reinforcement of the image quality. I have an SV50 heading my way this week. Hoping the images through the unit are better than those on the video.

It isn't a good thing when the reviewer basically ends the video saying the image quality is "acceptable" and not as good as the Iray.

Where did you purchase from if you don't mind me asking? Hit me with a pm if that works.

 

[951Hunter]

Where did you purchase from if you don't mind me asking? Hit me with a pm if that works.

Euro optic and the sig site have them currently

 

[ping]

Received scope late yesterday. Quick first impressions: Image quality is average. Reviewer above understated the quality of the image. What you see in his video is what you see through the eye piece. It is not as sharp as my Helion XP50Pro that I bought 2 years ago. I think my Iray RL25 384 image quality is comparable to this thing. Very very disappointing on the image quality front. I'll adjust settings and continue to test but initial thoughts are this sensor and screen are below the IRAY Rico MK2 LRF on image quality.

The rest of the scope is nice. The housing, the built-in range finder, the intuitive menus, the reticle that adjusts for distance, 18650 batteries.

Maybe I had unrealistic expectations, but the pros do not outweigh the image quality so far. I don't know if it is possible, but hopefully SIG can release a firmware update that sharpens things a bit. The jury is still out on this thing for me, but I wasn't wowed with the image. I get a bit of a fishbowl view when using the thing which I haven't experienced on my pulsars, irays, or nvision scopes/scanners

 

[kirsch]

Review showed really poor video quality as already noted, but that is always tough to judge based on environmental conditions and recording features. I also try to do reviews in really tough conditions to see how thermals handle those types of conditions.

The reviewer stated, "Most thermal companies have a 2-year warranty, a couple that have a 3-year warranty, and one that has a 5-year warranty." This statement just isn't accurate. It might have applied 5 years ago. I do agree it will be interesting to see what impact this warranty may have on the thermal Industry.

 

[951Hunter]

Received scope late yesterday. Quick first impressions: Image quality is average. Reviewer above understated the quality of the image. What you see in his video is what you see through the eye piece. It is not as sharp as my Helion XP50Pro that I bought 2 years ago. I think my Iray RL25 384 image quality is comparable to this thing. Very very disappointing on the image quality front. I'll adjust settings and continue to test but initial thoughts are this sensor and screen are below the IRAY Rico MK2 LRF on image quality.

The rest of the scope is nice. The housing, the built-in range finder, the intuitive menus, the reticle that adjusts for distance, 18650 batteries.

Maybe I had unrealistic expectations, but the pros do not outweigh the image quality so far. I don't know if it is possible, but hopefully SIG can release a firmware update that sharpens things a bit. The jury is still out on this thing for me, but I wasn't wowed with the image. I get a bit of a fishbowl view when using the thing which I haven't experienced on my pulsars, irays, or nvision scopes/scanners

Have you seen any change in image quality after messing with settings? Still intrigued in the 1.5 and 2x units, but not if they're just "average" quality for that price. What do you think of it with all things considered? Size, LRF, ballistics, etc

 

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I got frustrated with the optic and returned it. The image quality improved slightly with some tweaks but other problems became evident quickly. First of all the LRF on the unit I had was not accurate. I checked it against 2 other range finders, one being a SIG kilo, then measured with a tape measure, and even took it to a football field and it was off by 2 yards at 50 yards and way more at 100 yards. Going out to 150 and 200 yards and the LRF wasn't even close. The ballistics calculator did not work correctly but probably because the LRF was so jacked up???? I called SIG directly to inquire if a firmware update could correct the problem but they indicated that was not possible and directed me to return it to them or the retailer.

I can't say for certain that the tester in the video and I experienced the same issues, but I bet he missed the coyote in his video due to the problems I experienced with my unit. The unit just did not function properly. Maybe I got a bad unit but I did not opt for a replacement. For such an expensive optic I expected so much more and took the many problems as a sign to just wait for SIG to iron out their issues before subjecting myself to beta-testing their stuff any more. I was so excited for the unit with all the positives...the ballistics, the lrf, the 18650s, the warranty, etc... I wasted a bunch of ammo trying to see if I could make it work, I just couldn't.