I have one right now and I’ll be getting some video of it if it ever stops raining. The image is pretty decent so far with very little time behind it. 20x seems to be a bit of a bogus claim but I’ll have footage soon enough to speak for itself.
All Hail the PLA !!! That is the next test for sure.... tomorrow.Images look GREAT ! Good news for the PLA, bad news for us
I'm impressed with the sensitivity of the unit, even more than the resolution. But, that doesn't say it will hold up under field conditions. Shoot 100 rds of 308 in the rain with it and report results !!
The Super Yoter along with all Bering optics thermals are assembled, and serviced in CA and TX. Yes, the sensor is from iRay which is manufactured in China. As for how Bering equipment holds up, I have pounded a Hogster, Super Hogster, Phenom and many other Bering products and they have held up including me personally taking over 300 coyotes during a ND winter. This included 3 nights of hunting at -25F with virtually every night hunting below freezing. If something goes wrong, Bering has a 4-year transferrable warranty and services their entire line up of thermals.Images look GREAT ! Good news for the PLA, bad news for us
I'm impressed with the sensitivity of the unit, even more than the resolution. But, that doesn't say it will hold up under field conditions. Shoot 100 rds of 308 in the rain with it and report results !!
I am prostaff for Night Goggles and test/vet a lot of the thermals for them. I am very glad the image you experienced was phenomenal. The unit I received was a prototype and Bering asked me to test it with a glass scope that was 5-20x magnification. This was my test case and I was also testing in high humidity. In those conditions, the image was OK which may be saying a lot for testing at such high magnification in tough conditions. I am testing the Super Yoter - R currently, and I will say the image is amazing on the - R. I wasn't trying to put a damper the - C, but just being realistic to the 20x claims. I report my actual experiences good, bad and otherwise. There are pros and cons to clip ons.
I am testing a prototype of the Super Yoter - R currently. It is a 640x512, 12µm, 50mm, 3-12x TWS. I will post a review video when complete. I would ask to hold additional questions until the review is ready. The specs are different because of the focal length and one being a clip on and the other a stand alone TWS.
I agree 100% there is a trend to buying cheap and viewing items as consumable. If this was Bering Optic's philosophy, I would not own their products. First, they do assemble their products in the US. Second, they service their entire line up of thermals in the US.
I get that these units are assembled and serviced in the USA, but you mentioned earlier iRay (China) how much else of the product is made in China and sent to USA for assembly. I realize that China is hard to get away from (especially with anything with a microchip, circuit board, etc.) but as a general rule I am doing my best to stay away from products that benefit the CCP, so this is an important aspect for me.
Saw @Double Naught Spy testing something from bering as well and figured it was a 640 TWS. Based on everything else from Bering, I'm guessing the image quality is going to be fantastic on this unit...let's see where they land with price though.
Should end up with pricing around $4,500 for the -R TWS. Less expensive than anything else even close to this image.
As a dealer we don’t get a parts list with every part and where it is produced whether for Bering, Pulsar, Trijicon or any thermal company. I would recommend sending a message to [email protected] with that question and the exact model you are thinking about if you wish for that specific of detail.
You wrote 17.2 feet x 9.8 feet but I believe you meant 17.2 yds which is something like an XQ38. Pulsar typically lists their FOV in yards or meters.
You sure aren't going to hurt my feelings as it is good to hear everyone's perspective. My phenom got used on 36 coyotes hunts and was the most crucial part of my shooting 304 coyotes in temps ranging from 70 to -25F. It was used in snowstorms to backyard summer rabbit duty. It has never locked up, froze, or glitched one time. To be the most important component to kill 300+ coyotes in 3 months in ND conditions, if that isn't a tool, I don't know what is? Is it built for military use, probably not, but it flat out works? I would classify coyote hunting as recreational, so your label is probably fine and applies to the majority of civilians using thermals.
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I will agree with this. There isn't a enough back end demagnification, like with the UTCx, for the image to support 20x optical zoom and be usable. I'd say the image on 1x optical with the ATACR I tested this with is produces a screen image that is about 2x the size of what that image looks like with the UTCx, so that means about 2x less capability for supporting day optic magnification.
Both are from the Super yoter, the first is a net magnification of 24x (6x optical and 4x digital) and the other is just 6x digital. I was trying to show the capabilites of the unit under even more extreme magnification, to which is does very well... especially for the price point. The image on the right hand side is less resolution because you're zoomed into the core 4x, therefore fourthing the core resolution, on top of being 6x zoomed into the OLED display. Given this, that's a great image that out performs the TigIR.
Thank you! Actually, to my eyes, the image on the right (wider FOV) looks better than the one on the left if I zoom it in.
Thats probably just my camera itself causing that, making the images more blurry than they actually are. The image on the right is a better representation of what I'm seeing through the scope.
Same options as the Hogster - C. Both have the option to be scope mounted or rail mounted.
You can either mount it on bell of your day optic with the Rusan mount, or with the pic rail adapter. The height is 1.5" with the pic rail. I typically use the pic rail as I know it'll remain zero, and has thus far upon dismounting then remounting.
It looks best with LPVOs in general. However, the best day optic I've seen with the Super Yoter is the Vortex 1-10x24 Gen III Razor. This day optic seems to be the best with any clip on thermal I've seen to date. Even does better than my NF ATACR 1-8x24.
