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It's a little heavy

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024

Overall, it preforms very well.
Video is a nice feature.
Changing modes is easy.
Looking through glass or window screens it does not work well.
Outside it is very sharp both night and day time.

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Shadow133

Terrible power design

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021

Night vision is decent, especially with the light on. Doesn`t save time/date and settings after you power off so I disabled the timestamp on videos. The biggest and killer flaw is the power source. It will chew through 4 AA rechargeables in less than 15 min. And worse, it won`t recharge via USB it will actually discharge the batteries as the unit comes on while on USB power! It is useless unless you are next to a wall USB power source.

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Harry

It's a little heavy

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024

Style: Z2_ 6 x 50mmVerified Purchase

Overall, it preforms very well.
Video is a nice feature.
Changing modes is easy.
Looking through glass or window screens it does not work well.
Outside it is very sharp both night and day time.

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David Slater

Amazing night vision

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2023

Style: Z2_ 6 x 50mmVerified Purchase

This Bushnell monocular (I bought the 6x50 model) will provide real easy identification of objects in total darkness.
Using the inbuilt IR I was viewing possums among my pine trees at over 200 yards. Then I turned off the internal IR and mounted the monocular on a tripod. I shone my Coyote Cannon 850 nm IR torch onto the target area and the viewfinder was lit up like daylight - so much that I could make out details well beyond 600 yards in total darkness! This required a little digital zoom of around 1.5 times. I recommend this Bushnell monocular, either as a stand alone, or combined with a powerful IR torch for those extra long range observations. Only minor downside is battery life.

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Joseph M.

UPDATED: Maybe it's just misunderstood...

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2023

Style: 4.5 x 40mmVerified Purchase

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EDIT: For anyone having issues with battery life: I purchased AA style, rechargeable Li-ion batteries and they do not disappoint. Bushnell recommended these in the manual and what a difference. I've gone from either using a battery pack or getting 15 minutes to several hours on the LI batteries and still not even down to half a charge.

I received this in the mail yesterday as a secondhand Amazon purchase. First, let me say, for the price, it's going to be hard to beat. I've seen mixed reviews but most negative ones were focused on the battery life, power of the IR beam, and the screen being too low of a resolution. I'll share what I found in just a few hours of messing with this:

1.) The battery life with traditional batteries is atrocious. Then again, this thing is essentially a video camera with a light constantly running. And although our eyes don't perceive it, it's a bright light in terms of power consumption. You will be lucky to get 20 minutes on a full, new set of standard or rechargeable batteries.
That being said, I ran this with a 10,000 mAh li-ion power bank for close to an hour without depleting a quarter. I have to wait for the rechargeable AA li-ions to get here before I can attest to how long they will last. Bushnell could definitely throw in a rechargeable battery unit for this price point and probably have a lot better sales for little extra cost.

2.) Several people were complaining about distance of use. Using the on board illuminator, I was able to see and focus on objects around 400 yards on a cloudy, low light night, and hand holding the device. This device is a camera, and as such, to gain the maximum function, there are some trade offs. A slower shutter speed setting will allow more light into the sensor between opening and closing. The slowest "refresh" setting will allow you to see farther, but will result in a more "ghostly" look to the user. If you're viewing items that are closer, you can get away with using the fastest refresh of the three options and gain sharper imaging. This only allowed me to see around 100 yards with good brightness.
I also added an IR flashlight clipped into a light holder for a bike. A pack of four was around $10 on amazon and you can use 1/4-20×1/2 inch machine screws to fit almost any female tripod mount. I bought the 940 nm light due to the fact that the onboard is an 850 nm. The 850 will give you a slightly brighter detail but the 940 nm allows more covert use, as it is presents as almost invisible even looking directly into the light.

3.) The viewing screen is fairly low resolution and grainy but that is to be somewhat expected in a lower end night vision unit. The same goes with low end thermal units. It is a digital replication and presentation versus an optical one. It's not going to be perfect. Zooming about halfway on a subject will allow for better ability to focus. Since it is digital zoom, the focus will not change when zooming back out, given that you do not change it and your subject stays stationary. The diopter adjustment seems to be extremely limited, however.

All in all, when used properly, it seems to be a great unit at this price point. It could stand to probably be built slightly sturdier but it can give some great quality viewing.

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Shadow133

Terrible power design

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021

Style: 4.5 x 40mmVerified Purchase

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Frequent Prime Customer

Okay but flawed

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2020

Style: 4.5 x 40mmVerified Purchase

This is basically a CMOS digital camera with a switchable IR filter and IR-friendly optics. It is pretty sensitive to near-IR but not far-IR (i.e., heat) so it does not directly replace a true image intensifier. The image sensor has 1080p resolution but the eyepiece display is much coarser; it looks more like 640x480. The eyepiece diopter adjustment is very limited; I am 66 with age-related presbyopia and I could not get it to fully accomodate when wearing glasses calibrated for distance vision. The battery cap is difficult to replace: it has a strong spring force that must be overcome while at the same time attempting to start a fine thread and it tends to crossthread unless you are very careful. I bought the Z2 with the suggested NiMH rechargeable cells; these seem to work okay although the battery indicator never shows full charge since their voltage is lower than alkaline cells. There is no provision for an external power source. The IR illuminator is very powerful even at the low setting and uses the battery up quickly. The WiFi function works reasonably well with the Android and iOS apps although there is a 1/2 second lag with the live view; that makes focusing difficult. The processor locked up on a few occasions when trying to transfer a picture via WiFi or USB. Sometimes when attempting to record video to an empty, freshly formatted SD Card it would fail and required a power cycle to work again.

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Well Read Redneck

Go ahead and get one. You won't be disappointed.

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020

Style: 4.5 x 40mmVerified Purchase

The scope is well-built with a solid feel to it. Bushnell didn't scrimp on quality of parts with this scope.

It's super easy to use right out of the box; the controls are pretty intuitive. The two buttons on the left control power and capture images, and the "arrow pad" on the right controls the rest. The port for the USB plug and the Micro SD card are above the eyepiece/battery door. The lens cap it held on by a pretty decent tether.

The worst part was the waiting; I had to wait for darkness like a little kid waiting for Christmas Morning. I finally had to take a nap and wait for darkness.

This thing is pretty amazing in the dark; with the built in illuminator (850nm), I was able to get useful illumination out to 286 yards-at that point I could see the people on the walking path. With an external focused illuminator (940nm), I could see the trees at the end of the block 560 yards away-not necessarily enough to see detail, but enough to see the silhouettes of people walking on the sidewalk.

The WiFi is a cool feature, but I haven't played with it enough to form an iron-clad opinion one way or the other.

Battery life is abysmal,especially with WiFi and the internal illumination set to max brightness. Fortunately, with the latest firmware you can power this scope via USB.

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BLG 2022

Disappointing... impractical

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023

Style: Z2_ 6 x 50mmVerified Purchase

Yes, i did read the manual, and followed
it to the letter.
This device is highly impractical. The field of vision, even when fully zoomed out, is far too narrow to get any sense of what's around you. It's like looking through a long tube. There should have been an ability to zoom out for perspective or spotting where an animal may be, and then zoom in for more detail.
Also, the image is very fuzzy, no matter how you adjust the diopter and then the objective lens.
By the way, if you think you are going to do star gazing with this, forget it - there us far too little resolution for that.
I sent the product back.

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Lautaro

Precio-Calidad

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2023

Style: Z2_ 6 x 50mmVerified Purchase

Es un producto de excelente relación precio-prestaciones.
En noches cerradas donde no se ve absolutamente nada, el visor lo vuelve de día.
Sencillo de usar, pocos botones manejan todas las funciones.
A la luz del día no es tan útil, no tiene la capacidad de un monocular común, pero es entendible, está diseñado para la noche.
En cuanto a batería, como señalan casi todos, no tiene larga duración. Es para revisar el campo y apagar, no sirve si se pretende usar en forma continua.
Muy conforme con la compra, viene otro en camino para regalar a un familiar.

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Richard Faulkner

Dissapointed

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024

Style: 4.5 x 40mmVerified Purchase

I purchased for 35.00 a toy that was easier, faster and less revealing to use than this item and gave a better view with pretty much the same size screen.

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michael nakamura

You will need to focus it manually, then.... More like a spotting scope.

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2020

Style: 4.5 x 40mmVerified Purchase

I was hoping to use this device as a way to be better informed about my surroundings. For those who sit and look from a single location, this is the perfect choice. On the move, not so much.

I walk my dogs every night and was hoping to use this device as a way to be better informed about those really dark areas. I don't keep the flashlight on the whole time, so I bought this as a way to improve my awareness. It works poorly for that purpose because there is no easy way to use this monocular and be easily informed. It stems from the fact that I cannot keep it on the whole time and just raise it up to my eye. The battery life is too poor. So I'm placed in a position to have to turn it on when I think I see something, my flashlight is way quicker.

Then, you are faced with the requirement to adjust focus and carefully for every distance. It sees really well into the darkness, but you have to stand there, turn it on, focus and it all comes into view.

A flashlight is faster, much less discrete but way more efficient, so I'm not sure this is right for everyone.

I've enjoyed standing and looking around in complete darkness, but it works way better if I used with a monopod or tripod. Thus my original point, use it like a spotting scope in dark, it works great for that.

I have the 4.5x version and it has a 3x digital zoom feature. So we start with 4.5x and can reach out effectively to 13.5x. If you use a tripod and the cool Equinox z2 cellphone application, you can see what your monocular is looking at on your phone really clearly. I hope this helps.

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