DNT TNC225R - Anything better for the price?

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MushroomPsyche

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I've been wanting night capabilities ever since I got into airguns 5 years ago. I haven't really been following the technology because of the high costs. I just didn't want to spend thousands of dollars on scope for a varmint air. I also have the issue of wanting it all; IR, thermal, and LRF with ballistics. I recently just came across the TNC225R and it seems to be everything I want all in one unit and it doesn't cost $3,000+++. Is this the unit to get for the price? It's going on either a .22 or .25 gun shooting withing 50 or so meters.

I know image quality will not be the same as much more expensive units but it seems to be more than capable for how I plan to use it. Even in daytime, it will help locate the varmints and for those times I have one get away from me, it will be much easier to track them as well.

What are your thoughts?

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roaoro said:
If you think you need to have thermal then this is currently the cheapest all-around option out there. If you don't need thermal then I would suggest a Zulu's as it has better daytime picture.
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Yes, I've thought about it and I really would like thermal. The amount of times I've sat there staring at a spot because I thought I saw something moved.
 
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The 5-20 NV on the TNC225R is the same as the Zulus dedicated 5-20, so you are getting the same scope with the addition of 256k 3-12 thermal. For small game at night thermal is the way to go! The multispectral are the best of both worlds. I have both scopes and at night take the TNC225R out the most now. During the day, I'll take the Zulus - which I got the 3-12 for the closer pesting and wider FOV!

I just ordered the new PARD Landsat, so I'll let everyone know what I think once it comes in. My DNTs are here to stay... Thermal is very addicting!
 
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Pfddi said:
The 5-20 NV on the TNC225R is the same as the Zulus dedicated 5-20, so you are getting the same scope with the addition of 256k 3-12 thermal. For small game at night thermal is the way to go! The multispectral are the best of both worlds. I have both scopes and at night take the TNC225R out the most now. During the day, I'll take the Zulus - which I got the 3-12 for the closer pesting and wider FOV!

I just ordered the new PARD Landsat, so I'll let everyone know what I think once it comes in. My DNTs are here to stay... Thermal is very addicting!
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From reading the specs I thought they aren't the same. The thermal model has worst viewfinder and worst video recording specifications.
 
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For the money, you can't beat it. I'm in so far now that I got the PARD Landsat Compact 640! It is really the at the top of the mul;ti-spectral food chain now! The only gripes I have so far are that the NV is about 6x on the first zoom making it tough to find the target, but the thermal starts at 2 so it's real easy to use it and then push the button to switch or have the PIP working! So far it's the ThermNight on steroids!

I have it mounted on a Western Sidewinder S in .25 and just got a rat or large mouse in the back yard at 20 yards. Clear with both the thermal and the NV! I had the gun loaded with FX 26g slugs and whatever it was, the slug blew it up! I didn't record it because I forgot to put the SD card in!😵‍💫
 
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