Bushnell EX650 Digital Equinox X650 Night Vision 5x 32mm Monocular

Fast delivery and great product

Excellent in ease of use, light weight and good visibility. Could have a longer focal length for distance, hence 4 stars. Existing length of sight is about 30 to 40 yards which is not bad for the size of the monocular.

Ok there is one caveat to this. You really need to buy a quality aftermarket either red or infra red light for this. Then it becomes an incredible value. I already had the light. I have been trying to coyote hunt with lights with zero luck. Someone recommended this on a fb page saying they were picking up eyes at 800 yards with it. I can say that they are correct. But you have to have a light that will get out there. Without an aftermarket light it's basically a toy and useless for what I need. But as mentioned I already had a awesome light and this has a pic rail that let's u mount the light.With a good light I can sweep a half mile field in a few seconds with a great degree of confidence whether there is anything there or not. It picks up eyes amazingly. Way better than we could ever do with just flashlights. This is a great way to see what's going on while trying to call them in and have your second guy at the ready with a light on his boomstick. Then once it's in close enough to pick up good with a light you are ready to go. Under 200 yards this thing is 100 percent capable of i.d. out side of that u can usually tell by their mannerisms but may or may not have a good look at their body. It has no problem picking up eyes 500 yards our from a racoon in a tree. It's like a spotlight on steroids.You have to understand this isn't a 3500 dollar thermal, but as a scanner and being used in conjunction with lights, this thing will step your game up I promise. I think coupled with a 100 dollar ir light off Amazon you will have a very capable scanner. Or, if like me you already have one, then this is a no Brainerd.I included a couple pics from a coyote that was 150 ish yards out. It's better in person than the pics show.

The IR light on this is too weak. In pitch black I can only see fuzzy outlines of objects out to about 30 yards. I cant see anything in my field thats about 100 yds deep, not even the trees at the back. I could hear animals running around and this couldnt even detect eyeballs. You need an additional IR light to be able to see further out.

I bought this on a whim and was pleasantly surprised. Burned through the Alkaline battery pretty quick because I had accidentally hit the power button putting it in the case. Oops. No documentation came with it, but I was able to go online and download the most current version. The IR illuminator comes on the moment you turn on the device. Once I read how to use the menu, I was able to turn it off. I could also increase or decrease the brightness of the illuminator. I do have IR floodlights around my house so I don't need to use the illuminator on the device unless I move further away from the house. The IR floodlights keep the neighbors from complaining when I turn them on. I was able to see accurately out to 300 yards. Another thing I noticed, I can see a lot of stars when I point my Monocular into the sky, even those I can't see unaided. I have been very pleased with the Monocular. I did replace the 8 GB card with a 64 GB one for more storage. With a 1.0 view, the device works great. When I increase the zoom up to 3.0 the image becomes grainy. For me, the 1.0 view is just fine.10/16/2023 UpdateWhen using the 64 GB card, the device will shut off at times while in use. Sometimes it won't even come on. Once I removed the 64 GB card and replaced it with the 8 GB version that came with it, the problems ceased. Since I primarily use it for wildlife spotting in my neighborhood and night viewing of the sky in conjunction with a couple of telescopes, I don't need to record any video or pictures. I did buy a couple of IR lights for it and they work well with the scope. The quality is pretty good for the price. I would buy one again if I needed another one.

This is my first experience with a night vision scope. The X650 appears to work as advertised. At this price point it is not "military grade", nor does it produce HD quality views or pictures. It gives a color view in daylight mode with the included IR filter cap in place while the night views (using IR illumination) are black & white. The still pictures are 3 MP (2048 x 1536) resolution while the video clips are VGA (640 x 480) at about 27 FPS. At these resolution, you will want to stick with a true optical monocular or binoculars for daytime viewing, but at least the daylight viewing option is available with the X650. In spite of the resolution, the nighttime views can actually be pretty good especially if the target is fairly close and the IR illumination high. The unit appears to always power up in the daylight mode and then automatically switches to night mode (turns on the IR illumination) depending on the lighting conditions. The IR power setting is automatic and ranges from a value of 1 to 5. You can, however, set the IR illumination to a manual value of 1 to 9 via the "Settings" menu. High IR settings produce better views and pictures, but quickly run down the battery power. Regardless of the IR setting, capturing targets at long distances (i.e. 200 yards) will be difficult. The unit comes with 3, AA alkaline batteries, but good quality rechargeable NiMH batteries also seem to work as well. I don't have much experience with NV, but at the price level of the X650, it performs well. If you are a hunter trying to spot deer at a couple hundred yards the X650 will probably not work for you. If you want to look at critters in your backyard at night that are up to 50 yards away, the X650 should work fine.Now for the X650 big issue! It does not come with an instruction manual, but you can download a manual from the Bushnell website. The operating buttons are not intuitive and without the manual it is very difficult to decipher how the X650 operates. The problem is that the on-line manual is full of errors and in some cases is just plain wrong! The on-line manual appears to be a very poorly edited "cut & paste" of a manual that applies to another product (probably their "Z Series" monocular). The result is a manual that refers to operating buttons that don't exist, specifications that are wrong and some instructions that obviously don't apply to the X650! Wow! Come on, Bushnell, surely you can do better than this! If you sit down with the X650 in hand and print out the on-line manual, after a couple of hours of trial and error pushing buttons, you can edit the on-line manual so that it actually applies to the X650. Once I understood how the X650 actually operates and what its actual capabilities are, I came to the conclusion that it does work pretty well for the price....BUT, BUSHNELL, PLEASE CORRECT YOUR INSTRUCTION MANUAL!!!1/24/2022 Update: There appears to be a very long shutter delay when taking still pictures at night. This makes it very difficult to hold the X650 still enough to not produce a blurry night picture.