walshie 2,804 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 I finally took the plunge and forked out for an XQ38 thermal spotter. (Thanks to Ian at Blackwood Outdoors - terrific service. ) I haven't been shooting with it yet, but I took it out for a walk last night to test the different settings. It was only early but I managed to see a badger, a couple of rabbits, some voles and a hedgehog. Oh and some cows and sheep. I had it set on rainbow a lot of the time so I could get the "predator" effect of multi-coloured images. It showed cows to be red and yellow even at 800 yards away. Fantastic bit of kit. What colour do you guys use as this colour seems to hurt your eye after a while, or do you just turn the brightness down? Hot black seemed the easiest on the eye, but I couldn't pretend I was the predator using that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 had a go with pav off here's xq spotter and scope... liked the scope on green or orange, used the spotter on white and I couldn't find the shot rabbits and it did my eye in, didn't realise till later I could of changed the colour and didn't want to fcuk his settings up but I recon id of got on fine with it in the green or orange! nice bit of kit Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lee 99 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Brightness down contrast up... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigmac 97kt 13,732 Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 I like the xq50 scope on black hot i tried the white hot but it hurt my eyes did not try any of the other colours as i was to busy shooting rabbits lol im going to have one one day when i win the lotto lol atvbjimmy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baldcoot 2,352 Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Yellow on my simple but highly effective xq23v Walshie .In the woods the lowest settings going 5 or 6 on bright and contrast as overnight it gets a bit eye strain if too bright .The grey with heat <red glow>is also effective atb and good hunting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted October 29, 2018 Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Depends what I’m using it for, around buildings, in woods or ‘busy’ areas I use white, out on open ground black, that’s general rule of thumb, but I do change depending on conditions as they can show up better/worse in different conditions. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bunnyboiler 1,050 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Brightness to 0 and contrast around 8 this should keep the eye burn to a minimum on white hot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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