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HomePosts tagged "gear"
8 May 2025
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Gear review: Pulsar Axion 2 XG35

I’ve attached a review of my Pulsar scope.

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28 August 2023
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A scientific study on wildlife detection with different thermal cameras

Here’s an interesting – open access – paper that one of Australia’s top mammalwatchers, Rohan Clarke, and his team in Australia just released.  They compar

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22 August 2022
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Guide TD210 Thermal Scope – good enough for mammalwatching???

Hello Mammal Pals! We’re going to Australia in October / November, for a combined family reunion & wildlife holiday. I’ve been thinking about getting a thermal scop

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19 July 2022
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Review of PULSAR Helion-2 XP50 thermal monocular

Hi all, Because wildlife watchers still face little information available on thermal scopes, I put this review. Review of PULSAR Helion-2 XP50 thermal monocular Overall, at 3100EUR

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30 September 2021
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Recommendation on a Trail Camera

Hi there, I’m planning to get a trail camera to put in my backyard. There has been a fox visiting for a while and the kids want to see it. We are also curious what else comes

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8 July 2019
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Scout thermal imagers

Has anybody used Scout thermal imagers? Are they as good as Pulsar Quantum? I have to buy one in Japan, but Pulsar Quantum imagers are no longer available there because all their n

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25 April 2019
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Thermal imager advice

Hi all I’m finally going to splash out on a thermal imager (for work use only, of course… ahem). The two I’ve seen mentioned on here – the Pulsar XQ50 &

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Advertising: last chance for the Thermal Master DV2 camera in the USA (sold out elsewhere))
12 December 2025
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  1. Lennart Verheuvel on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    Yeah, I read about the Russian spy Beluga. Fortunately there are no indications this one has been messer with. An…

  2. JanEbr on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    Well the Russian spy Beluga died over a year ago, so that one it clearly isn't, which helps. I know…

  3. Lennart Verheuvel on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    Where could it have escaped from?

  4. JanEbr on Spotted: Beluga in the Netherlands28 January 2026

    What is the risk of it being an escapee or even this weird supposedly Russian ... spy whale? :) I…

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