Long nights and huge fields I use my external Sniper Hog Lights Coyote Cannon 850nm Turbo for long range and conserve optic battery life. Short nights and hitting 400 yard and smaller fields I use the on board IR. It's plenty bright for me most nights.
@venetsian I've had a gut feeling they had detected me a few times but it was long to late with any of my rigs. They hit 300 yards and I feel extremely comfortable from there in. 300 and out percentage starts going down.
@@301NightCrew I can't believe you aren't using a USB battery with 20.000 mah like an Anker ...I have all my rigs wired via c port to an external battery ..housings are made from 3d printing and lock the battery on pic rail. route the magnetic ended usb cable to the Zulus which has a 90 degree connection . its magnetic . I 'd bet itll run for 30 hours or more ...I mount them to my Zulus body directly on the pic mount too. and use a 4" 90 degree usb to type c cable
@KevinMcGrath-g3z If I were going to run another tournament I would. The 21700 batteries in the 335 last a long time if not using onboard IR. Even using onboard is not too bad. I could probably get through the entire night on 2 batteries if I kept the IR on lowest setting and bumped up as needed. I like running external IR for 2 reasons. It allows the 21700 battery to run all night on the ThermNight 335 and I prefer the bigger features of the external IR when running with gloves on. Summer time it's not a big issue for me. The onboard IR is an amazing unit for sure.
Can you compare the eyepiece distortion between the 225 and the 335? I am quite disappointed in the former requiring perfect eye alignment and distance in order to get a clear image. Even slightly off-angle and the image becomes so distorted and fuzzy it's unusable. I've written to DNT to make sure I'm not doing something wrong, because as it is, it really sucks all the joy out of a new toy.
@@erkme73 Sorry I missed this post. The 335 has longer eye relief. I haven't had the issue you are referring to with the 225. Look for Matthew Reinhardt on the US Facebook page. He will get you sorted.
@@301NightCrew Thanks for the reply - yes I was emailing Matthew for the last couple of days. What a good resource he is. With his help I think I figured out where my hangup is. The "eye relief" - the distance between the eye piece glass and the tip of your eyeball - is typically 3 to 4" on rifle scopes. In fact, my Thor 4 from ATN is at 3.5". All of my scopes are in that range. The 225 is only 1.7" (45mm). This is why I have to push my face so hard into the stock and can just barely get the proper alignment. Matthew said the 335 (which just went live on their website last night) is 2.55" (65mm). While that's still quite a bit shorter than my other scopes, I believe it should improve my alignment issue substantially. Given that I'm still in my 30-day return window, Matthew suggested I call Glenn to initiate a return, and upgrade to the 335. I purchased the 335 this morning and will return the 225 on Monday if one of my neighbors doesn't buy it from me before then. I guess what really surprised me is that of all the reviews on the 225 so far, no one has brought up this unusually short eye relief design. Matthew said that with most tubular scopes (such as my Thor 4), the mechanics of that design allow for longer relief. But since the DNT is so short to begin with, the relief is necessarily shorter than most. So, with the 335 listed at $1799 (with 10% discount), I'm effectively paying $800 for a little less than an inch. That's an expensive inch. However, with all the other enhancements and improvements in the 335, I think it is well justified. Just hope I can get my wife to agree :)
@erkme73 I'm sorry you are having that issue. I really never paid any attention to it. I've spent many nights behind my DNT's and never gave it a thought.
@@erkme73 LOL you are NOT paying 800 for an inch of eye relief , that is the most asinine statement Ive seen to date ...The 335 is a whole world above the 225 in performance ....be for real
Good Job. Quick question. You use 850nm or 940nm illumination ?
Long nights and huge fields I use my external Sniper Hog Lights Coyote Cannon 850nm Turbo for long range and conserve optic battery life. Short nights and hitting 400 yard and smaller fields I use the on board IR. It's plenty bright for me most nights.
@@301NightCrew Thanks! I use Coyote Cannon myself, but with the 940nm bulb as I find some predators detect the shine of 850nm. Cheers my friend!
@venetsian I've had a gut feeling they had detected me a few times but it was long to late with any of my rigs. They hit 300 yards and I feel extremely comfortable from there in. 300 and out percentage starts going down.
@@301NightCrew I can't believe you aren't using a USB battery with 20.000 mah like an Anker ...I have all my rigs wired via c port to an external battery ..housings are made from 3d printing and lock the battery on pic rail. route the magnetic ended usb cable to the Zulus which has a 90 degree connection . its magnetic . I 'd bet itll run for 30 hours or more ...I mount them to my Zulus body directly on the pic mount too.
and use a 4" 90 degree usb to type c cable
@KevinMcGrath-g3z If I were going to run another tournament I would. The 21700 batteries in the 335 last a long time if not using onboard IR. Even using onboard is not too bad. I could probably get through the entire night on 2 batteries if I kept the IR on lowest setting and bumped up as needed. I like running external IR for 2 reasons. It allows the 21700 battery to run all night on the ThermNight 335 and I prefer the bigger features of the external IR when running with gloves on. Summer time it's not a big issue for me. The onboard IR is an amazing unit for sure.
Hoping to hear something this week brother.
I'm holding off buying a 225R, waiting on the 335R to hit the US market. Hopefully soon?
@@bardcattle Did you see the release?
Can you compare the eyepiece distortion between the 225 and the 335? I am quite disappointed in the former requiring perfect eye alignment and distance in order to get a clear image. Even slightly off-angle and the image becomes so distorted and fuzzy it's unusable. I've written to DNT to make sure I'm not doing something wrong, because as it is, it really sucks all the joy out of a new toy.
@@erkme73 Sorry I missed this post. The 335 has longer eye relief. I haven't had the issue you are referring to with the 225. Look for Matthew Reinhardt on the US Facebook page. He will get you sorted.
@@301NightCrew Thanks for the reply - yes I was emailing Matthew for the last couple of days. What a good resource he is. With his help I think I figured out where my hangup is. The "eye relief" - the distance between the eye piece glass and the tip of your eyeball - is typically 3 to 4" on rifle scopes. In fact, my Thor 4 from ATN is at 3.5". All of my scopes are in that range. The 225 is only 1.7" (45mm). This is why I have to push my face so hard into the stock and can just barely get the proper alignment. Matthew said the 335 (which just went live on their website last night) is 2.55" (65mm). While that's still quite a bit shorter than my other scopes, I believe it should improve my alignment issue substantially. Given that I'm still in my 30-day return window, Matthew suggested I call Glenn to initiate a return, and upgrade to the 335. I purchased the 335 this morning and will return the 225 on Monday if one of my neighbors doesn't buy it from me before then.
I guess what really surprised me is that of all the reviews on the 225 so far, no one has brought up this unusually short eye relief design. Matthew said that with most tubular scopes (such as my Thor 4), the mechanics of that design allow for longer relief. But since the DNT is so short to begin with, the relief is necessarily shorter than most. So, with the 335 listed at $1799 (with 10% discount), I'm effectively paying $800 for a little less than an inch. That's an expensive inch. However, with all the other enhancements and improvements in the 335, I think it is well justified. Just hope I can get my wife to agree :)
@erkme73 I'm sorry you are having that issue. I really never paid any attention to it. I've spent many nights behind my DNT's and never gave it a thought.
@@erkme73 LOL you are NOT paying 800 for an inch of eye relief , that is the most asinine statement Ive seen to date ...The 335 is a whole world above the 225 in performance ....be for real
@@KevinMc7-s8o tongue and cheek, bro. Innuendo... Woosh... Of course the 335R is vastly improved.
nice shootin my friend
@@northeastverminhunters Thanks man! Appreciate you stopping by.