For the price, a heck of a deal as I spent 3 times that on U.S. brand (ATN). It is like a computer that can see and was purchased for property protection as I am surrounded by dark woods. Mounted on a 300 Blk bolt action with a can shooting subs. With night vision one can still hide, but if you are breathing you are putting out heat. It will leak between the leaves from the bush one thinks is hiding one. Them deer in the grapes is tempting, but I like the fauna on the property so they the foxes, coons and opossums get a break. The only issue, I broke down and bought binoculars as well, can't be pointing a gun at everything, eh. Been using thermal for over 20 years and NVGs as well for work. Paid hundreds of thousands (used liquid helium). NVGs were about the same price as today. How they get these scopes to work without helium at -392 degs for the detector is magic. They tried it back then, but wasn't near the ability of today in the application we using it for...