Zulus HD V2 Digital Day/Night Vision Scope with Infrared and Laser Rangefinder & Ballistic Calculator

Excellent scope for the airgunners and subsonic/suppressed firearms hunters/pesters. If you shoot projectiles that have a rainbow trajectory (airgun pellets/slugs or heavy subsonic rounds), the on board ballistic calculator and laser range finder are game changers. No need to have separate range finder or doping charts. I wonder if it is possible to use this type of scope with crossbows and night time feral hog pesting.The small compact size is a huge plus. Compared to the bulky ATN X-Sight pro 4k and heavy Rix TourT20, this Zulus/DNT scope is tiny. I like how little real estate this scope takes up on my air rifles and AR-15's.I like that the buttons in the scope are separated by a little bit of space and not situated too close to each other. That way, I can easily know which button I am pressing (tactile memory) when I am sitting in a blind or tree stand in the dark. The ATN X-Sight also has widely spaced buttons. The RIx TourT20 buttons are too close to each other and somewhat cumbersome to futz around with in the dark.The 850nm IR illuminator does a nice job. However, I will be getting the 940 nm bulb (more discrete and less visible to the naked human, coyote, or hog eye). It is nice that all you need to do is unscrew the 850 nm bulb and replace it with a 940nm bulb. The button to turn on and adjust the intensity of the IR light is nice and quiet (unlike the Rix TourerT20 IR button). At 50 yards, the hogs will definitely hear the click of the Rix TourerT20 IR pushy-clicky button. It would be more ideal if DNT Optics offered a choice between the 850 versus 940 nm illuminators (or offer both).Battery life is short (maybe 3-4 hours tops) and will not last long enough for a nights pest control outing. I noticed that when using the scope with the illuminator, the power goes from full 4 bars to 3 bars in less than 5-10 minutes. For a night outing, I will forego the scope battery and connect the scope directly to battery pack (using USB-C cord). Not ideal because the cap that covers the SD card and USB-C connection needs to be removed and put away in safe spot. Not ideal to have these parts exposed to the elements.The battery can be recharged by connecting USB-C cord directly to the scope or by taking out the battery and recharging. Be careful when you screw on the battery cap. I can see myself stripping or cross threading the metal threads if I quickly try to screw on the cap. The rechargeable battery powers the entire unit (not just the IR illuminator).The instructions are helpful, but could be clearer. I had to reread the instruction charts a couple of times to figure out which buttons to long press or short press. I think the ATN X-Sight scope is more intuitive when it comes to navigating the buttons and on screen menu. Also, do note that you have to make sure that the ballistic profile matches the zeroing profile. The program doesn't automatically fuse the ballistic profile with the zeroing profile. That would be really nice. One could be using the ballistic profile for projectile A with the wrong or unintended zeroing profile. It was a little confusing for me at first. But, a quick phone call to the DNT Optics company was very helpful.I use this DNT Optics scope with a hand held thermal scope for night time hog and coyote pest control. The thermal hand held is for scanning and detection while the DNT riflescope is for species confirmation and shooting. Scanning with only the riflescope gets old real fast.DNT Optics has come out with 3 new rifle scopes that has thermal AND digital night vision with laser range finder and infrared illuminator (ThermNight TNC225R, TNC335R, and TNC635R). Pretty neat and at a more affordable price. DNT needs to show many more examples of what night critters look like under their scopes at varying distances.As for reliability of this unit, time will tell. I am hoping that this unit has better reliability than the ATN X-Sight units.

Carefully read the instructions and familiarize yourself with the basic operating functions and you will not have any issues programming and operating your scope. First off compared to the ATN 4K this thing is light and small once set up I I was super impressed with its performance clear and crisp imaging and the auto recording feature is flawless! But the range finder and ballistic calculation is better than the ATN ! And the enhanced PIP feature is awesome if you have tired eyes like me. Big heads up as soon as you get your battery charged go ahead and link it to your phone app and update the firmware because if you set it up first you will loose your settings after you update the firmware. Also the firmware addresses some finicky setup button issues. All in all it’s worth every penny.

I have to say that this digital optic is well worth the money. The learning curve is not that bad and the features are better than expected. Image quality is very good but does degrade slightly at max zoom. The night vision is pretty good and battery life is impressive. The range finder and POI adjustment was spot on once the ballistic information is entered. At this price point, you won't find a better digital optic.

First of all i purchased with my prime card because NV and thermal is pricey. The ZULUS is an affordable option and you get more than what you pay for. This is a digital scope so no power, and you can't see anything. That is the only negative.PositiveI ran the zulus and my buddy ran a thor thermal. Now the thor was good picking up heat signatures anywhere.The zulus was better at identifying animal/targets whil hunting up to about 150 yards. I would use this over any thermal. It has a built in IR light that lights up the night. It has a rangefinder to identify quickly night or day target distance.The best part is the "1 shot zero". Take a shot. Freeze the digital picture and put your crosshairs on the shot you took. Then you will be zeroed in instantly. Amazing! Easy and saves ammo.They made this scope affordable and incredible. I challenge them to made a longer distance, to visibly see more clear at 300yrds. I can see a 3inch target at 300yrds. I would just like to see clearer and I know they can do it!Keep making these products. Thank you for providing affordable options for hunters of all backgrounds.Haven't figure out how to use app yet need more time. There is a ballistic calculator i would like to use. I did record video and will add later. Buy this product and be amazed.🤙

This is a whole lot of scope for the money. I am very impressed so far. The app and the ballistic calculator are very well done and pretty accurate. The night scope and IR light are pretty impressive as well. I had it out in complete darkness in a very remote area. And with the right conditions, I would be comfortable with being able to identify a target out to about 400 yards. However, I did notice that if you have items in the foreground with the IR light on, they will wash out the image or if it's in auto mode it will compensate to see the foreground objects but will darken anything in the distance. The solution to that is to position yourself so that there are no objects in the foreground.The reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 is because the reticle is very, very fine in the scope. It looks amazing on the video when it's on a larger screen, but in the scope, it's very fine and difficult to see. I had to change the more bulky duplex reticle or the small cross in the middle in order to see the reticle.A wish and an upgrade to a new scope model in the future is an auto-focus scope. Having to manually focus at each distance is a chore. The good news is that outdoors at a decent shooting distance, the focus doesn't change too much.