THE FUTURE OF THERMAL | Armasight Sidekick 320 | Tactical RIfleman
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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One night not long ago I was walking in the fields behind my home in central Oregon with my NODs (PVS14) on my helmet. As one does. Anyway, I was looking into the fields on a moonless night and thought I could see pretty well then brought up my thermal and about shit my pants, there was a small herd of deer not more than 20 yards from me. They knew I couldn’t see them so they were content to just watch me walk by. My point is, thermal is where it’s at for threat detection. It’s worlds better than night vision.
Thanks for the thorough review, appreciate your feedback!
Our pleasure!
Looks great can you do a vid on best thermal scope for AR rifle and best thermal scope for long range be really helpful so much false bs online on whats good. @@TacticalRifleman
I love the night vision,IR, and thermal gear reviews.
Great review from a trusted source.
Jamie Caldwell, ret Unit Sgt Maj teaches lot of night vision. Tells about being lukewarm on thermal till it saved his bacon. Laddering wall. Looks around. Clear on nods. Then catches tiny spot on thermal. Guy right below in heavy grass. Had him dead to rights. Was slowly bringing AK to bear. That was his only mistake. Not going to win many up drills with SOF especially Varsity Team. Now he recommends both.
Thanks again for review and education.
Target definitely best colors for that quick enemy identifier
If he replaced the words "Armasight" with "Flir Breach "and we went back 6 years in time this would be almost the exact same review...
You beat me to it
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Great...something else to add to my wish list lol. Great info, thank you for providing Karl.
Thanks for watching!
You covered the product well. Of course; being bias for such products makes it easy to want one!
I've been tossing the 640 version of this model around in my head, for the last couple weeks. 320 is nice but I'm ready to move on up LOL
Looks like good kit. Thx Karl!
You bet
640 is worth the extra money if you have it
Agreed
Considering the price of thermal sights (and the bulk) when they first came out this is amazing.
I think L3 and Holosun are both coming out with hybrids...thermal & night vision in one unit... 🤔But no prices yet
That was an excellent video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
For a little over 2 grand , such a deal.
Really like the rifle mount feature with the adjustable sight .
Great video explaining thermos.
Glad you liked it!
Well done.
Does it take Glock mags? ( $2k seems reasonable)
Have to use g17 mags, g19 are too short lol
Thanks so much for this, I have been looking for something like this, with the weight being so low and the compact size. I don't like the $2k and wish it was a little cheaper all things considered but like that its US made. You guys always do great, and well thought out reviews. Keep killin' it and thanks again.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, so much detail ....
Glad you liked it!
Play with it spotting drones. The trick is to drop onto the horizon regularly to help it refresh and reset temperatures.
Amazing review!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the video, looks like it will be a great tool. Got the bridge already, still waiting for the 640 to ship 😢
640 or nothing
At least 👍
Ok. Nothing.
I agree, I guess they have to provide entry level thermals such as 320 sensor. I think they are the only 320 sensor manufacturer now.
I think with newer tech you can get stuff that punches well above that weight. Course all things equal, pixels are pixels.
Only way to go
Very good review. Tell Larreau I said so.
Will do
The only thing I don't like is the frame rate. It's only good at walking speed or stationary. But if you go over 10mph it starts like flickering and lagging. I like it but it's not replacing my PVS 14s.
Back a few years ago i picked up a Flir Breach and I don't know if it's so inferior, that i would need to purchase a different system. What do you think?
I still love my Breach. Both are awesome
@@TacticalRiflemanlove to see you take the two head to head. I just got a Breach. Are they a wash?
Really interesting video! This rig looks amazing. Did you film the video with Armasight or was that just special effects? Thanks for the review TR
Both!
What happened to the flir mini breach you plugged?
flir stopped selling to the civilian market
FLIR turned their back on us
Love my breach,glad I got it before they stopped selling to civilians
Good info…has the lpvo comparison video dropped yet? Can’t wait to see which one is the best, my money is on PA plx-c 1-8 for best bang for the buck.
Soon
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Thanks Karl…concerned about determining friend or foe……side note Col. Owen Ray in Washington prison needs breacher preacher. Just thinking out loud
But can you mount it to a rifle?
No
This thing looks cool. How does it compare to fusion NODS? I heard a story from a dude on the varsity team who said thermal saved his life from a dude with an AK hiding behind the straw on the bank of the Euphrates that regular NV didn’t pick up. Definitely the future not just for soldiers but for drones, vehicles, everything.
My opinion, Fusion are too heavy and bulky right now.
Fusions are far superior to COTI because the thermal overlay is distinct from the phosphor. However all thermal overlays suffer from false positives because the overlay computer is "dumb" it only highlights hot spots, not clusters so you tend to see a lot of highlights. This can actually cause you to ignore a thermal signature. Personally the best thermal solution is a thermal monocular on one eye and a 14 on the other eye mounted on a panobridge. The military is heavy on binoculars but they actually don't provide any advantage over a monocular. The panobridge helps keep the thermal image separate from the IIT image which improves clarity and a dedicated thermal image is a lot easier to see distinct heat signatures. Regular thermals are still prone to false positives, but it is as simple as rotating the head to switch to IIT and confirm your target.
Main reason the military doesn't use thermal monocular is because you can't aim with lasers, however that's the reason for having the 14 on the other eye. Also the pano bridge is articulating so you could just flip the thermal up and BAC align your red dot over onto your night vision image for passive aiming. The ENVG is a lot easier plug and play without training (gun camera) which is primarily why it was the designed the way it is. I mean people still struggle to understand how to adjust ocular and objective, so that gives you an idea of the skill level the Army is catering to.
This is really similar to the flip down thermal I had that I could switch my NV out with once we made it to an OP/LP. Of course that was in 2010, so I'm sure the tech has skyrocketed.
Always a master class!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks Karl you always deliver with great content JB
I appreciate that!
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$$$$$ for 320??
Thank you for the review.
My pleasure!
Very useful video. Great device 👍
Glad you think so!
Can you get it without the video recording, bluetooth, gps, internet, compass, video, and whatever else I missed? Not interested (and not gonna buy) in any night vision devices that have extra crap like that. Edit: The sidekick 320 doesn't have any but on-board video recording. I found the wrong product or website when I made this comment
its not just that, all that bluetooth and wifi is contstantly sending a signal that can and will reveak your location to opfor capable of detecting it. State level actors can detect it.
They need to add a switch on the thing so you can sever those "features" when they are unwanted ...
@@mr.lovell3645 even turning a radio off isnt enough, if you cant remove the battery it isnt safe.
@@ikemouser2580 if they are American, I'm sure they can rig up a unit that could do that, there is a phone company who makes a phone that has a switch that decouples the battery inside the unit to do what your saying 👍🍻🤠
It has NO Bluetooth, Wifi, or GPS. No active signature. Video is only to internal memory or hard wire cable. Again, no active signature.
Compass is so underrated. How many times have you heard someone call "contact left/right" or some variation and everyone is panning like sprinklers because they don't have a true heading lol. An amazing feature for any fireteam.
I was a Marine Infantryman and did three combat Deplyments including the initial invasion of Iraq. What you typed is 100% correct. I started always carrying a good watch and a good wrist compass. This was before GPS was so widespread. We had big Pluggers. We did have the standard lensatic compass which is great. But when an artillery round lands near you or you have contact or just need to make an immediate report or issue an immediate order… having just a rudimentary cardinal direction is invaluable. It’s something every infantry fireteam leader needs to be able to do instantly at all times even under duress.
@@jastrapper190 The best feature of the IVAS can bring is the ability to label points of interest, much like the video game PUBG mobile. It's amazing how good it is at coordinating with people even without speech (as most of the people who play that game are indians or chinese). Although I'm certain that the true purpose of pushing the IVAS is to have more micromanagement of the average infantryman's actions to the extent of telling them exactly what to do (which is going to cause problems like it did for LE snipers when gun cameras were being pushed), some features could be massive help.