Zulus at night: Arken Zulus ZHD312R & ZHD520R night tripod comparison, with LED & VCSEL IR
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Here in the next part of my review, the Arken Optics Zulus ZHD312R is again sync’d beside my Zulus ZHD520R, the former kindly on loan from Arken Optics.
Contents
00:17 Introduction.
00:47 Outdoors (no guns, scopes again on tripod) comparing low-light performance and IR sources.
12:07 Coming soon.
If you want to see loads of footage with the ZHD312R in use for pest control, Stuart’s channel is here: / @vermincontrolscotland2
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5x20 stands out it bit more over 3x12 to me and the back drop looks better , nice one Russ 👍
@@neiledwards8931 Thanks Neil.
It's interesting, as thanks to the 312R's wider FOV (& shorter objective lens) that seems to perform slightly better in really low light. 🤓
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
Thanks Russ,good bit of midge wrangling too😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@@alanmullock381 Cheers Alan, aye that's the downside of living our dream here in the country. 🤷🏻♂️
Happy shooting, cheers. Russ
Good info there Russ, thank you. Does that arken throw lever fit the 5-20x model ? Keep up the great work! 🙂
Thank-you, yep it does indeed.
Thanks for watching, all the best, cheers. Russ
Thanks for the comparison Russ!
@@James-lx5vk Thanks for watching James, please share. 🤓
Cheers. Russ
...nice one, yet again Russ!!!😀
@@janrobertbos Thanks again Jan.
All the best, cheers. Russ
I was having problems sending my ballistic calculator from my S23 phone to my 3x12, so i uninstalled the ballistic app and reinstalled it, and all is well .Hopefully, I will be using it on the weekend .Thanks for the video 😊
@@crazycressy7986 Thank-you, thanks for watching and happy shooting, cheers. Russ
Excellent video Russ , you must get a mosquito net 👍 ,,, there’s quite a difference in scope raging,, I prefer my 5to20. ,,, but a well and hard put together video Russ 👏👏👍🤠
@@davidbrennan869 Thanks David, we both need something. 🫣
Yep I'm planning to compare LRFs on all three of my Zulus, plus test the max effective range of the focused LED IR, plus remind folk to change between IR-L and IR-V in the ZHD312R menu BEFORE they switch on a VCSEL IR pill (as the voltages are different). 🤓
All the best, cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 look forward to that Russ,, I’m spot on now after taking your advice,,(on doing the range testing with the NV in the daytime) well appreciate your input Russ,,👍🤠
Russ many thanks for the video
@@gordonspringate7500 Thanks Gordon, and thanks for watching.
Loads more coming soon. 🤓
Cheers. Russ
Nice one Russ! Would that be the new wraith esl you'd recommend for the best 400m illumination?
@@stephenoshea1166 I think so Stephen, especially as it's so light/compact and the finger-adjustable mount clamps to the accessory rail on the right side. 🤓
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
They both look fantastic and function well.
My question would be, what's the back up service and warranty, guarantees like for the UK Market? Who's the importer and will they be covering the above?
Hi Mike thanks for watching, a viewer asked this question so I checked with Arken...
"Ok, first, two year warranty from date of purchase, our dealers are obligated to test, determine and swap faulty units. And in case they are out of stock, or other reasons that cannot determine whether it is faulty, Arken will always take care of warranty swaps on our own. And bear in mind that we have UK warehouse now, there will be constantly ample stock for warranty swaps."
I watch several threads on the AGF (UK airgun forum, a main thread here already has 3,153 comments over 158 pages: airgunforums.co.uk/threads/arken-zulus-user-experiences.71841/), where few errors are reported, and generally Zulus users report great customer service from Arken, including things like replacing lost rubber eyecups or plastic lens caps.
I trust that reassures you?
Happy Shooting, cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 Thank you for the information, that put my mind at rest, looking into purchasing an Arken Scope later in the year. Do you have a list of authorised dealers for the UK? If not I'll do a bit more research.
Cheers again 👍🏻
@@mikecrawshaw9727 Happy to help. 🤝
I don't yet but I know there are loads now, you can just order from Arken too, now they have a UK warehouse.
Cheers. Russ
Disappointing that there is a 4m difference in the range finders. That is easily a miss or wounding when on the vermin. Not good.
But if your ballistic calculator has adjusted for the POI there shouldn't be a problem, you should check your zero first before you hunting as good practice
@@crazycressy7986 don't work like that buddy.
@@seankinder4370 hopefully they sort it then
It's all software, it can be fixed
VCSEL IR is clearly superior and not sure why Arken chose LED IR for 312.
Well the 312R is aimed more for UK sub-12 airgun use, and for that (and up to FAC air ranges), the LED is enough.
But if you prefer you can get a VCSEL IR pill (850nm or 940nm), although you then must change the 312R's IR menu setting (from IR-L to IR-V, as they operate at slightly different voltages)... to illuminate at longer ranges.
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
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I thought only VCSEL 940nm is sold as an accessory. So if you don't own 520R, you are stuck with VCSEL 940nm or LED IR for 312. Correct me if I am wrong.
@@malin7919 Arken didn't sell 850nm VCSEL pills until now, but they'll be available very soon, now the ZHD312R is available with default LED IR.
Cheers. Russ
Hi russ. Did you speak to arken about the lrf's giving different readings?
Hi russ would you know what throw leaver would fit on the 5x20 ? Cheers Tom
@@tomwilkins3099 Hi Tom, I believe the one throw lever adjusts to fit both Zulus.
Thanks for watching, cheers. Russ
russ question i had hikmrco4k lrf night vision scope the maine screen icons were to small for me to see with out reading glass even after seting the diopter looking at going back to the pard ds3570 as that was a gret screen easy to see the menu how do the arken zullus screen compair to thpardds35 70 and the hikmicro 4k lrf as i cant find any you tube footage filming from from the back of the scope if you could film some it would be great because if the icons and menus are as small as the hikmicro 4k i will have to stick with pard please let me know thanks
Hi Mick, I'll try to get you some footage or at least images.
Do you mean when using the settings menu, or also the screen icons (battery and recording status, etc) -while shooting?
Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 iv got pard ds35 70 brill to see through and use, looking through the hik 4lk had to put my reading glass on even after trying to set the diopter the could not get the icons in focus without reading glasses just waned to footage of the arken zuluz from behind to see if the eye relief is better and clearer and not as small as the hik 4k , the arken is it more like when you look through a pard 008plrf screen size as i have one of those too and also looking for update foe the pard nv008lrf and the pard 35 70 lrf gen 1 if you have any updat could you please send them to me email adds is mickyflint@hotmail.co.uk as the pard app site seems to not work well for me cheers mick
@@mickphilp9 You don't get the 'fish eye' distortion effect with the Zulus that you get with the 008P.
I use the Zulus with my eyebrow touching the upper edge of the circular eyebell (rubber eyecup unscrewed, as I never like them) whether using my Pard DS35s or Arken Zulus, so I see the whole display.
You 'can' use it while shooting with traditional eye relief, but I prefer not to, and I primarily use recoilless air rifles so that's perfectly safe eyebrow-wise.
If you can, try to meet-up with someone who owns a Zulus scope, and see for yourself.
Cheers. Russ
Hello Russ. Crackin' video's once again. After advice about the Ballistic App. I have both Arken Zulus lr scopes. Do I need to download a separate Ballistic App for the other scope since the unit measurement's / weight etc will be different? I'm using .22 slug ammo in the ZHD520R as compared to the ZHD 312R which is using .22 Diabolo Hunter ammo. Do I have to delete one set of ballistic input, and put in the different spec's to use the other scope? Not being very 'tecky' about these things! Cheers Russ. Bob
@@rpearce6984 Thanks very much Bob, and great choice re the two scopes. 🤓
No fear not (though you must use 'Ballistic table call', not 'Real time'), you just zero each scope/rifle combo, and set-up as many profiles in the App as you like. Then you upload whichever profile is relevant to each scope, then disconnect your phone.
If in doubt refer to Bruce's notes, linked within his first post on this AGF thread: airgunforums.co.uk/threads/arken-zulus-user-experiences.71841/
Happy shooting, cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 Many thanks for your quick response Russ. You're a star m8!👍
Hi Russ I am definitely going to purchase one of these scopes but am undecided which one to get? I only shoot sub12 airguns and carry out a lot of pest control which one would you recommend? Thanks Tom
@@tomwilkins3099 Good choice... any way you can try both to see which you refer? The 312R is wider angle at base mag (e.g. for ratting), then they compare well up to 10.5x and 12x, after which the 520R is good up to 20x for longer ranges.
Or you could wait six weeks and checkout the £1k dual spectrum TNC225R, which will take the airgun & pest control -scope world by storm.
Cheers. Russ
@@RussDouglas222 Thanks for the reply Russ I did have a look at them at the BSS but that was a while ago! Now you have mentioned the TNC225R You have really thrown a spanner in the works 🤔😂😂 Cheers Tom