u/Antpitta

27,5 x 3,0 seems to have finally effectively died. You can occasionally find super heavy Surly Knards or Dirt Wizards but Oxbows, Ground Controls, Rangers are all either officially discontinued or eternally out of stock. There's the Duro Miner that is on ebay in the US if you're into that but I can't find them in Europe.

Then I randomly found a listing for Bombolonis which haven't existed for some time, on Ali...

If the photos are accurate they look like the correct tread pattern so seemingly would be old stock or perhaps have come out of the original molds.

Thoughts? Anyone else out there still occasionally want a 27,5x3,0 for max flotation for your frame clearance?

I come from the birding world and handheld thermal monoculars are a game changer there, so much easier to find owls and nightjars with less disturbance for the bird.

The key specs for me are, in order:

- large field of view

- good resolution / image quality

- light weight / small size

Long range detection really just doesn't matter, and they are not really used to identify to species level. The larger FOV is fantastic though for scanning around more rapidly in tight quarters.

Pulsar doesn't really make a "birder's dream" combo any more of the best / largest sensor w/ a smaller lens for LESS magnification. I keep an eye on Infiray and Pixfra and Zeiss and Leica but haven't yet seen a really compellingly better product from any of them either. Any other thoughts / comments / recommendations?

Heya folks, if this isn't the best community to ask in apologies and I'd love a pointer at a better place.

I come from the birding world and handheld thermal monoculars are a game changer there, so much easier to find owls and nightjars with less disturbance for the bird.

The key specs are, in order:

- large field of view

- good resolution / image quality

- light weight / small size

Long range detection really just doesn't matter, and they are not really used to identify to species level. The larger FOV is fantastic though for scanning around while in the forest.

It seems the hunting market clearly drives detection range as a key metric and Pulsar no longer makes their higher end units in a modular manner. Previously it was possible to buy the high end body with the smallest lense and thus combine the better sensor with a lower zoom and wider FOV.

I keep an eye on Infiray and Pixfra and Zeiss and Leica but haven't yet seen a really compellingly better product from any of them either. Any other thoughts / comments / recommendations?