I pulled the trigger. ATN X-Sight II HD on its way to me in the next few days

Congrats! This scope is on my gadget list to buy along with the LabRadar. I hope you get to write a review on it.

You might want to read this: http://airgunguild.com/airgun-optics-and-accessories/living-with-the-x-sight-ii/

Before you use it, do exactly what they say to do, and download the latest version of the firmware (619 at present), Upload by following the firmware video on their web site. 

If you haven't purchased a memory chip, make sure you get an XC with 90 mbps speed capability. A 64 GB is about $45 from OEMPC. This one:

https://www.oempcworld.com/OEMPCworld-com/microSDXC64GB-ExtremePro95-RT.html

If you need an mount adapter, Amazon is your best source.

I recently purchased the ATN X - Sight II HD 3-14x. I have not used it a great deal yet but here are a couple observations. First it works quite well as a night sight. You will be well advised to buy a better IR illuminating light than the one they send with the scope. Also when you do use it at night put the screen brightness down to as low a setting as possible that allows you to see clearly. The reason being is that it affects your night vision. When you take your eye away from the scope and look around it can be disorienting with one eye used to the dark and the other used to a brighter view. Just something I have observed as I have used it. Getting it sighted in is amazingly simple.If you have a steady wind and know its direction, know your ballistic info you can enter it into the scope and it will figure everything out for you. All you need to do is aim and pull the trigger. The scope figures out any hold over and windage required to hit your aim point. in theory this works well however I have noticed that the wind is hardly ever steady and continuously from the same direction. There are several other nice features I really like about it but want to become more familiar with them before I give any opinions. Just my 2 cents worth for now.

The one feature it needs, it a ballistics program for airguns. The built in one is fine for shooting large game, but it worthless for small game. I mentioned this to one head engineer, when I spoke with him a couple of weeks ago. 

There are other things too, but those are in my review mentioned above. 

You didn't mention which version you bought; 3x15 or 5x20. If I had to do it all over again, I would have purchased the 3x15, as it is better suited for airguns.

Gen 1 xSight 5-18x
30 yds shoot
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"Alan"
You didn't mention which version you bought; 3x15 or 5x20. If I had to do it all over again, I would have purchased the 3x15, as it is better suited for airguns.

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The lower magnification is what it can do optically. The high end is just cropping into that; it has no optical zoom, per my understanding. Therefore, I think the 5-20 is the way to go. I NEVER find myself thinking: "5X is just too much magnification." Usually 12-16 feels about right to me. Better to have to crop into a 5X than a 3X. 1080p isn't really 1080p any more, once you zoom into it.

...or am I missing something?

airgungearshow channel on YouTube said that it will only record video for a few minutes on a set of 4AA batteries. Have you found that to be the case too? ...or did you buy or build an external battery pack?

Yes, you're missing something.

The 3x15 has almost twice the field of view, and is still about 1/4 that of an optical scope. Read that as rather narrow! As a result, it is not a quick point and shoot like say a 3x or 5x optical scope. And, there is another related issue....

The X-Sight is a 2.1 megapixel, CCD, digital camera with a superimposed reticle on the 1280x720 viewing screen. There is some delay in the imaging and refresh rate, depending on the light level. As the light level decreases, so does the frame rate. ATN says the rate can drop to 10 fps, but I think it can get down to 5 or so based on my experience. The "effect" is not as pronounced with the lower optical powered unit.

If you're primary use is night hunting, then pay the monies and buy a better IR illuminator. Or, buy this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Univivi-Illuminator-Waterproof-Infrared-Security/dp/B01G6EDOO2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1477693872&sr=8-3&keywords=IR+light+source

It is a nice piece of equipment, but what I really can't fathom (and thus the reason for holding off on getting it) is that they didn't incorporate an onboard laser rangefinder. The manual inputting of a (known size!) target and then the upper and lower limits of it's height make it a cumbersome process (and reason to miss an opportunity) to get the reticle to hold over/under the correct amount, and thus the margin for error gets bigger the smaller the target is... (e.g. If you're hunting a moose (can that be done with airguns anyhow?) it really doesn't matter if you judge it's height off by a few inches, but those same few inches make about a quarter or a third the size of a squirrel or a rabbit (maybe it's a juvenile, or... an oversized one!)...so that makes all the difference in getting a good clean shot or a nice clean miss...)
IMO it would have made very much more sense if they priced it say a 100$ higher and include a single press button to rangefind the target via a built in IR laser, like you do with your handheld laser rangefinder. But hopefully they will incorporate that in the X-Sight III (which I figure they will price 300$ higher of course :-( )

I caught most of the videos if you have not check out the videos put out by Fox optics, he does a great job explaining battery usage. I've seen also with the latest firmware update the 3x14 can achieve 30 plus power. Probably a better choice for the IR illuminator is Wicked Lights their 402Z older model will accept their new IR bulb. With the zoom feature the light only turns on in a high mode but with the zoom feature it emits a wider beam. The 403 model has a rheostat with varying intensities. I just got access to ratopia, the ATN scope is appealing, although the Photon 4.6 with a 30 mm tube is easier to range than trying to keep track with 4 inch or greater scope heights on something like the Yukon.

Get some decent batteries too. This type of high drain electrical stuff really eats alkaline batteries.

Biggest mistake I used to make years ago with digital cameras was using Duracell AA's thinking they were the 'best'. It would eat them in minutes. I switched to decent lithium 
batteries and it would last way better.

I see in the airgungear vid he was using Duracell and said they died fast.

Even better get some Sanyo eneloops and a decent fast charger and have a load ready in your pocket.

"MrAirgun"Get some decent batteries too. This type of high drain electrical stuff really eats alkaline batteries.

Biggest mistake I used to make years ago with digital cameras was using Duracell AA's thinking they were the 'best'. It would eat them in minutes. I switched to decent lithium 
batteries and it would last way better.

I see in the airgungear vid he was using Duracell and said they died fast.

Even better get some Sanyo eneloops and a decent fast charger and have a load ready in your pocket.

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They offer an external battery thats suppose to be much better.

"MrAirgun"Get some decent batteries too. This type of high drain electrical stuff really eats alkaline batteries.

Biggest mistake I used to make years ago with digital cameras was using Duracell AA's thinking they were the 'best'. It would eat them in minutes. I switched to decent lithium 
batteries and it would last way better.

I see in the airgungear vid he was using Duracell and said they died fast.

Even better get some Sanyo eneloops and a decent fast charger and have a load ready in your pocket.

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This. I have a Pulsar N550 that uses 4 AA batteries. It eats fresh alkalines up in 15-20 minutes. However, it can run for hours on a set of high capacity AA rechargeables or lithiums. 

I also second getting a high quality IR illuminator. Digital night vision is only as clear as its IR source. The brighter the IR, generally the better the picture. I use a Streamlight Super Tac. It lights up my Pulsar very bright as well as my homemade digital system. The only caveat is that some particular kinds of animals react to some IR illuminators. Foxes and hogs act like they can see the Super Tac at close range (around 25 yards or less) although other animals (coons, possums, rabbits, rats, beavers, deer, cats, coyotes) do not react to it at any range.