Ok, in doing more research, my intuition is telling me that the majority of the owner's issue may be the lack of experience with electronic devices. I'm not saying I am an expert because I've had my share of ruining several battery operated electronic devices in the past. That said, I have another opportunity to ruin another electronic device. YES, I ordered and received an ATN X-Sight II and it's staring me right in the face as we speak (~ dagnabbit Amazon prime!) Please, I mean no offense to anyone out there.
Expect it to be heavy, bulky, and most of all power hungry. You will be playing with it for a long time when you first get it so don't expect a fresh set of 4AA alkaline batteries to last. I recommend using an external battery source and cord (if you don’t have male/male micro-USB to USB) such as what BenGun recommended on another post. After installing 4AA alkaline batteries, within less than an hour going over the features, the low battery indicator came on during my first attempt using the video feature. I happen to have an external battery charger for my family's phones. I removed the batteries, plugged in the external source (making sure the external source is turned on), hold the power button for several seconds and viola, it powered up. After about 3 hours later, I found no issues. Note, I did not want to update the firmware to 2.1.03.554 since all functions were working fine.
A CON I see already is when it comes to pesting. It does not come with a fixed reticle to use with Chairgun or Strelok so you’re left in doubt on whether your shot will be an ethical kill. A fixed distance will have to be established to be 100% certain where your POI will be. In other words, if you're out walking about and a squirrel comes pops out, hopefully it's in the Kill Zone. I'm still learning this scope so please bear with me. Hopefully I can learn to teach and teach to learn from others out there with an X-Sight. This forum is much better than the atn forum when it comes to feedback. I'm not out for their free t-shirt but rather not be the only one walking back to camp at night.
Expect it to be heavy, bulky, and most of all power hungry. You will be playing with it for a long time when you first get it so don't expect a fresh set of 4AA alkaline batteries to last. I recommend using an external battery source and cord (if you don’t have male/male micro-USB to USB) such as what BenGun recommended on another post. After installing 4AA alkaline batteries, within less than an hour going over the features, the low battery indicator came on during my first attempt using the video feature. I happen to have an external battery charger for my family's phones. I removed the batteries, plugged in the external source (making sure the external source is turned on), hold the power button for several seconds and viola, it powered up. After about 3 hours later, I found no issues. Note, I did not want to update the firmware to 2.1.03.554 since all functions were working fine.
A CON I see already is when it comes to pesting. It does not come with a fixed reticle to use with Chairgun or Strelok so you’re left in doubt on whether your shot will be an ethical kill. A fixed distance will have to be established to be 100% certain where your POI will be. In other words, if you're out walking about and a squirrel comes pops out, hopefully it's in the Kill Zone. I'm still learning this scope so please bear with me. Hopefully I can learn to teach and teach to learn from others out there with an X-Sight. This forum is much better than the atn forum when it comes to feedback. I'm not out for their free t-shirt but rather not be the only one walking back to camp at night.
