Portable Thermal Imaging Monocular from FLIR - Scout TK - Green

Amazon Customer: Works as advertised. Battery life is fine. Range isn't fantastic but not bad.

United States on Oct 31, 2023

Elizabeth Smith: for they price it works well. Really only good at short range. very easy to use.

United States on Sep 19, 2023

Winter & Poco: The unit could not detect my dog near a green velvet boxwood. It was also the same when the dog hid in the tall grass field. It did however display the dog out in the open but I was able to see it more clearly with my naked eyes. Tried all different settings on the scope but it still wasn’t good enough to pick out my dog in the woods even when It was only 5-10 meters away.
It did however detect my dog’s eyes and mouth when it came right up to the scope.
This certainly did not meet my expectations even though the bar wasn’t set very high.

Canada on May 03, 2023

Collin: It’s a little slow on the start up but good variety of colour options, good range on hot objects, and video and picture quality is small but functional.

Canada on Jan 23, 2023

James Gillespie: For the price it works good, not bad for seeing stuff between 20' to 100'

Canada on Oct 03, 2022

Don K: It is a great light weight unit. The ad inferred that you can recognize a human from 100 yards. Yes if they are walking. You can't easily differentiate between a dog and a deer at 100 yards. It is sensitive and works. I've used it for hunting and 2 out of 3 times it got turned on my itself and the battery was dead when I wanted to use it. Either software of needing 3 pushes to turn on or a hard case is needed. It turns on way too easily

Canada on Nov 06, 2021

Rohan: Nice form factor with quality rubber and lens protector. Although I did not test the battery specifically on time it did not seem to last very long which would limit use on a long walk or a weekend away without a power source. The refresh rate is a little slow and it has to recalibrate if the viewing distance is changed dramatically. The sensor is not sensitive enough to clearly show smaller animals. An Australian possum that was less than 10m from me showed basically the same colour as the fence it was sitting on, only the face showed up red. A fruit bat in a tree was just about distinguishable from the leaves and mainly because of movement, I’m guessing that is because when you look at the tree the cold night sky behind makes the tree light up red relative to the sky.... and the fruit bat doesn’t show up much “warmer”.
All of this makes it not really suitable for spotting smaller animals that may have some good heat insolation and especially not in trees against a cold sky, the whole tree shows red.
I suspect all other thermal imaging products in this price range would suffer from these problem. Pity that the next step up that would work and have a suitable sensor...

Australia on May 05, 2021

Fos: Alright, from pandemic to social unrest. Options, options, money money. You want night vision capability but you don't want/can't shell out the 3-7k? Plus that device can be used by only one person, so unless you have enough cash to buy night vision goggles for everyone in the family, at least those that can be of assistance if needed... If you're in this conundrum, I'll tell you what I did. I got some night vision binoculars (around $300), a night vision scope (around $700) and thermal imaging (this Flir). For a fraction of the price I have 3 devices that can be used separately, either by one person or by 2-3 people working as a team.
Now regarding this particular product: works well, day and night, really light and small, plenty of color palette to ensure thermal acquisition in different environments. Overall, this a relatively inexpensive when you consider the technology.
IF you're looking at this specifically for the reasons I mentioned at the beginning of the review and of you have enough ammo, food, water...AND you want to be able to have the capacity to identify if something is out there...AND you're not going to break the bank by purchasing it... Yes!, go ahead and...

United States on Sep 27, 2020

josh s: This is a good entry level thermal monocular. I have family members that have thermal devices that are upwards of $4000, but for me to get a thermal imager this Flir was in my price range. Price point is THE BIGGEST deciding factor to me in thermal quality, more money available to spend simply relates to better equipment. A friend of mine has the Leupold tracker LPO HD I believe and I was able to use it last night on a hog hunt side by side with my Flir TK Scout. The Leupold had better image quality and picked up heat signatures further out with better detail, BUT the light from the viewer will backlight your face or hunting blind as you must hold it about a foot away from your face and definitely can be seen by people and animals. This is a big draw back for me. The Leupold model I used was also around $850, which is about $350 more than the Flir TK Scout. I do not believe it's worth the additional money.
The Flir TK Scout will pick up heat signatures well over 100yds in an open field, yard or road under "good conditions". At 75 yds deer, hogs, dogs or people can easily be differentiated in open/semi open areas. In wooded conditions it of course depends on the thickness of the...

United States on Jan 25, 2020

Randall B!: Update!

So much has gone wrong with this unit! The charging cover breaks off, the battery won't hold a charge but the worst was the software glitch that renders it unusable! So FLIR no longer supports this model there is no software update so when you get the glitch your units fubar! Avoid unless you want to just burn a few hundred dollars! I bought the AGM to replace it and it's Miles ahead!

Huge disappointment, I expected so much more from FLIR! I've been such a huge fan of the company for years! It's unacceptable for even a bottom optic to have these problems! Day one right out of the box it had problems! I followed the direction and I fully charged it. I waited until night time to use it, I took my kids out to a clear field.

1st problem was the picture quality. I couldn't make heads or tails of my kids at 60 feet! This claims 100 yards? No Way!! I could pick the Orange coloring out at 50 yards but any further I couldn't see them and we were on the flat clear ground. After about 30 mins the battery needed to be charged again!

How could this be when the manual says it will record 4 hours on internal memory. SO I opened to cover to charge it again and...

United States on Dec 16, 2016