HIKMICRO's flagship multispectral binocular: 640×512 thermal with a 50 mm F0.9 lens, a 2560×1440 day/night camera with 850/940 nm illuminators, and a 1,000 m rangefinder.
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HIKMICRO Raptor RQ50L vs Pulsar Merger LRF XL50
Two thermal binoculars compared on the makers' own figures. Rows in bold are where they differ; a dash means that maker does not publish the figure.
The Merger with a 1024×768 thermal sensor — the highest resolution in a consumer handheld — plus a 1,000 m rangefinder and 64 GB memory.
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Specification side by side
| HIKMICRO Raptor RQ50L | Pulsar Merger LRF XL50 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technology | Thermal | Thermal |
| Sensor | 640×512 | 1024×768 |
| Pixel pitch | 12 µm | 12 µm |
| NETD | ≤20 mK | ≤40 mK |
| Lens | 50 mm | 50 mm |
| Magnification | 3.4–54.4x | 2.5–20x |
| Digital zoom | up to 16x | up to 8x |
| Detection range | 2,600 m | 2,300 m |
| Field of view | 8.8° | 14° |
| Display | OLED 1024x768 | AMOLED 1024x768 |
| Recording | photo and video | photo and video |
| Wi-Fi / app | yes | yes |
| Battery life | up to 8 h | up to 7 h |
| Battery | replaceable rechargeable 18650 Li-ion | built-in 4000 mAh + APS 3 removable 3200 mAh Li-ion |
| Weight | 1,120 g | 950 g |
| Water resistance | IP67 | IPX7 |
Sources: HIKMICRO Raptor RQ50L (spec page); Pulsar Merger LRF XL50 (spec page). Detection ranges are for a 1.8 m object under each maker's own test conditions and are not directly comparable between brands.
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