Read that again because that’s how good it is most of the time. On a good night, you will think that you’re looking at a black & white video of whatever is out there in the darkness. I think Pulsar had to choose between a lower quality color screen or the one they chose here. The HD AMOLED display has resolution is 1746×1000 and the image quality is very good. In my opinion, white hot is what offers the best details on an animal anyway, and what most hunters use exclusively anyway.
This means that you can use white or black hot mode only, but don’t let this fact let you down. The display is black & white only, which means that you don’t have the usual full-color palette offered by Pulsar on other models. I guess it has to do with keeping the parallax at a minimum and everything completely in-line and flat, as you don’t want any kind of POI (Point Of Impact) shifts at all. Just remember that as you increase the scope magnification, you will also decrease the image sharpness as you’re actually magnifying into the pixels of the display. According to Pulsar, front attachments like the Krypton and the Proton are extremely complicated to produce, even more complicated than riflescopes. Pulsar doesn’t recommend going over 6x magnification, but I was able to use up to 10-12x and more in some cases. It means that if your riflescope has a minimum magnification of 2x that is the minimum what you’ll be looking at the screen at. Remember that this unit is mainly designed to be mounted in front of your riflescope, so your riflescope will actually be looking onto the display of the Krypton. The Krypton FXG50 has a fixed optical magnification of 1x and it has no digital zoom at all. Combined with a 50 mm/1.2 focus lens and an HD AMOLED display, it can detect objects up to 2300 meters away. The IPS7 batteries are said to offer up to 8 hours of operating time, which seems about correct. There are two versions, one monocular for spotting and one with an adaptor for your daytime scope.
The heart of the Pulsar Krypton FXG50 is the new 640×480 12 µm sensor made in USA by BAE Systems. The Picatinny is not made to attach it to the rifle, but probably for some kind of upcoming accessory. The battery is external, so you can buy and bring more power if you need to. We also had the opportunity to compare it with other Pulsar thermals like its smaller brother Proton FXQ30 clip-on and the Thermion 2 XP50, Pulsar’s latest flagship thermal sight. All of this experience is baked into this review. The unit has been with three different testers and during the time two of my friends also got their own and started to hunt with them actively. TFB got the Krypton FXG50 already by the end of last summer (2020), so our testing has been very extensive over a period longer than 8 months. Below: The Schmidt & Bender 5-45×56 PMII is not the ideal partner for a thermal clip-on with a minimum of 5x magnification, but it works. Or are they? Pulsar might actually be able to help you with that last thing, and it’s within reach financially for most consumers. Their latest creation is called the Pulsar Krypton FXG50, and it’s a clip-on front attachment for the riflescope(s) that you already own. We all know all those wishes are impossible. Others will say they want to play the electric guitar like Yngwie Malmsteen, to be able to paint like Michelangelo or think like Albert Einstein. A few will say that they want to be invisible or to able to see in complete darkness. If you ask people what kind of magic gift they would like to have if they could have only one wish, some say they would like to be able to fly like a bird or breathe under water. This review was published with kindly permission of TFB Blog
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