Sightmark Wraith Digital Night Vision Riflescope

3 reviews for Sightmark Wraith Digital Night Vision Riflescope

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Forest K. Duncan – April 5, 2020

   
   I’ve been using this scope for a week or so, and I am very impressed with the performance. The listing claims that the unit is good out to 200 yards, but I find that I can see significant details out well beyond 300 yards, even at the lowest IR output setting. That tells me that the included IR illuminator is very powerful and I probably don’t need to consider replacing it. I don’t expect to be attempting any night shots beyond 200 yards, if that far.I would prefer to use rechargeable batteries for the light, but I guess that it would be difficult to match the power of two CR123A 3-Volt batteries in a package as small as this light. I HAVE tried a single Sanyo 16650 Li-ion rechargeable battery in the light, and it fits and works pretty well. The 3.7-volt Sanyo battery does not produce as much illumination as a pair CR123A batteries (6-volts total), but it does work and it provides enough illumination to identify and shoot a target (feral hog) out to about 200 yards.The scope was easy to mount and easy to zero, and the menu interface is simple and comprehensive. I don’t know that I will be using the recording features, and I have not done any testing for that. I mainly wanted a scope that will allow me to shoot hogs at night, without breaking the bank, and this one fits the bill nicely. Based on research that I’ve done, there is probably nothing better that doesn’t cost a lot more. A really good thermal vision scope would be nice, but would cost many times what I paid for this system.The base 4-power magnification is good for most situations, and the digital zoom can be helpful at the first 1 or 2 stages. I haven’t tried the zoom in daylight, but I don’t think it works very well at night because of the reduced picture clarity. Fortunately, I shouldn’t need the zoom for shooting at targets closer than 200 yards.I don’t have any real complaints about this system, considering the relatively low cost, but there some things that could possibly be done differently. This system is rather bulky and heavy. The weight of the scope is 36.3 ounces (with batteries), and it would really be nice if that weight could be reduced.The control interface includes the ability to reduce the brightness of the display screen, but I find that at night it is still a bit too bright even at the lowest setting. If I could reduce the screen brightness even more, I could recover my night vision more quickly after using the scope. This may be something that could be changed in a firmware update?Mounted on a bolt-action rifle, the scope sits a few inches too far forward for optimum eye relief. An extended mounting base is available, but the cost is $40 or more. As the scope sits now, however, it is still quite usable for shooting. I may save my $40 and apply it to the purchase of a semi-auto AR style rifle that (presumably) would not need the extended mount.I don’t like the idea of buying and discarding CR123A batteries for the illuminator, but I may just switch to using rechargeable 16650 batteries. If I can find an affordable night vision binocular (or monocular) for locating targets at 300 yards and more, I can easily move close enough to shoot with a 16650 battery in the Wraith IR illuminator.It would be nice if the illuminator included a small LED indicator at the rear, to remind the user to turn it off when not needed. As it is, it is too easy to accidentally leave the invisible IR light on and run down the batteries.Having said all that, I honestly don’t think that there is a better night vision scope available that doesn’t cost a LOT more than this system, and it has performed better than expected so far.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   TOP – February 1, 2022

   
   If you are looking for “real” night vision you can stop reading in a few more words, this scope is not that. This “scope” is a digital camera. This camera needs some source of artificial light to work in low light or in the dark. That is why the pictures show it with a flash light attached to it and the flash light must be somewhat zeroed to the scopes field of view during setup. Please note the flashlight is infrared or IR for short which I won’t try to explain other than to say it’s not visible to human eyes and probably most animals. However, the IR light is very visible to anyone with “real” night vision or a camera that is sensitive to the IR spectrum.Now on to the scope…It’s heavier than expected and pretty bulky. Battery life isn’t great at about 4hrs with the 4AAs, but you can power it with a external power source for more run time. I’m not really a fan of the manual focus, but it is what it is. If you want to hunt when you otherwise could not this will scope will do exactly that, it has compromises as one might expect when you want to see in the dark for a relatively cheap price of admission. Real night vision scopes have their problems too, price of admission being one and why this scope probably even exist.Now on to actually using this scope. I don’t expect any surprising problems and it feels solid, but it is a digital camera so who knows how durable it’ll be over the long haul. Sighting in was pretty easy. I had read the instructions before heading to the range, but forgot to take them with me. Still I was able to do the one shot zero on the first attempt. That being said, once that is done you’ll probably want to fine tune it. The user interface is simple enough and 20-30 minutes of use I was pretty comfortable with navigating the menus.Concluding, yeah it’s not “real” night vision, if you don’t know or realize that going in I don’t know what to say other than you need to read what this product is before purchase. The fact is it works just as described by Sightmark. It will allow you to see / hunt in complete darkness out to a limited range. That’s about all I can say at this time.Pros: cheap relative to “real” night vision, worksCons: weight, battery life, manual focus

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Kevin O’ Smith – October 15, 2023

   Be careful external power port can easily be bump in
   Everything worked as per advertised but without power it’s all useless. I’m only getting 1 hr battery life, external power broke because of extended use.