Pulsar Axion Key XM30 2.5-10x24mm Thermal Imaging Monocular Review

Thermal monoculars are a huge investment than ordinary monoculars, although people often pay more attention to purchase them, as these thermal monoculars recognize objects by emitting heat differently than conventional hunting equipment. This is why thermal technology has been the mainstay in all fields to date.

Here I have reviewed the Axion Key XM30 2.5-10x24mm Thermal Imaging Monocular designed by the well known thermal products manufacturer Pulsar.

Unlike other thermal monocular, Axion Key comes with a reasonable price and blend of features. This is why I have chosen it as the best thermal monocular for both tactical use and law enforcement purpose.

After 4 hours of full-fledged research, in this post, I provided a detailed review of Pulsar Axion Key XM30 Monocular.

Pulsar Axion Key XM30 Thermal Imaging Monocular 

Design

The Axion Key XM30 is built with premium-grade materials and is designed as a standard pocket size monocular to offer compact structure. Due to its handheld and compact model, you can operate it with a single hand. The exterior body is built with fully slip-proof material thus it offers a grip for carrying and comfortable positioning.

The housing of an electronic device is a major factor determining its resistance. In that way, Axion is built with magnesium alloy housing, which ensures ruggedness and structural rigidity while maintaining the ergonomics and lightweight structure of the monocular.

Thermal Technology & Sensor

As I said, the Axion Key XM30 2.5-10x24mm Thermal Imaging Monocular from Pulsar is configured with thermal imaging technology instead of night vision technology to provide better performance and great output in both day and night.

Similar to all Pulsar monocular the Axion Key XM30 Thermal Monocular has the same 12 µm pixel thermal imaging sensor that provides ample detection range and optical magnification in the pitch darkness at the same time it aids to construct the whole unit as a compact one.

Thermal Resolution

This handheld thermal monocular has 320×240 pixels of thermal resolutions and comes with a 30mm objective lens to offer a greater viewpoint. This optical lens is built with Germanium material to offer durability and reliability for a long time. Though the resolution is moderate than other Axion monoculars, it provides images and videos in perfect clarity.

Magnification Range

This compact monocular has the magnification range from 2.5X to 10X which is designed to be variable depending on the user preference. The XM30 monocular delivers incredibly high magnification in the class of Axion thermal monocular. The device has a digital zoom feature to offer the identification of detected objects in a very short time, giving you the opportunity to increase the optical magnification significantly.

Display

The display resolution of the Axion XM30 Thermal Imaging Monocular is 960 X 720 pixels, none other Axion monocular comes with this much high resolution. Thereby you can receive a great visual experience while viewing the images and videos taken by this thermal monocular.

The monocular is furnished with HD resolution AMOLED LCOS microdisplay that delivers high contrast vivid images and crisp videos. The microdisplay of the device offers flawless performance and exceptional picture quality in darkness and low temperature.

The White-Hot mode is activated when shot the video of deer

Videos captured by the XM30 is detailed and high contrast

Detection Range

An effective objective lens combined with a professional-grade thermal sensor provides greater detection capabilities thus is used by most hunting professionals. Like the Axion XM38 Thermal Monocular, it’s designed to detect the target up to 1450 yards.

Actually it is 1450 is a big count while detecting the target in pitch darkness. With this aspect, you can find the object even in dense forests. This means that the monocular can be easily detected even if the object is 600 feet away from the user in absolute darkness, at a distance of 1450 yards.

Field of View (FOV)

This unit is equipped with 7.3 degrees of field of view, 10 feet of close focus, 3mm of the exit pupil, 14mm of eye relief, -25 to 40 Celsius of operating temperature. For providing great measurement it comes with an integrated Stadiametric Rangefinder thus you can get a perfect focus of the target.

To variate the climatic conditions it’s equipped with the full-color image intensifier that means it has 8 different color palettes: Black Hot, White Hot, Red Monochrome, Red Hot, Rainbow, Ultramarine, and Violet.

Red Monochrome Palette	Ultramarine Palette Mode
Violet Palette Mode	White Hot Palette

Easy-to-Use

The Pulsar Axion Key XM30 Thermal Monocular, which weighs just 8.8 ounces that combines great performance in a small package. The Axion Key XM30 is built with reliable materials, most of which the IPX7 feature ensures that the device is waterproof even in the worst-case scenario and has the ability to sink in 3 feet of water for 30 minutes.

The unit will start in under 20 seconds, and this ultra-quick start-up can prolong the battery life and operation time. This revolutionary unit can be quickly activated in your time of need.

Power System

The power components supplied on all Axion devices provide ample operating time, and if you use them properly, they will work for some more hours. It has an APS 3 Li-ion battery pack that can provide the power up to 4 hours for operating the monocular. You can rapidly charge the mini batteries of the unit with the help of USB cable that comes as a supplementary component.

Pulsar Axion Key XM30 Thermal Imaging Monocular 

Final Words

What could be better than having all the features you can expect, such as handheld design, better thermal technology, quality output, precision computation, lightweight construction, and so on?

The Pulsar Axion Key XM30 2.5-10x24mm Thermal Imaging Monocular offers all of these aspects with ultimate working experience. The specialty of this is, that it comes in the right price range as compared to other monoculars.

So everyone can take advantage of this. I hope this review will clarify all your queries and make your swing mood a stable one.