Skara

disagree with the people saying you won't use it that much. you do have to be honest with yourself about that question.  But I use my expensive stuff quite a bit and I know people that use it more. Playing at night with your mates all nodded up is as good as airsoft gets imo. I absolutely but hopefully politely disagree with the people saying to get random guns/gear/bs instead! thermal will actually change your experience of actually playing airsoft. most airsoft guns give you the same experience lets face it.

Alright guys here's the thing:

I already have too many guns, all of them do the same thing with a slightly different flavour, some do it faster, some do it quieter, but the end result is the same, a BB is thrown against another person with a reasonable degree of repeatability. No point in having more, since I can only use one at the time.

Gear wise I have three rigs that get used regularly for different purposes, 4 if we count the smersh (that will be put up for sale soon). Same as above applies.

The only two things I have yet to put my mitts on are NV and thermal.

I'm not new to either and thermal is by far the most versatile of the two.

I've already looked at one option (Hikmicro thunder 2.0 model th35p) and Saturday I will have a closer look at the Sightmark mini wraith thermal, both units are 384 core, both units are around the €2k mark and have similar specs.

In any case by Saturday night I will own a thermal optic..

Regarding NV, I already have plans on getting some by the end of the year under a reasonable budget (say 2k, Alexi housing + nnvt gen 2+ tube), and then I'll figure out how to use it without having to wear a helmet or one of those medieval style torture devices.

Power to you then man - if you've got plenty of pews and gear you're more than happy with then - why not? Hope you end up enjoying the purchase as thermal/NV stuff is really cool