Originally Posted By: P&YOriginally Posted By: G AndersonOriginally Posted By: P&YThanks moog5050, couldn't say if that would make any difference, I will give it a try. I've only run it in white and black hot. I am experimenting with it, sometimes the batteries last longer but most times they deplete very quickly.
I suspect it's temperature related as the coldest night at -1 it ran through the removable battery immediately, shut down and wouldn't stay on.
Why did it not switch over to the internal battery after depletion of the removable battery? Surely you don't have to manually somehow switch over. I have yet to run my removable battery completely down...3 nights of hunting, 5-6 hours each night and temps 25-30. Last night at 25* it seemed to get the lowest it had. I generally run it on standby while scanning.
I can't say. It would just stay on for a few seconds and shut off.
Had a coyote sitting at 75 yards when this happened. Lined up as it repeatedly shut off, powered it back on, pulled the trigger, scope shut off and I heard the thump ha. Luckily it hasn't done it since but I haven't been out in that cold of temps either. Always in the back of my mind.
P&Y, I had the same thing happen on my XQ38Trail early in the season. We had only made 1 stand and when we were at the second stand a yote was coming right in...all of a sudden the screen went black with message "low battery shutting down"...restarted the scope, came on for a few seconds then same thing, restarted a third time, scope came on...only enough time to find yote...slapped the trigger, scope went black again. Luckily my partner got the yote. I was p*#%ed to say the least. I already had sent one battery back under warranty for going bad and figured I would have to send this in for replacement also. Had a spare IPS5 so went on hunting thru the night. Got home, put "bad" battery on charge...in about an hour it was fully charge...ironically, it has worked ever since without fail. I did mark it and only use it in my scanner just because...but it hasn't did it since. So your issue isn't just related to the Thermion for sure and I think it is something that just happens in the connection that glitches and then comes out of it.
I have been hunting with my Thermion XP50 for the last few nights and have not had a single issue with the scope at all. Really pleased with it and no POI issues either.