Thermal monoculars / Comparison
Pulsar Axion 2 XQ35 Pro vs HIKMICRO Lynx LH19 3.0
The Axion 2 XQ35 Pro puts 30% more pixels on a coyote at every distance: it stands 13 pixels tall at 100 yards, against 10. You can tell a coyote from a fox out to about 105 yards with it, against 80.
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Calculated from sensor and lens
What a coyote looks like on each
Both sensors are 384 pixels wide. How many pixels land on the animal comes from pixel size and lens length, not from the sensor's size. Here is a coyote at each distance, drawn with the pixels each unit would give it. Every square is one sensor pixel, at the same size throughout.
Pulsar Axion 2 XQ35 Pro
HIKMICRO Lynx LH19 3.0
100 yards
Axion
13 px tall
Lynx
10 px tall
200 yards
Axion
6 px tall
Lynx
5 px tall
300 yards
Axion
4 px tall
Lynx
3 px tall
Tell a coyote from a fox out to
Where the coyote still stands 12 pixels tall at the shoulder. The maker's detection figure (Axion 1,422 yd, Lynx 984 yd) is a warm dot, not an animal you can name.
Ground across the screen at 100 yd
At base magnification. Wider finds animals faster; narrower shows each one bigger. You cannot have both from one lens.
Key differences
- The Axion 2 XQ35 Pro puts 30% more pixels on a coyote at every distance: it stands 13 pixels tall at 100 yards, against 10. You can tell a coyote from a fox out to about 105 yards with it, against 80.
- The Lynx LH19 3.0 shows 30% more ground side to side: 73 feet at 100 yards against 56. Wider finds animals faster; narrower shows each one bigger.
- The Axion 2 XQ35 Pro runs 11 hours on a charge, the Lynx LH19 3.0 5.
Full specs
| AxionPulsar Axion 2 XQ35 Pro | LynxHIKMICRO Lynx LH19 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sensor | ||
| Resolution | 384 × 288 | 384 × 288 |
| Pixel pitch | 17 µm | 12 µm |
| NETD (maker’s claim)Not scored: brands measure it differently. | <25 mK | <15 mK |
| Refresh rate | 50 Hz | 50 Hz |
| Optics | ||
| Lens | 35 mm f/1.0Better | 19 mm f/1.0 |
| Base magnification | 2× | 1.9× |
| Max digital zoom | 8× | 15.2× |
| Field of view | 10.7° × 8° | 13.8° × 8.4°Better |
| Detection range (maker’s claim) | 1,422 yd | 984 yd |
| Display | ||
| Display | AMOLED 640 × 400 | AMOLED 1920 × 1080Better |
| Power | ||
| Battery | APS5 pack, removable | 18650 cell, removable |
| Runtime | 11 hBetter | 5 h |
| Features | ||
| Rangefinder | No | No |
| Storage | 16 GB | 64 GBBetter |
| Wi-Fi / app | Yes | Yes |
| Build | ||
| WeightMakers differ on whether the battery is counted. | 13.4 oz | 11.7 ozBetter |
| Water rating | IPX7 | IP67 |
| Operating temp | -13°F to 104°F | -22°F to 113°F |
| Buying | ||
| Warranty | 3 years, 5 with registration | Not published for US |
| US price | Discontinued | Not sold through US dealers |
| MSRP | $1,499.97 | Not sold through US dealers |
How the numbers are worked out. Each pixel covers an angle equal to pixel pitch divided by focal length. A coyote is drawn to scale, 36 inches nose to tail base and about 22 inches at the shoulder. Identification uses Johnson’s criteria: about 12 pixels across the animal’s smallest dimension, here shoulder height. That lands where hunters report it, around 150 to 200 yards on common units. Digital zoom makes the picture bigger but adds no pixels, so it changes none of these figures.
Sources. Pulsar USA product page (read 10/10/2026) · HIKMICRO LH19 3.0 datasheet (PDF) (read 10/10/2026)