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Leupold LTO-Quest HD
320×240 · 4 h · Discontinued
Leupold's LTO line came out of a December 2016 alliance with Seek Thermal; Leupold says its thermal optics are designed and assembled in the USA (leupold.com press releases).
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Specs
| Sensor | |
|---|---|
| Resolution Sensor resolution How many heat-reading pixels the sensor has, such as 384 × 288 or 640 × 512. More pixels show more detail, but the lens matters just as much. | 320 × 240 |
| Pixel pitch Pixel pitch The size of each sensor pixel, in microns. Smaller pixels mean more magnification from the same lens. Most current thermals use 12 microns. | Not published |
| NETD (maker’s claim) NETD (thermal sensitivity) How small a temperature difference the sensor can show. Lower is better, but brands measure it differently, so numbers from two makers are not a fair comparison. | — |
| Refresh rate Refresh rate How many times per second the picture updates. 50 or 60 times a second looks smooth; lower rates stutter when you pan or a coyote runs. | 15 Hz |
| Optics | |
| Lens Focal length The lens number in millimeters, like 35 mm or 50 mm. A longer lens puts more pixels on a distant animal but shows a narrower slice of ground. | Not published |
| Base magnification Base magnification How much bigger things look before any digital zoom, like 2× or 4×. Higher is not automatically better: it narrows your view. | Not published |
| Max digital zoom Digital zoom Electronic enlarging of the picture. It makes the animal look bigger but adds no detail; past about 2× to 4× the image gets blocky. | 4× |
| Field of view Field of view How wide a view you get, in degrees. A wide view makes scanning for animals faster; a narrow one usually means more magnification. | Not publishedLeupold publishes a "32 Degree" field of view with no axis, so no field width is calculated. Sensor is 320 x 240 per both 2018 catalogs and leupold.com's troubleshooting page; the shared Quest user guide lists only a 206 x 156 sensor (and a 4 mm F/1.2 lens), which reads as the original Quest's, so those lens figures are not copied here. Frame rate is published as ">15 Hz". Handheld camera with a 2.4-inch Gorilla Glass screen, a 300-lumen flashlight and spot temperature readout; stores up to 3,000 images in built-in memory per the catalog. |
| Detection range (maker’s claim) Detection range The maker's figure for how far away a warm object shows up as a dot or two. It is far longer than the distance you can tell what the animal is. | 738 yd |
| Display | |
| Display Display resolution How many pixels the small screen inside the eyepiece has. A sharp screen looks cleaner but cannot add detail the sensor did not capture. | TFT LCD 320 × 240 |
| Power | |
| Battery | built-in 1,900 mAh polymer Li-ion |
| Runtime Battery life (runtime) How many hours the device runs on a charge, by the maker's test. Real runtime is shorter in the cold and with Wi-Fi, recording or the rangefinder on. | 4 h |
| Features | |
| Rangefinder Laser rangefinder A built-in laser that measures how far away the animal is. The rated range is for big, reflective targets; expect much less on a coyote. | No |
| Storage Onboard recording (storage) Built-in memory that records photos and video of what you see. Useful for reviewing shots and sharing hunts; listed in gigabytes. | — |
| Wi-Fi / app Wi-Fi and app A wireless link to a phone app for live viewing, downloading videos, changing settings and updating the device's software. | — |
| Build | |
| Weight Weight How heavy the device is. Check whether the maker weighed it with or without the battery, because brands do it differently. | Not published |
| Water rating IP rating (water rating) A two-part code for how well the device keeps out dust and water. IP67 means dust-tight and survives a short dunk; an X means not tested. | Not rated |
| Operating temp Operating temperature The temperature range the maker says the device will work in. Batteries lose much of their runtime well before the low end of that range. | 14°F to 149°F |
| Buying | |
| Warranty Warranty How long the maker promises to repair or replace a faulty unit. Check whether it needs registration and whether it passes to a second owner. | 2 years (electronics) |
| US price US price The price we found for the unit in the US, with where it came from and when. Prices change often, so treat it as a snapshot. | Discontinued |
| MSRP MSRP The maker's suggested retail price in the US: the list price, before any sale. Useful for seeing how good a deal really is. | Not published for USNo Leupold list price found; the Wayback Machine was unreachable |
Source: Leupold 2018 catalog, US edition (PDF), Leupold 2018 catalog, international edition (PDF), Leupold New Products 2018 brochure (PDF), Leupold press release, LTO-Tracker HD and LTO-Quest HD (March 12, 2018), Leupold LTO-Quest & LTO-Quest HD User Guide (PDF, Leupold's document hosted on a retailer's Cloudinary CDN), Leupold thermal troubleshooting page.
Added October 11, 2026 · Specs last checked October 11, 2026