I finally bought a Thermal Monocular for Birding, which was a BIG purchase for me … spending $900 US. My monocular is supposed to arrive today. I will update this post with links to subsequent posts giving my impressions of the technology as I move from novice to expert (?) with the monocular.

This purchase was extremely unusual for me. For camera equipment I do NOT own costly expensive long lenses. My purchase was a Rix Pocket K3 with a native resolution of 384 x 288 thermal sensor.  This resolution is one step up from the more basic 256 x 192 thermal sensors. Please note this monocular tends to often be out of stock … Amazon link.

Updates to my Rix Pocket K3 Thermal Monocular Review will posted immediately below:

• This post is the first post in this series (02/08/2026)
• Second Post – Thermal Monocular Birding Review (02/19/2026):

As always I bought my thermal with my own money, received zero discounts from manufacturers because of this blog, nor do I have any sponsored links.

• RIX Pocket R3 Thermal Manual (manual … PDF)

I also appreciated watching this video from “Of Human and Nature” on YouTube (video link for email blog subscribers)