Guide TU650M 3.0 Thermal & Night Vision Riflescope with LRF

The Guide TU650M 3.0 is the 640 model of Guide's TU Muo 3.0 series, which puts a thermal channel and a digital night vision channel behind one eyepiece: a 640 × 512, 12 μm thermal sensor rated ≤18 mK behind a 50 mm F1.0 lens, a 1920 × 1080 digital camera behind a 35 mm lens, a laser rangefinder rated to 1,500 m (1,630 yd), a 2560 × 2560 AMOLED display and 14 hours of rated runtime. DNT's ThermNight TNC635R pairs the same class of thermal sensor (640 × 512, 12 μm, ≤18 mK) with a 1920 × 1080 camera and a rangefinder in a 724 g body that costs less, and its 35 mm thermal lens gives a wider 12.52° × 10.02° field. The TU650M answers with a 50 mm thermal lens, a rangefinder rated to 1,500 m against 1,100 m, a 2560 × 2560 display against 1920 × 1080, four times the storage and 14 hours against DNT's 5.5.

Key Features

• Two channels, one sight picture. Thermal reads heat with an uncooled VOx detector (8 to 14 μm) and needs no light. The digital channel is a 1920 × 1080, 2.9 μm CMOS camera with Day, Night and Low-light modes, and an infrared fill light with its bracket comes in the box. The menu knob switches between them.
• 50 mm on a 640 × 512 sensor. Each thermal pixel covers 0.24 mrad (12 μm ÷ 50 mm). Both channels zoom from 3.7x to 29.6x, with a thermal field of 8.8° × 7.0° (15 × 12 m at 100 m) and a digital field of 6.4° × 5.1° (11 × 9 m). Detection is rated at 2,600 m in thermal and 500 m on the digital channel.
• Hyper-light and shutterless 3.0. The scope runs Hyper-light image processing, and its shutterless design keeps the image uninterrupted.
• Picture-in-picture and AI tracking. Picture-in-picture magnifies the center twice, from either channel. In thermal mode, AI tracking boxes wild boar, deer, rabbits, foxes, coyotes and bears (up to 10, for 30 seconds each) and marks a person with an orange box and a warning icon that stays on screen. Treat it as an aid, never as identification.
• Rangefinder, angle and holdover. Single or continuous ranging to 1,500 m, in meters or yards, with the angle and the target's vertical height beside the distance if you choose. With a ballistic configuration loaded from the TargetIR Ballistics app and the calculator on, one press of the ranging button shows the compensation point and the correction in MOA or MIL.
• Ten configurations, a zero for each channel. Configurations A to J each save a reticle (ten styles, five colors, five brightness levels), a center-point style and zeros at 100, 200 and three custom distances. You zero one channel, then repeat it for the other, and BTC re-centers the reticle afterward.
• Recoil-triggered recording. When on, recoil saves a video from 5 seconds before to 10 seconds after, plus 5 photos, to 256 GB with sound, at one of five sensitivity levels.
• Power for long nights. Two built-in 18650 cells work with one external 18650. Guide rates the TU650M at 14 hours, and the replaceable standard 18650 cells support hot swapping. The USB-C port charges the scope and transfers files.
• Built for recoil and weather. Sealed to IP68, rated for 6,000 J of shock and .300 Win Mag recoil, and specified for -4°F to 122°F.

Who It's For

• Sits that run from daylight into dark. Glass on the digital channel while there is light, then switch to thermal as it fades, with each channel holding its own zero.
• Hog and predator control on working farms. Thermal finds the heat; the digital channel then shows the animal by reflected light, in daylight, low light or under the fill light.
• Choosing within Guide's TU 3.0 line. The TU1250M shares this housing, digital camera, display and rangefinder with a 1280 × 1024 sensor: twice the field on each axis (17.5° × 14.0° from 1.9x) at the same detail per pixel, 12 hours and 1,090 g, and it costs more. The TU650P drops the digital channel for a 50 mm F0.9 lens with the rangefinder in the objective, at 923 g. The TU650L, also thermal only, has a 0.49-inch 1920 × 1080 display and weighs 815 g. Both cost less.
• Cross-shopping DNT's ThermNight TNC635R. DNT's scope is 232 mm long and 724 g against 457 mm and 1,013 g. Its 35 mm thermal lens starts at 1.5x and puts 0.34 mrad on each pixel against the TU650M's 0.24, and its camera starts at 5x with a 5.31° × 2.99° field against the TU650M's 3.7x and 6.4° × 5.1°. The TU650M is sealed to IP68 against DNT's IP67.
• One scope or two devices? Our thermal vs night vision guide weighs a dual-channel riflescope against a thermal monocular paired with a night vision riflescope.

Accessories & Compatibility

• Mounting. A standard 30 mm tube, with Guide's quick-release mount in the box.
• App and remote. Wi-Fi (2.4 or 5 GHz) streams the live image to the TargetIR app, which can also run the scope and update its firmware. Bluetooth pairs Guide's optional remote control, and a spare 18650 is optional too.
• More options. Compare the Guide Sensmart range, our thermal riflescopes and our night vision riflescopes.