You need to ask yourself the question 'how often am I going to use it?'. When I first started hog hunting almost 2 years ago, with absolutely no knowledge, I made the decision to get into the thermal game and purchased the ATN Thor HD 2x. The price was very attractive at $2300. It was the perfect scope for me. But after using it EVERY single day things started happening with it. I sent it back in for warranty 3 times within the first 6 months. After receiving it back from warranty I was looking at a group of pigs through it and then nothing. Black screen. Sent it back for the 4th time. And while waiting for the repairs to be made I started watching and reading reviews on pulsar. About a week later I decided to pull the trigger on the new pulsar xq38LRF. It was $4300 at the time! But I will tell you it was worth every penny. Now I use my atn and a bargaining deal to let me hunt on people's land. So here's my 2 cents.... If you are going to be hunting a couple nights out of the week then get the ATN, but if you plan on hunting hard every night then I would save for the pulsar. Pulsar is hands down a better option then atn. Hands down. Good luck