thatguy

Just wondering if anyone has night vision goggles/binoculars/monoculars?? What generation do you have and any pros or cons to what you bought..<br><br>Been thinking they would be fun to play around with camping, or walking to the deer stand in the dark..<br><br>Priced some online, Cabales, and Sportsmans guide.. and generation 1 are reasonably inexpensive.. for $200 (or less for some) to 300 you can get some..<br><br>I know i dont need (cant afford) Gen 2 or Gen 3.. Any comments or suggestions..<br><br>thanks..

Helicopter Dan

if you decide to buy them make sure you can take them back. You might be happy with them,I wasn't, although I was used to using Gen III NVG. I bought a set of Gen I's and only keep them a week they were just too cloudy and hard to see anything out of but like I said I used GEN III's in avaition which are held to higher standards.

thatguy

i should have thrown this in earlier..<br><br>A friend has some Gen 3 (approx $3-4k cost) that I tried once.. I was impressed with them but I havent tried Gen 1 or 2 yet, but your comments give me an idea of what to expect from Gen 1 or 2....<br><br>thanks..<br>

redramnc

I have used a friend's low-end Gen II on occasion. He bought them for naval navigation (East Coast &lt;=&gt; Bermuda on a sailing yacht) where you have a pretty open field of vision and usually some ambient light.<br><br>Not very clear (fuzzy outlines), definitely not what I would want if I was flying with them. Good for non-critical surveillance and just goofing off. Don't know if I would trust them for walking in the woods with a loaded weapon due to lack of depth perception and small field of view. Like I said, these were low-end of the spectrum. I reckon you get what you pay for.